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	Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
		The Komodo dragon, or komodo monitor lizard, is thought to be the source of Chinese legends of great scaly man-eating monsters, the dragons that are still featured prominently in Chinese folklore and religion.
		Komodo dragons are good swimmers and have been reported hunting in the surf for fish and birds.
		Komodo dragons now are the center of a burgeoning tourist industry and the local people increasingly are recognizing the advantage of living near this potentially dangerous animal.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/van_anim_komodo.htm (565 words)

	Komodo National Park - Lizard, Dragon flores
		The Komodo is long lived (as are most of the larger reptilian species) with an estimated life expectancy of over 50 years in the wild.
		The Komodo is a stealth predator, which lies motionless and camoflouged alongside game trails for the unwary, which tend to be the very young, the old and the infirm.
		In an attack, the Komodo lunges at its victim with blinding speed and clasps it with the serrated teeth of the jaw.
	www.komodo-liveaboard.com /komodo_national_park.html (1113 words)

	Komodo Dragon - The Living Dragon
		Surrounded by swift currents, and man-eating sharks, the Komodo Island is located in the middle of 17,000 islands between the Pacific and Indian oceans, known as Indonesia.
		While smaller Komodos have to be content with eggs, lizards, snakes and rodents, the larger ones hunt deer, wild pigs, water buffalos and even horses.
		Komodo dragons are cannibalistic, and adults will prey on young ones as well as old and sick dragons.
	www.draconian.com /dragons/komodo-dragon.php (922 words)

	Komodo Dragon - An Information Resource - Fact Sheet
		The Komodo Islands are the result of ancient volcanic eruptions and have very low rainfall, only some 600 to 800mm annually, making the islands dry and hilly, with tall savannah grass a prime example of the Komodo's habitat.
		Although many Komodo Dragons have been born in captivity in recent years and many Zoos are involved in breeding and research projects, both the range and numbers of Komodo Dragons continues to decline.
		The Komodo Dragon is certainly vulnerable, and in an area that is also geologically unstable, a volcanic or seismic event, although unlikely in the short-term could end the reign of the Komodo Dragon as the largest surviving lizard.
	www.komododragon.biz /KomodoDragonFactSheet (2252 words)

	Komodo Dragons and Their Islands
		Komodo is west of Flores, east of Sumbawa, and north of Sumba.
		Komodo dragons are cannibals who eat their own young, and even other adults when they can pull it off.
		Komodo dragons are the largest kind of lizard still living on Earth, but they are not the largest reptile.
	www.heptune.com /komodo.html (1410 words)

	Komodo Dragon
		Komodo dragons are generally solitary animals, except during the breeding season.
		At about 4 years old and 4 feet long, a young komodo is large enough to escape its predatory elders, and has become too large to be safely supported by the trees in the monsoon forest.
		This is due to the expansion of human populations and the hunting of the komodos’ prey, as well as major natural disasters such as fires and volcanic eruptions.
	www.akronzoo.org /learn/komodo.asp (1358 words)

	Komodo Dragon Fact Sheet - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Komodo dragons are limited to a few volcanic Indonesian islands of the Lesser Sunda group including Komodo, the largest at 22 miles (35 km) long, Rintja, Padar, and Flores.
		Komodo dragons are found in tropical savanna forests, but range widely over the islands, from beach to ridge tops.
		Komodo dragons are endangered due in part to their limited range.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/FactSheets/Komododragon.cfm (1701 words)

	Komodo Summer Mesh Motorcycle Gloves - webBikeWorld
		Along with their bargain-basement price, the Komodo gloves seem to be made better with higher quality and they have more features than most or all of the competition.
		The Komodo brand is apparently new, but the relatively vague "About Us" description on their website doesn't tell us much about the company, which sells a variety of leather and textile gloves, jackets, pants, suits and boots.
		The Komodos are double-stitched on the palm, which is rare for a lightweight summer glove, and a mix of single, double and blind stitches are used on the remaining leather.
	www.webbikeworld.com /motorcycle-gloves/komodo/mesh-gloves.htm (962 words)

	Komodo Dragon
		The distribution of Komodo dragons is restricted to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Rinca, Komodo, Flores and the smaller islands of Gili, Montang and Padar.
		In the wild, Komodo dragons are generally solitary animals, except during the breeding season.
		The male Komodo dragon presses his snout to the female's body, and flicks her with his long, forked tongue to obtain chemical information about her receptivity.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /komodo_dragon.htm (792 words)

	Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: The Komodo Dragon -- On a few small islands in the Indonesian ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Among some on Komodo and the islands of Rinca and Flores, it is buaja darat (land crocodile), a name that is descriptive but inaccurate; monitors are not crocodilians.
		Others call it biawak raksasa (giant monitor), which is quite correct; it ranks as the largest of the monitor lizards, a necessary logical consequence of its standing as the biggest lizard of any kind now living on the earth.
		Should the deer make enough noise the Komodo may hear it, despite a mention in the scientific paper first reporting its existence that dragons appeared to be deaf.
	www.sciam.com /article.cfm?articleID=000EFE16-865C-1CD6-B4A8809EC588EEDF (753 words)

	Information About Komodo National Park, Komodo, Rinca, Padar, Komodo Dragon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is the home of the giants lizard known as the "Komodo Dragon" it was thought to be a myth until the turn of the century, when fishermen who were forced by a storm to take shelter on Komodo sight the monsters.
		Komodo dragons live in one of the driest area in Indonesia, where there are few permanent water sources.
		The few inhabitants dwelling on Komodo today have built their Kampong on stilts right next to the sea, and survive by dishing, as the land is dry and arid, almost impossible to cultivate.
	www.komodotours.com /komodo_island/general_informations.htm (649 words)

	perl.com: Komodo 3.0 Review
		Komodo has a powerful debugger, which in an IDE setting is a great way to visualize your code executing, with the line of code in one window and a tab with call stacks, output, watched variables (that you can change midstream if you like), breakpoints, and more.
		Komodo presents complex watched variables in a nested tree format, allowing you to expand elements of hashes and arrays to go through the data.
		Komodo also supports remote debugging, allowing you to debug a remote console script or web application right inside Komodo, stepping in and out of code and watching variables right off the remote server.
	www.perl.com /pub/a/2004/11/04/komodo3.html (1743 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Komodo Dragon
		There are over 3,000 lizard species, but the Komodo dragon wins the prize for being the biggest living lizard in the world!
		It is a type of monitor lizard, an ancient species of reptile with ancestors that date back more than 100 million years.
		In November 2002, a research team visited a small island in Indonesia and found the Komodo dragons there to be much smaller and lighter.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-komodo.html (643 words)

	Komodo Dragon Tour and Filming
		Komodo Island - located between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores - is now a national park and also home to number of rare birds, deer and wild pigs which are prey to the lizards as well.
		The Komodo is protected by law and although they are considered harmless, it is advisable to keep them at the distance.
		Komodo Island is now a nature reserve, home to a number of rare bird species, deer and weld pigs, which are prey to the lizards as well.
	www.adventureindonesia.com /komodo-welcome.htm (763 words)

	Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
		Young komodo dragons are often eaten by birds and adult komodo dragons.
		Humans are not a threat anymore because the komodo dragon brings a lot of tourists to the Indonesian islands and so they are not hunted.
		Female komodo dragons lay between 20 and 40 eggs in a hole in the ground.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Komodo_Dragon.asp (538 words)

	Komodo Dragon by Shiang-Huan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The size of the Komodo dragon is 10 feet (Length), the average size is: 8.6 feet (male) and 7.6 feet (female).
		Komodo dragons have claws that are razor sharp.
		Komodo dragons are adapted to get its food by using its sharp teeth and by running fast to catch its prey.
	www.crockerfarm.org /ac/rm02/animals/shuanDragon.htm (334 words)

	The Dragons of Komodo
		Upon his arrival, he quickly found that the island, which is to be assumed as the island of Komodo, seemed to be in a sense infested with dinosaur looking lizards.
		There was another creature fitting the description of the Komodo dragon, just overgrown in that it was said to be about twice as long, and five times as bulky as the dragon of Komodo.
		The legends of the Komodo being a man-eater are true in technicality, and it is a fact that the dragon has 4 different bacteria's built up within it's mouth, that have no common cures.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/exotic_wildlife/34235 (551 words)

	Komodo Dragon
		Some of the Komodo’s rituals are tongue touching, snout nudging, chin rubbing, neck biting, and scratching.
		The first part of their lives is spent fending for themselves until they are old enough and big enough not to be mistaken for a meal.
		Komodo dragons are capable swimmers and one theory says that they swam away from Australia to escape the larger Megalania and to look for a new home.
	www.colszoo.org /animalareas/Islands/komodo.html (515 words)

	Newcastle - Graphic Designers - Web Designers - Print Designers - Komodo Design - Branding
		Komodo Design is an independent, imaginative and integrated design agency, offering a full range of creative services in print and new media - logo design and corporate ID, branding, website design, literature design, reporting, marketing communications and pretty much everything in between.
		Komodo's design principles are firmly grounded in the belief that really great design is functional, effective, and delivers results for the client.
		Komodo Design, a creative graphic design agency based in Tyne and Wear/Newcastle specialising in business brand and identity development across print and web media.
	www.komododesign.co.uk (229 words)

	Komodo Dragon - Background
		Chinese traders seeking to plunder Komodo's underwater treasure trove of pearls, returned home with tales that are said to have enhanced the mythology of the Chinese dragon.
		Since the teeth of the Komodo dragons are not designed to chew, lumps of food are torn off, thrown to the back of the mouth, and swallowed whole.
		Komodo dragons can run at 14-18 km/hr over short distances, using their short, powerful legs armed with sharp claws.
	www.draconian.com /dragons/komodo-dragon-background.php (1114 words)

	Komodo Dragons
		On the Komodo Island, it mainly lives in the woods, and in the water.
		While most visitors to Komodo National Park enter through the gateway cities of Bima in eastern Sumbawa, or Labuanbajo in the west of Flores, the departure point is actually Bali.
		This is the largest facility in Komodo National Park with bungalows and rooms, a restaurant and a dormatory for the park rangers.
	www.campton.sau48.k12.nh.us /komodo_dragons.htm (822 words)

	Komodo island, Komodo Marine Park, Komodo Dragons, Scuba Diving Around Komodo Island Indonesia
		The Komodo National Park is home to a rare diversity of animals, including a population of the world's largest lizard, the famous Komodo Dragons (Varanus komodoensis).
		Komodo National Park is a unique marine sanctuary created by strong currents and upwellings that transport nutrient-rich waters throughout the park supporting a cornucopia of bio diversity.
		With twenty enormous griffin-like talons and layers of serrated backward-slanting teeth, the Komodo Dragon is a voracious cannibal.
	www.kararu.com /komodo/index.html (760 words)

	Komodo Monitor (Komodo Dragon): WhoZoo
		The Komodo Dragon is the largest and heaviest of the monitor lizards, reaching lengths up to 3 meters (about 9 ft).
		Komodos lay eggs, and the female will protect her nest during the incubation period.
		Since Komodo Dragons are cold blooded animals, they preserve their energy in order to maintain body temperature, so they aren't particularly active.
	www.whozoo.org /students/amabau/komodo_dragon.htm (474 words)

	Information about Komodo National Park, Komodo Dragon, Indonesia Wildlife
		Komodo National Park has widely known with the home of the giant lizard Komodo Dragon - which has just declare to be one of the latest heritage of the world.
		Perhaps a small percentage of females is a response to keep the Komodo dragon populations from growing too quickly.
		Komodo dragons are only found in Komodo, Rinca, Gili Motang, and small part of north and west Flores island.
	www.bali-travel-online.com /komodo_island/general_informations.htm (778 words)

	Komodo Diving - Indonesia
		Komodo Island and national park reserve offers just about every type of tropical diving imaginable - from calm and colourful shallow reefs alive with hundreds of colourful reef fishes and crammed with invertebrates, to current-swept deep water sea mounts, walls and pinnacles patrolled by sharks, tuna and other big fish.
		Geologically, Komodo and Rinca are part of Flores, separated from Sumbawa to the west by the Sape Strait.
		The island is also famous for its Komodo Dragon monitor lizard, the largest lizards in the world.
	www.divetheworldindonesia.com /komodo-diving-sites.htm (433 words)

	Komodo Dragons (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While a few Komodo Dragons live in zoos, the lizard's native habitat is the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Flores, Padar, and some of the Lesser Sunda islands (part of the Malay Archipelago).
		Among the animals Komodos attack are deer, goats, pigs, dogs, and, occasionally, humans.
		The lizard in the foreground of the diorama is beginning to eat a wild boar; the one in the background uses its long, forked tongue, with which it can both smell and taste, to sense chemicals in the air.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Komodo_Dragons/komodo.html?50 (196 words)

	AMNH - Expedition : Endangered (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Douglas Burden, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, organized an expedition to Komodo to capture oras and bring them back to the U.S. It was he who first called them "dragons." Burden came back with two living lizards and some preserved specimens for study at the Museum.
		The people of Komodo call this animal "ora." Elsewhere it is known as the Komodo Island monitor or more popularly, the Komodo dragon.
		As a result, the small island of Komodo can support quite a few of these giant monitor lizards -- their total population on the island is estimated at about 4,000 to 5,000 animals.
	www.amnh.org /nationalcenter/Endangered/ora/ora.html (694 words)

	Adopt a Komodo Dragon - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Komodos can throw up the contents of their stomachs when threatened to lessen their weight in order to flee.
		Komodos are large, ferocious predators fully capable of killing and eating a human.
		Komodo dragons are highly endangered due in part to their limited range.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Support/AdoptSpecies/AnimalInfo/KDragon/default.cfm (1182 words)

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