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Two juvenile Komodo dragons, the newest additions to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, fit right in to the Vegas tourist scene.
It turns out komodos need the bony plates for protection against other dragons when they fight. Researchers studied two komodo specimens and noticed that the juvenile dragon did not have the ...
A Komodo dragon has bitten a tourist in Indonesia in what officials say is the first attack on humans in five years. Lon Lee Alle, 50, was staying with locals in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara ...
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a monitor lizard, the largest of their type. In fact, Komodos are the biggest lizard of any kind still in existence. Adult Komodos typically grow to a length ...
Two female Komodo dragons in zoos have startled their keepers by laying viable eggs without males, possibly as a last resort at a time when mates are in increasingly short supply.
Komodos, which are popular zoo exhibits from the United States to Europe, grow to be 10 feet (3 meters) long and 150 pounds (70 kilograms).
Rare Komodo Dragons Born at LA Zoo Less than 10 zoos in North America have been able to breed Komodos.
Komodos can grow to a length of 10 feet and weigh up to 365 pounds. Thousands of tourists visit Komodo each year to see the lizards in their natural habitat.
Komodos, the worlds largest dragons, are cannibalistic and usually eat their young and eggs of their own species, so zoo officials say staying alive is tricky for a hatchling.
Captive Komodo Dragons Share Their Teeming Microbiome with Their Environment, Just Like Us Komodos could be the perfect model for studying host-microbe interactions ...
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Komodo dragons have shark-like teeth and poisonous venom that can kill a person within hours of a bite. Yet villagers who have lived for generations alongside the world's largest lizard were not ...