PASSENGERS on a motorboat­ across the waters of Rinca Island in East Nusa Tenggara were amazed with what they saw. For 10 minutes­ they were treated to an unusual spectacle: komodo dragons playfully swimming and diving, frolicking in the waters out at sea as they headed home to Nusa Kode, a small island south of Rinca.

Jeri Imansyah, who joined a team of zoologists from the Zoological Society of San Diego on a survey to Nusa Kode last year, sa