@datarama
Ramble:
Yes! I was so surprised to see their large, dark eyes. Cliché: one expects an 'evil' animal like the Komodo dragon to have scary 'reptilian' eyes, cliché ends. I am susceptible to this way of thinking myself, not liking herons and certain gulls just because they have unpleasant light eyes...
Visiting the dragons on their home islands was interesting: they are clearly very dangerous, supremely well camouflaged, and one did start to hunt us right away. They are also quite magnificent with the softest eyes. Still don't wish to get to close to their mouths 😬