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	Komodo Dragon - An Information Resource - Fact Sheet
		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.
		The Komodo Dragon can be classified as a man-eater, and such a designation plays to our dramatic fancies, however locals move around the Komodo Dragons with the care and respect that such a powerful wild animal deserves, but certainly without the fear that prey would exhibit.
		A large number of Komodo Dragons have been genetically sampled and micro-chipped and studies into the genetic range and maintenance of the genetic pool are part of the ongoing study of this species.
	www.komododragon.biz /KomodoDragonFactSheet (2252 words)

	Komodo dragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest living lizard in the world, growing to an average length of 2-3 meters (approximately 6.5-10 feet).
		Komodo dragons have not traditionally been considered venomous, but the serrations along their teeth are an ideal niche for over 50 strains of bacteria.
		The Komodo dragon's prey is wide ranging, and includes smaller reptiles, birds and their eggs and chicks, small mammals, wild pigs, goats, deer, horses and water buffaloes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Komodo_dragon (644 words)

	Komodo National Park \| About Komodo Dragons
		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-gateway.org /facts.html (1109 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Young dragons are left to fend for themselves, and are sometimes eaten by their parents, who forget they are their young.
		Komodos have the ability to climb at an early age, and often survive by living in trees and eating insects.
		Komodos can devour 80 percent of their body weight in one meal (that's the same as a 200-pound human consuming 160 pounds of food in one sitting).
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/lizard/komodo.html (787 words)

	Animal World: Komodo Dragon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The average male komodo reaches a length of around seven to eight feet, whilst the females are shorter at around five to seven feet.
		Komodo's eat a wide range of food found on the island including, deer, pigs, smaller komodo dragon's, rodents, insects, lizards, birds and eggs.
		Komodo dragons were not discovered by westerners until 1912, and ever since their habitat has been threatened by the human population on the island.
	www10.brinkster.com /animal/komodo.htm (418 words)

	Komodo Dragon
		Komodo dragons are generally solitary animals, except during the breeding season.
		In the wild, the primary prey for adult dragons is the Sunda deer.
		Komodo dragons are classified as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
	www.akronzoo.org /learn/komodo.asp (1358 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Komodo Dragon Research: An interview with Dr. Tim Jessop
		Dragons do not use their nose to smell but instead use their forked tongue, which they stick out of their mouths and then place back inside a special place in their mouth to taste the air.
		As most dragons look similar (at least to me) and do not answer to their own name, we use a small electronic device called a PIT tag, which is about the size of a grain of rice.
		In a general sense conservation for Komodo dragons and their habitat is basically similar to providing conservation for any other animal, plant, or habitat threatened by human activities: it starts with you and it starts in your home.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /help_wildlife/story_komodo_jessop.html (2263 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)

	Virgin dragon prepares to give birth - Boston.com
		Scientists are unsure whether female Komodo dragons have always had this latent ability to reproduce or if this is a new evolutionary development.
		Results showed that although the baby Komodo dragons are not exact Flora clones, their DNA could not have come from any other dragon.
		"Komodo dragons seem to be able to switch ways of reproducing to deal with a shortage of suitable boyfriends," said Dr. Rick Shine, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Sydney, Australia.
	www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2006/12/21/virgin_dragon_prepares_to_give_birth?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News (801 words)

	Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
		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.
		In some areas, the komodo dragons are so well fed that they simply lie around waiting for the next group of tourists to bring the next meal of goat or sheep.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/van_anim_komodo.htm (565 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 (1710 words)

	Toronto Zoo > Meet The Animals > Fact Sheet
		The Komodo dragon, the largest lizard in the world, is a heavy, well-muscled lizard with a long thick head and neck.
		Because Komodo dragons can regulate their body temperature by basking in the sun or seeking shade to cool themselves, they require much less food than warm blooded carnivores such as a wild dogs or tigers.
		Adult Komodo dragons may be able to live on only one tenth the quantity of food needed by mammal predators of the same size.
	www.torontozoo.com /Animals/details.asp?AnimalId=365 (949 words)

	K Is For Komodo Dragon
		Komodo dragons come from Indonesia and are the world's largest lizards, part of the monitor lizard family.
		Komodo dragons are one of the type of lizards that can reproduce by parthenogenisis, which means if you only have female lizards and no males, the female's body will change slightly, allowing her to fertilize her own eggs so that the species can survive.
		Komodo dragons also like to eat carrion, which is the name given to animals that are already dead.
	www.squidoo.com /komododragon (615 words)

	PBS: Wild Indonesia
		Dragons are creatures of legend, but in a world as fantastic as Indonesia, myths become reality.
		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.
		Because of the bacteria, a Komodo's saliva is poisonous.
	www.pbs.org /wildindonesia/dragon (517 words)

	Information about Komodo National Park, Komodo Dragon, Indonesia Wildlife
		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.
		Komodo dragons sleep at night because it is usually too cool for them to be active.
	www.bali-travel-online.com /komodo_island/general_informations.htm (778 words)

	Komodo Dragon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Komodo Dragon can only be found on the small islands of Rinca, Komodo, Gili Moto, and a small part of neighbouring Flores, immediately east of the Park.
		The dragon was patiently and determinedly holding it's prey waiting for it to be subdued.
		These small dragons will be between 9 and 15 inches long at hatching, and will live predominantly in the trees, preying on gecko's, birds and snakes, until they are about 1 meter in length.
	cust.idl.com.au /mheighes/discover/komododragon.html (794 words)

	Komodo Dragon - The Living Dragon
		Komodo dragons are cannibalistic, and adults will prey on young ones as well as old and sick dragons.
		The mating season for dragons is in the middle of the dry season from May to November.
		As the dragons are normally solitary and territorial, courtship often occurs when the dragons gather at a carcass to feed.
	www.draconian.com /dragons/komodo-dragon.php (889 words)

	Komodo dragon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Komodo dragons were probably discovered as early as the 2nd century AD 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.
		The indigenous inhabitants of the Komodo Island are known as the Ata Modo.
		Dragon Doings by volunteers at the National Zoo: about their breeding programme and an audio file of a lecture by Dr. Walter Auffenberg, a leading expert on the dragons.
	www.szgdocent.org /resource/rr/c-komodo.htm (4265 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.
		The dragons were 'discovered' by Westerners in 1910 when Lieutenant van Steyn van Hensbrock, a Dutchman stationed in Flores, followed up on local stories of a "land crocodile" and a report by a Dutch pearling fleet of a 6-7m long creature.
		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.
	www.draconian.com /dragons/komodo-dragon-background.php (1081 words)

	The Komodo Dragon
		Komodos are the only animal, besides humans, that willingly control their population (by way of eating their own eggs).
		Komodos are not a real threat to the village because they know and respect the Komodos.
		The Komodos have to regulate their body temperature by basking in the sun or cooling in the shade because they are cold blooded.
	web.fccj.org /~dbyres/2011projects/komodo/dragon.htm (861 words)

	komodo dragon biogeography
		Fossil evidence supports the idea that Komodo dragons may be relics of a larger distribution, stretching as far as the eastern portion of Flores to Timor.
		The Komodo dragons are endemic to the islands of the Lesser Sunda.
		Komodo monitors colonized these small islands due to their cold blooded body types, and the conditions of the islands.
	www.sfsu.edu /~geog/bholzman/courses/316projects/komodo.htm (1581 words)

	Animal Encyclopedia: Komodo Dragon
		Young Komodo dragons spend most of their time hanging out in trees on the Indonesian islands where they live.
		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.
		The bite of a Komodo dragon is almost always deadly.
	www.animaland.org /asp/encyclopedia/komododragon.asp (229 words)

	Komodo Dragon by Shiang-Huan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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)

	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.
		In the zoo, the Komodo dragons are fed previously frozen rats.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /komodo_dragon.htm (799 words)

	Komodo Dragon Pictures
		The Komodo dragon has a broad head and a thick, muscular neck; the body is flattened, and the tail is as long as the trunk and head.
		The smaller dragons are kept at bay until the larger lizards have gorged enough to satisfy their appetite for as long as a week.
		Komodo dragons belongs to the family Varanidae in the lizard suborder, Sauria.
	www.baliassociates.com /komodo.html (492 words)

	Komodo Dragon/Dragon Collectible Figurine Gifts
		The Komodo Dragon is the largest lizard in the world, growing to a length of about 10 feet and weighing between 175 to 310 lb.
		Over a dozen human deaths have been attributed to a Komodo dragon bite in the last century, though there are reports of survivors of the resulting septicemia.
		Komodo Dragons take around five years to grow to 2 metres in length and can live for up to 30 years.
	www.vjegifts.com /index.cfm/KOMODO_DRAGON (408 words)

	Female Komodo Dragon Has Virgin Births \| LiveScience
		Komodo dragons before now, so this is absolutely a world first," said co-researcher Kevin Buley of Chester Zoo.
		The Komodo dragon, turns out, can do both: they can reproduce sexually or asexually depending on their environmental conditions.
		Komodo dragons are thought to remain in the wild, residing on just three islands in Indonesia.
	www.livescience.com /animalworld/061220_virgin_births.html (801 words)

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