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Komodo Dragon
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Physiology The Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard in the world today. They can grow to be 9.8 feet long and weigh 310 lbs.
Despite their size, these "dragons" are very agile creatures, they are also very good swimmers. A female Komodo can lay several of clutches
of at least 18 eggs a year. They possess very powerful legs, sharp clawed feet, long flattened tails, and deeply forked tongues. They use
tongues to track down and caprute escaped prey. The Komodo often scavenge but they occassionally kill deer and wild pigs by using their curved
claws, strong jaws, and inredibly sharp teeth. The saliva of these creatures contain 30-40 types of bacteria (depending on masturity) that has
no known antidote. When bitten, the wound festers and begins to stink. Because of this prey can be easily tracked if it runs away, which rarely
happens due to the Komodo's fast reflexes ad incredible speed. The komodo dragon is covered with oval shaped scales that are either dark grey
or brownish black in color.
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History The komod dragons were just recently discovered in the late 1800's. They live on the islands of Komodo, Rintya, Padar, and Flores.
They prefer to live in the woodland thickets, forest fringes, and clearings. These "dragons" are different from any other dragontypes because the Komodo
actually exist. They are a living, breathing lizard that you can see today (if your brave enough)!
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