2. Diet The komodo dragon will eat already killed animals, deer, water buffalo, pig, smaller komodo dragons and humans! The komodos will eat the same large carcass.
3. Diet The komodo will eat a lot of its prey, the intestines , skin , hooves and its bones. The komodo dragon has a flexible throat so it can eat huge hunks of meat.
4. Diet The komodo gets bacteria stuck in the teeth. The komodo dragon has a forked tongue to smell its food.
5. Appearance The hugest komodo dragon ever found was 10.3 feet. It weighed 366 pounds . The komodo dragon when hunting must rely on the background to camouflage.
6. Habitat The komodo dragon lives on islands near Indonesia and the Island of Komodo. The Komodo habitat has volcanic eruptions and floods.
7. Life cycles The komodo will stand on its hind legs and it will fight for its mate. The komodo will guard her eggs for two months.
8. Life cycles The komodo dragon can live to live to be 30 years old.
9. Conservation The number of the komodo population is between 2,500 and 5,000. Some say the komodo dragon is endangered.
10. Interesting facts The komodo dragon has a scientific name. It is vananuskomdoensis. The komodo dragon is not a dragon but a lizard. .
11. The komodo swims side to side. Interesting facts The komodo dragon’s bite is weaker then a house cat’s bite. Komodo dragons are great swimmers.
12. Interesting facts The komodo eggs will take eight months in a incubator to hatch. The komodo dragon is rarely bred in captivity.
13. Interesting facts The komodo is the heaviest lizard on earth. The komodo has a sac of poison in its mouth. The komodo also has bacteria in its mouth.
14. Interesting facts The baby komodo will eat eggs, grasshoppers, beetles and geckos. The baby komodo can go in trees but the older komodo can’t.
15. Interesting facts The Island of Komodo was not completely known until the 1920’s. The Island of Komodo is 20 miles long and 10 miles wide.
