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    Komodo Dragon

    Do you know, what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo. It lives in thescrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands.

    Komodo dragon is the world's heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more. Thelargest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5meters) long and 200 pounds (91 kg)

    Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail.They use their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animal remains from severalmiles away. They also hunt other lizards as well as large mammals and are sometimescannibalistic.

    The Komodo dragons teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it

    feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria. The bacteria thatlive in the Komodo dragon's saliva causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims.A dragon will bite its prey, then follow it until the animal is too weak to carry on.

    This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss.

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    Komodo Dragon Identification

    Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo. It lives in thescrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands.

    DescriptionKomodo dragon is the world's heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more. The

    largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5meters)longand 200 pounds (91 kg)

    Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail. Theyuse their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animal remains from several milesaway. They also hunt other lizards as well as large mammals and are sometimescannibalistic.

    The Komodo dragon teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds,the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria. The bacteria that live inthe Komodo dragon's saliva causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims. Adragon will bite its prey, then follow it until the animal is too weak to carry on.

    This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss

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    1. Where is the habitat of Komodo dragon ` The habitat of komodo dragons are in the scrub and woodland of a few

    Indonesian islands.2. Why the Komodo dragon called the worlds heaviest lizard Because The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters)

    long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg)3. Is the komodo dragon cannibalistic ? Yes , it is4. How the komodo dragon killed it prey ?

    They use their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animal remains fromseveral miles away. The Komodo dragon teeth are almost completely covered by itsgums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria.The bacteria that live in the Komodo dragon's saliva causes septicemia, or bloodpoisoning, in its victims. A dragon will bite its prey, then follow it until the animal istoo weak to carry on.

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