KOMODO DRAGONS
Reptile        -         Vertebrate          -      Carnivore
Male:  Bull, Cock
Female:  Cow, Hen
Young:  Calf, Chick, Hatchling
KOMODO DRAGONS ... MONITOR LIZARDS
  • Reach about 10 feet in length.
  • Are the heaviest lizards on earth.
  • Can run up to 12 miles per hour.
  • Has an excellent sense of smell
  • Eat carrion, deer, pigs, small Komodo Dragons, water buffalo and humans.
  • Can swallow prey as large as a goat.
  • Their saliva is poisonous.
  • They can swim.
  • Live for about 30 years.
  • Komodo Dragons eat up to 80% of their body weight in a single meal.
  • Newborn Komodo Dragons climb into trees in order that their parents cannot catch and eat them (the parents are too heavy to climb the trees).