Komodo dragons fighting in slow-mo will make you stay indoors forever

Back at it again with the power and terrifying beauty of the natural world.
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Elise Cooper
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Komodo dragons fighting in slow-mo will make you stay indoors forever
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In case you forgot just how magnificent and terrifying the natural world can be, refresh your memory with this intimidating slow motion brawl between two male Komodo Dragons.

The footage was captured by photographer Chris Bray while he visited the small Indonesian island of Rinca.

Bray left a GoPro and 360 degree Theta S camera in the bushes, catching all the action in an almost too-close-for-comfort battle of Godzilla-like dudes.

Komodo Dragons are carnivorous animals that can make a meal of water buffalo and deer, so Bray was smart to back away.

"The sheer scaly bulk of these two 80 to 90 kilogram [176 to 198 pound] Komodo Dragons battling it out ... was enough to momentarily transport me back to the Jurassic period," said Bray on YouTube.

Mashable has reached out to Bray for comment.

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