KOMODO DRAGON King of the Lizards By: EA

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KOMODO DRAGONKing of the LizardsBy EA
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INTRODUCTION

• Name is Komodo Dragon
• It is in the Monitor/Ora family
• It is a reptile
• Scales protect dragon
• Lives up to 50 years old in the wild
• Only about 500 Komodo Dragons left

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Physical Features

• It looks like a mini dragon
• Scale instead of skin
• Scales are bumpy
• Eyes on the side of their head
• Holes on the side of their head are ears
• Two small holes on the dragons snout are nostrils

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HABITAT

• Komodo Island is near Indonesia
• Forest
• 22 miles long
• 12 miles wide
• One of the biggest islands near Indonesia

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CLIMATE and LANDFORMS

• 100 degrees to 110 degrees
• Some mountain ranges
• Little rain fall
• Lots of streams
• It is covered in volcanoes
• It has earthquakes sometimes

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PREY AND PREDATOR

• It is a carnivore
• Sits and waits for its prey
• When prey comes they pounce on it
• It eats from the sizes of a hand to buffalo
• They are prey of human and other dragons
• Komodo Dragons have no enemiesthey have no
  predadores

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BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS

• Stick tongues out to smell
• Sit in their burrow most of day which helps them
  stay cool
• Run up to 8 mph which helps them catch their prey
• When needing heat it sits in the sun
• When needing to cool off it sits in the shade
• Sleeps in its burrow so that it stays protected.

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BABIES

• Hatch from eggs
• 10 to 27 eggs
• 18 monthes to hatch
• Egg is big as baseball
• Soft shell
• 16 inches when they hatch

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PHYSICAL ADAPTATION

• Baby has spots for camouflage
• Dark color soaks up sun so they dont get
  overheated
• The long tongue helps them smell prey
• Claws help them grasp their prey
• Eyes on the side of their head help them see all
  around

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PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS

• Small teeth helps them tear meat
• No taste buds helps them eat anything even if it
  tastes bad
• Mucus helps swallow
• Special stomach helps them digest animals bigger
  than themselves.
• Poisonous germs kill prey quickly.

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FUN FACT

• Biggest lizard
• Protected since 1915
• Sometimes eats humans
• Another name is Oras
• Red spit
• Mouth has poisonous germs