41. Animal1 .stage 3 komodos need a near constant high body temperature. komodos need to be in warmareas in the morning, then they need to be in cool areas during the day. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kearny/cm2000/cm14/komodo.htm

Our Greatest Animals Of The Year Komodo Dragon Varanus Komodoensis Mary G. The Varanus Komodoensis , scientific name for the Komodo Dragon, is the largest lizard in the world. They are usually sandy brown with dark spots. They may also come in many other colors. Their color changes during their growing period(growing period is from the time they hatch till they are adults). Komodos need a near constant high body temperature. Komodos need to be in warm areas in the morning, then they need to be in cool areas during the day. They chill in burrows at night. Komodos are quick lizards; they are smart,have very good eyesight,and they use there sharp claws to climb trees. The Komodos are good swimmers;till they can fine a safe area. They swim long distance if they are forced to by destruction of natural habitat. Komodos shed and their teeth , when they are replaced , look like the shape of shark teeth. These teeth are used to chew and tear flesh from their prey. This is a skull of a Komodo Dragon. They can live up to sixty years old,but on average, they live until 20 years old. Males can reach up to ten feet long. Females can reach up to eight feet long. Males can weigh from two hundred to three hundred pounds. Females can weigh up to one hundred to two hundred pounds. The young komodos stay in the trees and eat lizards,insects,and birds to help gain strength and size. When komodos are adults they can eat almost anything available: like rodents(rats),snakes,birds,deer,goat,wild boar,and even buffalo that are weak. If the komodos have to, they will eat each other. Komodo Dragons can be found on islands like Rica,Pallor,Komodo, Western end of Flores,Gili, Mota, and Owadi Sami. They are found in the hot grasslands at the lowest or low elevations. The Komodos are not endangered. There are about three thousand to five thousand Komodo Dragons alive. The Komomdo Dragon has only two enemies: Man and larger Komodo Dragons. These lizards can be very lucky lizards.

42. Here There Be Dragons: A Visit To Komodo Island The next day, after breakfast, it was time to begin the trek to the komodos' feedinggrounds, referred to ever since as The Bataan Death March. It was a long http://www.merriewood.com/exindo/komodo.html

begin to imagine Merpati Nusantara.) So a few days later, accompanied by a guide who had been a ranger at the park, and carrying our own toilet paper, we boarded the first of three successively smaller planes for the flight to Flores. Once we reached Flores, our guide got very busy. He had to buy food, since you pack your own to the campground on Komodo. He had to arrange for a boat to take us the rest of the way. And he had to fend off two Austrian backpackers who wanted to mooch their way with our boat and our food. As it turns out, the Austrians and two very nice Australian marine biologists traveled together on a very slow boat, while our intrepid guide chartered the police speedboat for our journey. The harbor at Labuan Bajo, Flores A house in a fishing village, Misa Island Children, Misa Island A little girl, Misa Island And a little boy, Misa Island. Approaching Komodo By the time we reached Komodo, it was late in the afternoon (the others didn't trickle in till after dark). but it is.

43. The UnMuseum - Komodo Dragons: Giant Lizards other dragons (Interestingly enough for reasons scientists still don't understand,the dragons are not susceptible to infections from the bites of other komodos http://www.unmuseum.org/bigliz.htm

A Komodo Dragon avoids the hot, tropical sun by finding shade under a tree. Giant Lizards You pause from hiking down the mountain to enjoy the sunset. Below lies a serene tropical beach and above a cloud forest. Around you are hills covered with savanna. In the ravines between the hills are monsoon forests. An amazing range of environments, you think to yourself, for an island only twenty miles long and ten miles wide. Suddenly from the thick grass nearby a buck bolts and runs across your path. You are startled, but soon recover. After all, it is only a deer, and in a few seconds your heart rate drops back to normal. Still, something is not right. You have the feeling you are being watched. A feeling of dread. The hairs on the back of your neck suddenly stand on end. But you don't see anything. Then you notice a smell. Unpleasant. Very unpleasant. You hear a sound in the nearby grass. You turn to look, and then it happens. The grass flies apart and something comes at you. Reptilian with cold, dead eyes. It's big. Very big. Twice your size from its ugly head to its massive tail and more than your weight. The creature's jaws open to display a set of inch-long serrated teeth dripping with deadly, infectious saliva. The speed of this monster is incredible. Before you can even move it is upon you, its wide mouth biting down on your thigh...

44. [www.thesunlink.com] The SUN Newspaper Of Bremerton, Wash. big meal. Loki is fast. komodos have to be in order to bring downdeer, pigs and even the occasional water buffalo. Loki has an http://www.thesunlink.com/news/2000/april/0422a3a.html

Select a site SunLink West Sound 2001 MrOutdoors.com NWoffbase.com SoundGardener.com RecipeGuy.com ShopKitsap.com SunLink Hosted Sites Select a site Hearing Advantage Economy Heating Emerald Hearth Bremerton Glass Trew Auto Body PSME.com Wild Bird Center Roof Doctor Trew Auto Body Kitsap Home Rental Home Page Subscribe Contact us News Tips ... Search The SUN MORE LOCAL NEWS: NEW AT THE ZOO Dragons on the march By Deborah Woolston Sun staff Loki, a Komodo dragon, is now in residence at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. The giant lizards are indigenous to Indonesia, but Loki was born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. He is part of a breeding campaign to rescue the endangered species. Staff photo by Melina Mara Puget Sound's first Komodo dragon is attracting crowds to his Point Defiance lair. Forget special effects, cartoon characters and made-up mayhem. Loki is a really scary reptile from the real world. Kids are goggle-eyed when they spot one of the world's biggest lizards eyeballing them from 3 feet away. "Lucky there's a glass there," a mother says. A clear barrier separates the young Komodo dragon from his audience at temporary, tropical digs in Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium.

45. Animal ABC's: Komodo Dragon. The ASPCA's Animaland! Click here to go back to Animal ABC's Who says it's nice to share? Toavoid other dragons eating their prey, komodos have to eat fast. http://www.animaland.org/abc/dragon.asp

Who says it's nice to share? To avoid other dragons eating their prey, komodos have to eat fast. One scientist saw a 100-pound juvenile Komodo dragon eat a 66-pound wild boar in under 20 minutes. Photo courtesy of Jessie Cohen at Smithsonian's National Zoo Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis : A really, really, really big lizard It's not always easy being the world's largest lizardespecially one who's just hatched. Young Komodo dragons spend most of their time hanging out in trees on the Indonesian islands where they live. Sure, they find lots of yummy stuff to eat there, like grasshoppers, beetles and smaller reptiles such as geckos, but the main reason they stay so high up is to avoid being eaten by adult Komodos. (In other words, "Hey ma, what's for dinner?" wouldn't be the greatest thing to ask!) If juvenile dragons can survive until they're about four feet in length, they're safe to ditch tree-top living and devote themselves to fully achieving their adult proportions of up to nine feet long and 550 pounds. That takes foodand lots of it! To kill their prey (deer, wild boar and water buffalo), Komodos lie in wait until an animal passes, then lunge and attack. The bite of a Komodo dragon is almost always deadly. Their saliva contains about 50 different kinds of bacteria that cause fatal blood poisoning, usually within a week. And you thought garlic breath was bad!

46. PBS: Wild Indonesia If hungry, a Komodo will eat snakes, birds, and even smaller komodos. Over shortdistances, the Dragon is capable of pursuit speeds of nearly 20 miles an hour. http://www.pbs.org/wildindonesia/dragon/

Dragons are creatures of legend, but in a world as fantastic as Indonesia, myths become reality. On a small, 22 mile long island among the thousands of Indonesian isles lives the planet's only living dragon the Komodo (Varanus komodoensis). Named after the island on which it was discovered, the Komodo Dragon has gripped the popular imagination since it was brought to the attention of the world in 1910. Lieutenant van Steyn van Hensbroek, a member of the occupying Dutch colonials, learned rumors of a "land crocodile," a creature purportedly over 20 feet long. In time, van Hensbroek caught and killed a six foot Komodo. Then, in 1926, American W. Douglas Burden went on an expedition to research the creatures, and named them "dragons." Today, the Komodo Dragon still has many names. Locals call it the ora, others the biawak raksasa, which means "giant monitor." Whatever one calls it, the Komodo is one of the more remarkable and unusual predators found on Earth. It is a reptile, a not-to-distant relative of the snake; both animals share a forked tongue. Dragons can reach 10 feet in length, and weigh as much as 300 pounds. Though it resembles one, the Komodo is not a direct descendant of the dinosaurs. They do, however, share a common ancestor from some 300 million years ago. On Komodo, the dragon is king. It eats any and all of the other large animals on the island, including wild boar, deer, water buffalo, dogs and goats. If hungry, a Komodo will eat snakes, birds, and even smaller Komodos. Over short distances, the Dragon is capable of pursuit speeds of nearly 20 miles an hour. But for the most part, they hunt with a combination of stealth and power. Concealed in brush, a Komodo will wait until prey such as a wild boar walks past. Then in a sudden aggressive move, the Dragon will burst from its hiding place.

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48. Audubon: Ask Audubon ASK AUDUBON. By Carolyn Shea. What happens when komodos go headto-headin combat? komodos' serrated teeth retain scraps from previous meals. http://magazine.audubon.org/ask/ask0201.html

ASK AUDUBON By Carolyn Shea What happens when Komodos go head-to-head in combat? Madeline A. Coccio, Pottstown, Pennsylvania As Americans learned from last summer's Bronstein incident, in which newspaper editor Phil Bronstein (husband to actress Sharon Stone) nearly forfeited his toe to a Komodo dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo, these animals can be hazardous to one's health. The dragons, which can be 10 feet long and can weigh considerably more than 200 pounds, are not only the reigning giants of the lizard world but fierce carnivores as well (they may have inspired the legends of fire-breathing dragons). In the wild, Varanus komodoensis Why is bleach harmful to the environment? Leslie Gordon, Topanga, California How do fish that live in closed bodies of water survive winter freezes? Thomas Miller, Indianapolis, Indiana L Baffled by nature? Ask Audubon! Sound off! Send a letter to the editor about this piece.

49. Komodo Dragon Biogeography various other islets. Around 2000 more komodos live on the island ofFlores located to the east (Ciofi, 1999). These unique animals http://www.sfsu.edu/~geog/bholzman/courses/316projects/komodo.htm

San Francisco State University Department of Geography Geography 316: Biogeography In progress 5/20/99 bh The Biogeography of the Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) by Craig Jung, student in Geography 316, Spring 1999 photo source: Ciofi 1999 Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order:Squamata Family: Varanidae Genus:Varanus Species: V. komodoensis Description of Species: In Indonesia there is a type of lizard that can reach sizes that you may have thought only existed in fairy tales. These unique reptiles have been able to develop in an area where there is little for large animals to live on. They were there long before humans but like many organisms around the world they are subject to the growing human populations. These monitor lizards are known as Komodo dragons. The Komodo dragon, also known as Varanus komodoensis , may reach lengths of up to three meters and may weigh as much as 500 pounds. They have claws that may be as long as ten centimeters, teeth that operate like little scalpels and saliva that contains a deadly bacteria, staphylococcus (Cherrington, 1997). These monitors are known to be strong swimmers and may dive down to depths of 15 feet. Most importantly they possess great intelligence, displayed best when they hunt or search out their next meal. Habitat: Natural History: Komodo dragons are one of the largest carnivorous reptiles. These large lizards start out as hatchlings only a foot long. Young dragons live in the trees for protection from larger predators and adult Komodo monitors. Their diets consist of insects and small lizards. When they reach adolescence their diets may consist of rodents, birds, and large mammals occasionally. Adult Komodo dragons can take down large animals fifteen times their size, like water buffalo (

50. Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Komodo (2000) Most of us are simply unaware of these facts because the komodos are arelatively rare species which live only on a few Indonesian islands. http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/k/komodo.html

Komodo (2000) Own it! DVD review by Scott Hamilton and Chris Holland See also: Anaconda Alligator Tentacles advertisement Komodo "My name's Eddie. Get it? Like Eddie Izzard! What, do I have to dress up in women's clothes to get a laugh?" If the words "from the writer of Anaconda " don't have you ducking for cover, you may be a bad movie lover. If some twisted form of lip-smacking zeal was inspired in you by a late night viewing of Bats , your crap cinema addiction may indeed be terminal. But if you ever wish to test your dedication to all things schlockfilmic, might we suggest Komodo The thing about Komodo dragons is that despite their bitchin' moniker, they're not really on the Top Ten List Of Scary Animals That Might Show Up In A Horror Movie. In fact, you'd have to search pretty hard to find someone who would even consider the noble Komodo dragon for his list of phobias, especially when compared to bats, rats, spiders, lions, dogs, and all those other fearsome animals to which we have had more exposure. The irony here is that Komodo dragons are among the worst of predators with which you might want to find yourself in actual contact: they can grow as large as 10 feet long and weigh over 300 pounds, and have been known to kill humans occasionally. Most of us are simply unaware of these facts because the Komodos are a relatively rare species which live only on a few Indonesian islands. A woman, some guns and a dead body.

51. Komodo Monitor (Komodo Dragon): WhoZoo komodos lay eggs, and the female will protect her nest during the incubationperiod. However, once hatched, the little dragons are http://www.whozoo.org/students/amabau/komodo_dragon.htm

Komodo Dragon Name: Komodo Monitor (Komodo Dragon) Scientific Name: Varanus komodoensis Range: Komodo Dragons are found exclusively on the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Padar, Flores, and the Sunda Islands Habitat: Warm climates; desert and tropical regions Status: Protected Diet in the Wild: Young monitors feed on insects, small lizards, and the nestlings of small mammals; larger monitor species seek larger prey, such as fish, birds, frogs, rats, and snakes; the Komodo Dragon can even take small deer and wild pigs. Diet in the Zoo: Carnivore diet. Location in the Zoo: Komodo Dragon Exhibit Physical Description: The Komodo Dragon is the largest and heaviest of the monitor lizards, reaching lengths up to 3 meters (about 9 ft). Average weight of wild animals is 70 kg, although captive animals can get heavier. The tail is as long as the body. They have jagged teeth that are 1cm long. General Information: There are roughly 30 different species of monitors. They are all characterized by a long, forked, snakelike tongue. The Komodo Dragon is the largest living lizard in the world today. Komodo Dragons are extremely territorial animals. The males fight over the right to mate with a particular female. They "stand" on their hind legs and wrestle each other to the ground. The one who gets pinned down loses. The winner then rakes his claws in slow, long strokes down the length of the losers body.

52. Komodo Dragon Favorite prey include wild pigs, deers, and monkeys. Though komodos can move quickly,they can do so only over short distances. komodos also eat carrion. http://wonderclub.com/Wildlife/reptiles/komododragon.html

World Wonders Atlas Wildlife Celebrities ... WonderClub.com KOMODO DRAGON At 10 feet in length, the Komodo dragon is the largest true lizard that has ever lived on land. It is the top predator on the small islands on which it lives. HABITS The small Idonesian islands on which the Komodo dragon lives are hilly and sparsely covered with rainforest. The lowland areas consist mainly of open grassland and palm tress. Despite their small size, these islands support a wide range of subtropical plants and animals. BREEDING Komodo dragons mate in late June or July. During this period, males may come into conflict with each other as they defend their territories. Five weeks after mating, the female digs a hole in the warm, moist earth and an average of a dozen eggs. The exact number and size of the eggs she lays vary depending on the age and size of the female. She then covers them and leaves them to incubate unattended, relying on the sum to keep them at the proper temperature. The young dragons hatch eight months later. Barely eight inches long, they are in danger of being eaten by almost every predator on the islands, from snakes and birds of prey to larger Komodo dragons. Those that survive grow quickly, and after five years, they will have reached six feet in length. Both males and females are mature enough to breed at around six years of age.

53. TV Guide Online - [Movie Database] Nineteen years later, the parents of young Patrick Connelly (Kevin Zegers) are slaughteredby the komodos (the world's largest lizard, carnivores averaging 10 http://www.tvguide.com/movies/database/ShowMovie.asp?MI=43370

54. Komodo later his aunt) get turned into lunch and evening snacks for the Komodo Dragons,allegedly mutated and rabid goes mental and starts hunting komodos like he http://samweb.net/booth/reviews/rewind/komodo.htm

Booth Archive: Komodo Darren J. Seeley Don't you dare mess with mother nature!! "Komodo" is something of a "guilty as charged" pleasure of mine, and sure, its another creature feature, but hey, at least it's good creature feature. I mean-is anybody really keeping score? In the past five years alone we had "Anaconda's, Mako Sharks ("Deep Blue Sea") ,"Bats", "Lake Placid" had Killer Crocs of shi...well ,you get the idea. Some get theatrically released and terrorize the public at large, either in genuine thrills like "Deep Blue Sea" or terrorism by simply making a croc of sh.. well, anyway...others get the direct to video treatment...some justified, some not. "Komodo" got the direct to video treatment. The surprise is, I didn't think it was that bad. It's directed by Oscar winning FX wizard Micheal Lantieri ("Jurassic Park") who knows how to direct good surprise moments, and like his counterparts who also have directed such as Stan Winston ("Pumpkinhead") or Steve Norrington ("Blade") his strength is FX laced films. The script is straightforward, with minimal character development-although Patrick, played by Kevin Zegers ("Free Willy", "Air Bud") turns out to have most complex three dimensional qualities. After the family dog and his parents (and later his aunt) get turned into lunch and evening snacks for the Komodo Dragons, allegedly "mutated" and "rabid" goes mental and starts hunting Komodos like he was Tarzan!

55. Komodo Dragons: They May Not Be Pretty, But Komodo Dragons Deserve Our Protectio However, while komodos are vulnerable to attacks from poachers, they rulea group of Indonesian islands with sharp claws and sharper teeth. http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-26-2001-8380.asp

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Komodo Dragons: They May Not Be Pretty, But Komodo Dragons Deserve Our Protection Komodo dragons, the world's largest lizards, command awe for their sheer size and ability to consume 80% of their body weight in one meal. Buzzle Staff Editor, 12/26/2001 11:14:00 AM Buzzle.com: Click here to view the original version. Click for enlarged image. In the early 1990s, Hollywood flirted with the idea of presenting the Komodo dragon as a comical, even winsome creature when one played a supporting role in The Freshman . The film, based on the premise that smugglers would pay top dollar to sell Komodo flesh to restaurateurs, almost succeeded in making the dangerous species look vulnerable. However, while Komodos are vulnerable to attacks from poachers, they rule a group of Indonesian islands with sharp claws and sharper teeth. Certainly the deer that Komodo dragons prey upon don't regard their predators as vulnerable. Since Komodos can't hear well, they rely on a highly developed sense of smell to sniff out their dinner. They also retain bits of meat in their serrated teeth, breeding dangerous bacteria; even if the prey manages to escape the jaws of a ten-foot animal that has no qualms about eating its own children, it will die from infection. Indeed, Komodos engage in the sort of behavior that most humans regard as vicious, amoral, and downright low, such as fighting rivals for female attention and stealing birds' nests for laying their own eggs. Dutch colonials living in Indonesia learned of Komodo dragons in the early twentieth century, and researchers soon began studying their diet, behavior, and environment. The first Komodo born in captivity created a publicity stir for the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., but now many zoos around the world boast Komodo dragons. Today, the Komodos of Indonesia face threats from hunters who illegally kill the deer they feed on and from human alteration of the delicate island ecosystem. They may not be pretty, but they deserve our protection.

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58. Houston Zoo komodos hunt mainly by ambushing their prey. Young komodos will eat snakes, lizardsand rodents but adults like larger prey including water buffalo and deer. http://www.houstonzoo.org/reptiles/pages/komodo_dragon.html

Click to view a larger (35k) photo. KOMODO DRAGON Scientific Name: Varanus komodoensis Traits The Komodo Dragon is the world's largest lizard, weighing an average of 155 pounds, sometimes double that in captivity. It has a long body, well-developed legs and deeply forked tongue that it uses to smell its prey. Juveniles have bright gray or cream bands which they lose as they get older. Adults are uniformly gray with thickly folded scaly skin. They may look slow, but can actually run at speeds of 11 mph. They are also good swimmers. Komod dragon saliva is rich in toxic bacteria. When a Komodo bites its prey, the bacteria contaminate the wound. Even if the prey does not dies to the initial attack, they usually die from infection. Komodos hunt mainly by ambushing their prey. They can eat up to half their body weight in a single meal. Komodo Dragons typically has a maximum lifespan of about 40 years in the wild. Activity Pattern Diurnal Ecology Komodo dragons have good eyesight, but they find most of their food through smell. They can "taste" the air with their tongues. Because they cannot chew, they tear off pieces of their food and throw backward into their mouths.

59. Komodo Dragons There is evidence from fossils that lizards from the group to which komodos belongwere even larger in the past. komodos are a species of monitor lizard. http://www.users.bigpond.com/rdoolan/komodo.html

Komodo dragons, like other reptiles, show no evidence of evolution from non-reptiles. Crystal Clear Creation: Unlock the secrets of nature, wildlife, the world, from a creationist, Christian, non-evolution perspective. Quick-read this article: Komodo dragons are the largest lizards on earth today. There is evidence from fossils that lizards from the group to which komodos belong were even larger in the past. But there is no evidence that they ever evolved from non-reptiles. Fearsome-looking komodo dragons live on only four islands in the world. All four islands are among the 13,670 islands that make up the Republic of Indonesia in South-East Asia. Many historians think the well-known depictions of Chinese dragons were modelled on creatures like the Komodo dragon. The Komodo's long, forked, yellow-orange tongue flicks out of its mouth like wisps of fire. Komodos are the largest lizards on earth today. They can grow to three meters (10 feet) long, although the biggest and most savage-looking specimens were slaughtered before the Indonesian Government set up its current protection policy. Komodos are a species of monitor lizard. Monitors include the Australian goanna, a lizard similar to the Komodo dragon but which rarely reaches lengths of more than two meters (six feet).

60. Michelle Taylor - EdTech Project - Index komodos are carnivores, or meateaters, and usually stay near the open and aridcoastal savannahs on the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Padar and Rinca. http://www.american.edu/edtech/taylor/komodo.html

This page is intended for use by 5th - 6th graders. Menu Alligators Albino Alligator Crocodile Galapagos Tortoise ... THE AUTHOR Komodo Dragons! This page contains information about the deadly Komodo Dragon! Komodo Dragon Facts The Komodo Dragon is a true prehistoric thowback, having been around since the Jurassic period. Komodos are carnivores, or meateaters, and usually stay near the open and arid coastal savannahs on the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Padar and Rinca. Komodo dragons spend most nights inside small caves that they have dug. Female Komodo Dragons will lay about 28 eggs at a time when ready for nesting. Full-grown Komodos may reach a length of 10 ft. The Komodo Dragon has stong claws and very sharp teeth. It can run quickly and is extremely strong. Komodos often capture and eat small deer, wild pigs and even water buffaloes. Movie Files Click here to see a movie file of a Komodo Dragon digging a nest in the dirt. This site created and maintained by Michelle Taylor Last Update: October 1999 E-mail contact information: michelleltaylor@hotmail.com

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