Komodo Nyasar ke Kamar Hotel, Bikin Panik Kru Film BBC
Godzilla on the Toilet, BBC Crew Discover a Komodo Dragon Lurking in Their Hotel Bathroom
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
SETELAH menjalani hari yang merekam kadal raksasa di Indonesia, kamera BBC Mark MacEwen mungkin berharap untuk dapat beristirahat sejenak di kamar hotelnya.
Namun yang menanti dirinya ketika kembali ke kamar hotel adalah komodo, yang ngumpet di kamar mandinya.
Binatang besar yang dikenal kerap menyerang manusia ketika terpojok, membuat sang kamerawan menghadapi tantangan berat untuk mengusir tamu yang tak diundang tersebut.
MacEwen berada di Pulau Komodo untuk membuat film seri dokumenter terbaru, Planet Earth II.
Setelah mengetahui ada komodo di kamar mandi, dia mengaku: "Kami baru saja kembali ke tempat menyimpan peralatan kami dan ternyata ada komodo di kamar mandi."
"Ini bukanlah sesuatu yang Anda harapkan ketika Anda masuk ke toilet."
Dengan menenteng kamera melalui celah di pintu kamar mandi, kru film ini mengintai ke dalam toilet.
'Masalah berat berikutnya adalah bagaimana mengusir keluar komodo dari kamar mandi. Dia terlihat cukup nyaman," kata MacEwen.
Para kru akhirnya membujuk kadal dengan sebongkah daging busuk yang diikat pada tongkat panjang, meskipun naga berupaya untuk bersembunyi di bawah tempat tidur.
Namun, tidak ingin keluar tanpa meninggalkan tanda 'terima kasih' atas kehadirannya, komodo besar buang air besar di lantai saat keluar kamar hotel, hal yang sangat menjijikkan.
Komodo dewasa dapat mencapai panjang hingga tiga meter dan berat sekitar 90kg.
Mereka dikenal kerap menyerang manusia ketika terjebak tetapi sebaliknya jinak dan cenderung melarikan diri ketika didekati oleh manusia.
Kadal terutama makan unggas tetapi juga memangsa babi dan kambing.
Episode pertama dari Planet Earth II mengudara pada BBC, Minggu seperti dilansir MailOnline.
AFTER a long day filming giant lizards in Indonesia, BBC cameraman Mark MacEwen was likely hoping for a little downtime in his hotel room.
But waiting for him when he returned was a huge Komodo dragon, which was chilling in his bathroom.
The massive beasts have been known to attack humans when cornered, leaving the crew with the difficult challenge of safely removing their unwanted visitor.
Mr MacEwen was on the Indonesian island filming for the new Sir David Attenborough nature documentary series, Planet Earth II.
After spotting the lizard in his bathroom, he said: 'We've just got back to where we store our kit and there is a dragon in the bathroom.
'It's not quite what you expect to find when you go to the toilet.'
Poking a camera through a crack in the bathroom door, the crew filmed the dragon lurking next to the toilet.
'The next problem we've got is how to get a dragon out of a toilet. He looks quite comfortable,' Mr MacEwen says.
The crew eventually coaxed the lizard out with a hunk of rotten meat tied to a stick, despite the dragon's best efforts to hide under a bed.
But, not wanting to exit without leaving a 'thank you' present, the huge lizard defecated on the floor on its way out, much to the crew's disgust.
Komodo dragons can reach up to three metres in length and weight about 90kg when they are fully grown.
They have been known to attack humans when trapped but are otherwise docile and tend to flee when approached by people.
The lizards mainly eat birds but also prey on pigs and goats.
The first episode of Planet Earth II airs on the BBC on Sunday.
