
Komodo Dragons
Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 555
- Jul 9, 2020 6:00 am
- 52:46
The Biggest Living Lizards Guest: Tim Jessop, academic at Deakin University’s Centre for Integrative Ecology Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world and the apex predator of a select few islands in Indonesia. Their hunting method is a mixture of ambush and sheer force. Medieval Bestiaries Guests: Elizabeth Morrison, Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum; Larisa Grollemond, Assistant Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum Despite the empiricism of modern science, contemporary perceptions of animals have sometimes been shaped by medieval bestiaries.