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Komodo Dragons

Agent – Isobel
AKA – Izzy
Age – 14
Destination – Komodo Island, Indonesia
Mission– Find and track Komodo Dragons

Izzy's mission takes her first to London Zoo where she learns how to spot tracks and signs of the Komodo dragon from their resident expert keeper. Izzy will need her wits about her as she faces numerous challenges in what it takes to be be able to get that shot.

How has your experience reporting for Inside Life changed you?
It has made me aware of how many different opportunities the world has to offer and how big it actually is. It also made me very aware of how fragile some of the world's ecosystems are, particularly because of the terrible damage we saw to the coral reefs.

What was your scariest moment?
At one point Doug (the cameraman) was making me run along a track to get a shot he wanted, several Komodo dragons must have heard this and thought it was a deer running because we were soon surrounded by three large adult dragons looking for a meal. I was the meal. I was terrified.

What was your most exciting moment?
It was all totally amazing. There are so many, while coral reef swimming we spotted a family of clown fish living in a huge anemone, seeing wild dragons in their natural environment and waking up on my 12th birthday on the top deck of the Pearl Fisher to see the Moon set and the Sun rise over a tropical island.

Tell us the most interesting fact you learnt?
The monkeys on Rinca Island catch the burrowing crabs by dangling their tails into the burrows and pulling out the crabs as if they were fishing.