Komodo Dragons

Ariana Gonzalez

Komodo Dragons

     So you are walking down a path in the Indies then you feel something bite you. You look back and see a humngous lizzard crawling away from the scene. You ignore that bite, everyday passes you are getting sicker you also feel like your being watched. When you are at they weakest point you see the lizzard from a few days ago and you've been eaten alive. The police come and see the awful scene of your flesh scattered on the floor. The huge lizzard escaped with a big meal.

Venom

        The Komodo dragon is known to have something in their salvia that is toxic to both human and other living moving creature. Scientists have been arguing about either the Komodo dragon has venomous or toxic bacteria or venom. Until a few years ago they were known for using bacteria in their salvia. Then a scientist named Bryan Fry dissected two put down Komodo dragon after a serious illness found out that Fry and colleagues studied the biochemistry of Komodo. The team found that the dragon's venom rapidly decreases blood pressure, expedites blood loss, and sends a victim into shock, rendering it too weak to fight. In the venom, some compounds that reduce blood pressure are as potent as those found in the word's most venomous snake, Western Australia's inland Taipan. So when they have their venom ready they just start to drool all over the place. Like in this picture but not that much   

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/05/3208884.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8056040.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/18/komodo-dragon-venomous-bite

Endangered

      Volcanic activity   is one reason that Komodo Dragons are endangered. Other reasons are fire and tourism. Humans put Komodo Dragons endangered by poaching their deer and destroying their habitat. So we put them on a remote island near the indies so they would have hunting grounds and people come to see them but don’t worry they won’t bite but be very caution around them. So far the CITES put them to be illegal if you sell them international. They sell them for their skin and long nails.

A hunter trying to kill a komodo dragon in the woods    

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00442/komododragons.html

http://bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_komodo.htm

http://www.freewebs.com/wallacea/komodo.htm

Baby komodo dragons

        Before the komodo dragons are created the male Komodo dragon has to fight for the female so they start mating. The egg is 12 to 18 inches long. Yep that is big Komodo dragon babies. A cool fact is females can lay the eggs but depends how old the female is. When Komodo Dragons hatch they run away to the big trees. They make strategies to hide in dung, run like no tomorrow, or be eaten alive by family relatives. Since Komodo Dragons are known to be cannibals and carnivores the big Komodo Dragons race to eat the baby dragons’. Even the mom tries to eat the baby dragons this is a baby Komodo dragon in a breeding program from a zoo. This is a group Komodo dragons staying together to get away from the cannibal adults.