They eat meat!!!
BY: JAMES . M !!
The scientific name is
Varanus Komodoensis.
It is the world’s largest
lizard
Dragons live up to 50
years
There are only
5,000 left on Earth!
There is only one type
of Komodo Dragon
Komodo Dragons:
They look like big crocodiles
grow to 11 feet long and are
longer than an alligator
weigh up to 300 pounds
Have gray, scaly skin which is
wrinkly and disgusting
Bodies are low to the ground,
almost touching the ground
Have four short, stubby legs
Very long tail and usually the
same length as their body
Very sensitive scales that are
connected to their nerves
Their head is long and similar to a dog’s head
Their face is flat
Nose is on the front of their head
Two eyes on the side of their head
Their ears are holes in the sides of their head
Long claws and the feet look like our hands
“The komodo dragon is found
only on the islands of central
Indonesia, including Komodo,
Rinca, Florece and Gili
Montag”.
They live in dense forests and
tropical rainforests
The average temperature on
these islands are 100
degrees-these are the hottest
places on Earth
It never snows on Komodo
Island
komodo island is very small
One half of the year is wet
The other half of the year is dry
Komodo has a volcano on it !
There is a rain forest
There a lot of mountains
Dragons are
carnivores
Dragon eat every
animal that has
meat
Dragons get their
food by hiding
near a path then
they pounce
If the prey does
not die, the
dragon’s venom
kills them
Prey to…
Other komodo dragons!
Predator to…
Deer
Other dragons
And every other animal on
Komodo Island
And humans!!!!!!!
Dragons live
alone
They live in
burrows-holes in
the ground
 they hunt in a
group
They fight each
other for food
Run around for
fun
 Dragons leave the eggs on their own.
 They come out of the eggs ready to hunt
 They spend most of their time in the trees
 Mommy dragon lays up to 12 eggs
 Dragons are 18 inches big in the eggs
 Even the babies are poisonous
• Dragons re-grow as many teeth as
it wants which helps it
• Dragons can survive with 1% food
that they really need. It’s like
cheating!!! This helps them
• Dragons have retractable teeth
which helps them
• Dragons have grey scales so they
can blend in with the shade
• They blend in and are then able to
sneak attack their prey.
When a dragon gets
over heated it pats like
a dog
Dragons sometimes
climb trees to get
away from other
dragons
Dragons fight for food
, females and to be
the leader of the
hunting group that
means the when they
run out of food the
leader is less likely to
get eaten
A Komodo Dragon uses their tongue to
smell which helps them smell dead and
live animals so they can find their prey.
They have huge muscles in their tail so
they can stand on their tail and use it to
fight
Dragons have a type of venom that can
kill a full-grown adult which helps them
catch larger prey
Dragons have venom tubes in their mouths
to produce more venom
‘’Dragons have 6 senses: this sense
commonly called vomero-nasal is a sort
of a combination of smell and taste.’’ It
helps them to understand predators and
prey around them.
Dragons can stand on their
tails!!
If another dragon poisons it,
the dose does not kill them.
They won’t get hurt!!
Dragons have a third eye on
the top of its head it doesn't
work like a normal eye it stars
up at the sky of Corse it got
blind after a while but it is
very good at sensing stuff!!!!!
If a dragon bites down it can
brake its on jaw!!