Apparently There are Mythical Creatures in Indonesia

In early 19th century, in Europe spread news about existence of a giant dragon that lives in the Indonesian archipelago. Dutch military sailors had report that the creature is up to seven meters long, with a giant body and mouth is constantly spewing fire. Dutch Colonial then sending a squad of trained soldiers, and landed on the island of Komodo, East Nusa Tenggara. Apparently they find the dragons. Komodo are similar to the dragon paintings in the middle Ages. It is distinguished from the dragon, Komodo is not spewing flames.

Cendrawasih can be found in Papua, Indonesia. It is often called Paradise Bird or Phoenix. This bird does have a unique shape and color at glance similar to the mythical creatures, Phoenix. Of course, Bird of Paradise feathers instead of flame like a Phoenix. Even so Cendrawasih is a very beautiful bird. This bird is known for very elongated feathers with beautiful red or yellow color.

On the Sulawesi Island, there are pygmy tarsier which is still alive, one of the most endangered primates and the smallest in the world. These animals have large eyes and ears that are similar to Gremlin. Pygmy tarsier is tiny and weighs only 50 grams. These animals live in trees and do their activities at night.

Do you ever hear the story of sailors who had seen a mermaid? The possibility is that mermaids are aquatic mammals known as Dugongs. This mammal can be found in shallow waters, especially the eastern Indonesian waters. This dugong does not have a human body. Dugong is a sea mammal-eating plant. Dugong has a tail that is exactly the same with mermaids.

During the 13th century, Marco Polo record that he had seen a black unicorn in the Indonesian archipelago. It turned out that Marco Polo discovered that instead of a unicorn, but a rhino. In Ujung Kulon, Rhinos have one horn like the Unicorn. Java rhino is the largest animal in Java. Weighing can reach 1.5 tons.