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noun - the largest lizard in the world (10 feet)
KOMODO DRAGON - The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, F...
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Oct 8 2017 The Times - Specialist |
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Because of virulent bacteria in the mouth of this 10-foot-long Indonesian lizard, its bite can be fatal |
This largest monitor lizard carries bacteria in its mouth, sometimes making its bite fatal |
This up to 300-pound critter seen here is found naturally only on a few Indonesian islands |
A 2013 study finds the mouth cooties of this carrion eater aren't lethal, as was thought |
Overhunting of deer & wild boar, its main food, has threatened the existence of this Indonesian monitor |
Native to a few islands in Indonesia, this giant lizard was unknown to the outside world until 1912 |
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The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Padar. A member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae, it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 metres (10 ft) in rare cases and weighing up to approximately 70 kilograms (150 lb).Their unusually large size has been attributed to island gigantism, since no other carnivorous animals fill the niche on the islands where they live. However, recent research suggests the large size of Komodo dragons may be better understood as representative of a relict population of very large varanid lizards that once lived across Indonesia and Australia, most of which, along with other megafauna, died out after the Pleistocene (likely as a result of human activity). Fossils very similar to V. komodoensis have been found in Australia dating to greater than 3.8 million years ago, and its body size rem |