By Gary Walther

Day 13: Saturday, Komodo Island

The life of a komodo dragon is nasty–they’re quite happy to eat each other–and brutish: They’re solitary and bad tempered, tending to hiss loudly when near each other. Their life can also be short, as the female returns to the nest–a mound of dirt the size of a sub-compact car–to cannabalize the hatchlings as they emerge from the ground … Read More

Gary Walther, the former editor-in-chief of Departures and ForbesLife, now writes “The Hotel Detective” column on Forbes.com