Tirto (front), an eight-year-old male Komodo dragon, lies sick beside another Komodo dragon at the Singapore Zoological Gardens, September 2, 2003. Tirto, weighing 42 kg (92 pounds) and measuring 2.3 metres (7.5 feet) long had been having problems eating and walking. The zoo initially tried steroid treatment, but has now turned to the traditional Chinese acupuncture to solve the problem.