Real Dinosaur Worlds Largest Lizard Komodo Dragon

The Komodo dragon is the largest living species of lizard. It grows to an average length of around 10 ft and can weigh around 70 150 lb.

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the worlds largest lizard. Some have been over 10 feet long and weighed up to 370 pounds. Komodos can walk without dragging their abdomen and even stand upright. They mature at around age five and can live up to fifty years. They are intelligent, see in color, can play, quickly become tame in captivity, and can recognize individual people. They dig burrows. They can stalk and kill prey and eat prey up to the size of a goat. Because of their size, they dominate the ecosystems in which they live. Although Komodo dragons mostly eat carrion, they will also hunt and ambush prey including invertebrates, birds, and mammals.

They are intelligent and act a lot like mammals. This one interacted with me. It held its head up and looked me over. It then dug a hole.

Komodos are a species of lizard that inhabits the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang in Indonesia. They are a member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae).

They can reproduce with no males. For example, Komodo dragons recently made the news when the staff at the London Zoo was surprised to discover that a female Komodo dragon, with no access to males, had offspring. Genetic tests soon verified that the female was the sole parent.
Their power to change reproductive modes according to the animals company could enable a lone female to colonize new territories. A number of other Komodo dragons have also reproduced parthenogenetically.

Photographed at the Columbus Zoo and Toledo Zoo in Ohio

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[amillie1200]

all you hear is a girl in the background "its not real daddy"

[queezygi]

Komodo Dragons are so awesome!!!!

[TyLeR3397]

@queezygi tell me that once your back from komodo island..

[borderlandsstalker21]

OMG i got so scared i had to post this

[willowmorgaine]

it's mr.kipling

[miladimedina]

i remember when i was a kid :) and went to these kind of field trips :D

[pathitta100]

ตัวเ_ี้ย



[MrBanditBandung]

Go to Komodo Island, Daddy...

[jeanyazzie86]

Well give me ur pitbull... shit ill take it no Qs asked.....

[noobhealz402]

That fucker can smell how good you taste... he can smell just as good as you can taste... picture yourself eating a 14 oz tenderloin... that's what he smells when you're within 2.5 miles ._.

[Vacmachine]

@VanillaSkeet Pretty obvious odds you would be leaning on your left elbow if you're using your right hand to controle the mouse. HERPDERPHERPDERP

[PhoebusRose64]

i want one of these instead of a pitbull!