Eventually they come across a barren swamp, where they are spotted by the "dragon" - an armored vehicle painted with teeth and armed with a flamethrower. The trio follow the tracks until night falls. When Quarrel spots tracks, Bond insists they follow them to the dragon. Arriving at the hiding spot, they agree to take turns watching out for the dragon, which Honey claims to have seen. After inadvertently alerting the Doctor's security forces to their presence on the Island, fellow intruder Honey Ryder guides them to a hiding place up stream. Despite his initial reluctance, he agrees to take Bond to Crab Key. However, Quarrel is reluctant to do so, stating that there is a dragon on the island. 007 asks local fisherman Quarrel to take him there under the cover of darkness. Investigating the disappearance of British Secret Service operative, John Strangways, Bond discovers a link between the missing man and radioactive rocks taken from Crab Key - a private island belonging to the reclusive Dr. Inside, its two operators sat on simple iron tractor seats. On top of the vehicle was an armored domed cabin, with a small square egress hatch at the rear. At the rear there was a small trailing wheel for stability.
Bond identifies them as probably aeroplane tyres, nearly twice as tall as himself.
Underneath its high mudguards, which had been extended into short backswept wings, were huge solid rubber tyres for maneuvering in the swampland.
Inside the snout was its primary armament - a powerful flamethrower. Its pair of yellow headlamps had been given black centres to make 'eyes' and a long snout with gaping jaws had been added to look like a dragon's mouth. Powered by a diesel engine, its most distinctive feature was its long metal dragon's head, which had been added to the front of the radiator. In Ian Fleming's 1958 novel, the "dragon" was a black and gold armored tractor, initially used by Doctor No to devastate an Audubon Society bird sanctuary on Crab Key.
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