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Komodo Dragons are currently listed as vulnerable on the endangered species list.
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Komodo Dragons live on the islands of Lesser Sunda, Rinca, Gili Montong, Gili Dasami and the Flores Islands of Indonesia.
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Komodo Dragons live in grasslands, savannahs and forest near water.
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Komodo dragons are reptiles.
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They are the largest lizard in the world.
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Komodo Dragons can be 10 feet long
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They can weigh over 300 pounds, but the average weight is 150 pounds.
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Komodo Dragons are millions of year old.
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We only found out they existed in 1912 when a WW1 pilot found them when he cam ashore after crashing his plane.
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Komodo Dragons have wide flat heads.
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They have short legs that caused them to waddle back and forth when they walk.
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Komodo Dragons have yellow tongues that fork at the end. Their tongues are always going in and out of their mouths.
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They have very long, wide muscular tails.
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Komodo Dragons have excellent sense of smell and good vision.
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They also are good swimmers.
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Komodo Dragons have 60 very sharp teeth.
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They are carnivores meaning they eat meat.
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Komodo Dragons will eat deer, water buffalo, dead animals, wild pigs, snakes and even smaller Komodo Dragons.
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If a Komodo Dragon bites it prey and they run away they will not get very far. Their saliva contains a very poisonous bacteria. Once their prey it bitten they will usually dies within 24 hours.
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A Komodo Dragon can eat up to 80% of their body weight in one meal!
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They can run up to 12 miles per hour.
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They live usually between 30-50 years.
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They do not have any known predators except humans and other Komodo Dragons that may eat their babies.
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A female Komodo Dragon lays between 15-30 eggs.
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When the baby hatches they are 12 inches long.
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Babies hide within the trees when they are born to avoid being eaten by other Komodo Dragons.