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Asked by cutlerc to Christine, Edd, Jess, Nicolas, Zara on 16 Jun 2011.
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Edward Codling answered on 16 Jun 2011:
I like the Komodo Dragon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragonIt has really bad breath – it’s spit/saliva is full of bacteria and that is how it kills its food. It bites them, then leaves them for a few days until they die from the infection, then it comes along and eats them – horrid!
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Zara Gladman answered on 16 Jun 2011:
I like komodo dragons which are found on islands in Indonesia. They’re really scary! But cool. The saliva of a komodo dragon contains deadly bacteria… even if a prey animal manages to escape the dragon, if it is bitten then it will usually die from a bacterial infection!
I also really like sea turtles! I spent a summer in Cyprus patrolling beaches to protect turtle nests – every summer, female turtles come on to the beach and dig nests where they lay their eggs. I saw lots of baby turtles and made sure that they got to the sea OK. It was amazing!
One of my best friends has a tortoise called Dill, he’s so cute 🙂 If I ever see dandelions, I try and pick them up, ‘cos Dill loves munching them.
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Christine Switzer answered on 16 Jun 2011:
Sea turtles are my favourite. I’ve only seen photos and videos, but I’m hoping to go swim with them when I go to Thailand in September. They are beautiful animals and they seem so chilled out and relaxed as they swim.
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Jessica Chu answered on 16 Jun 2011:
My cousins and I used to have little tortoise pets!! They were really cute!!
Hmm.. I don’t know too much about reptiles but definitely not crocodiles because they scare me after being to a crocodile park- we were allowed to feed them with bits of chicken tied to a stick (sort of like a fishing rod) and when one jumped up to grab my chicken – I felt like I almost went in with the chicken!! Since then I have been a bit scared of them!
Maybe a Chameleon that changes colour- always thought that is way cool – wish I can do that 😛
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Zara commented on :
Wow I posted before I saw Edd’s answer – nice choice 😉
Zara commented on :
@Christine, whereabouts in Thailand are you going, is it for a holiday? I’ve been a couple of times, it’s amazing. Had Thai curry for dinner tonight 😀
Christine commented on :
@Zara, we haven’t decided yet. I am going to Bangkok to help teach a class on Persistent Organic Pollutants in the environment, so leaving 2 weeks early to add a holiday to it. We will probably do something by the sea (must see turtles!) but no idea what yet. Any recommendations?
Zara commented on :
Looads of rec’s! Bangkok is great but pretty suffocating after a while… so defo worth seeing more of Thailand if you can! In BK there’s plenty to see depending on what you’re into… lots of temples (Wat Pho was my fave, with a massive reclining bhudda), great food. good shopping (lots of cheap boutiques in Siam Square/MBK shopping centre) and markets. Outside Bangkok I visited Ayutthaya (a couple hours north of Bangkok) where I went cycling round the grounds of some temple ruins (absolutely beautiful:
). I then headed all the way up to Chiang Mai (I wouldn’t bother going that far though if you just have a couple weeks).
In the south, if you want to do cheap diving or snorkelling then there’s Ko Tao on the east coast… it’s a nice, fairly quiet island. I think the west coast is probably a lot better for that kind of thing though, I think you can see a lot more but it’s more expensive. There’s lots of diving on Ko Phi Phi (can also do a trip to see ‘The Beach’.). By far my favourite area though was Krabi. I stayed in a place called Ton Sai which is cheap and really famous for rock climbing (which you can do on the beautiful beaches:
). I’d strongly recommend it!
Other than that, if you want to see wildlife, Kao Yai National Park (north of BK) is brilliant. It’s the biggest national park in Thailand.
Have a great time!