O dragão-de-komodo (Varanus komodoensis) é uma espécie de réptil de grande porte que vive na Indonésia, nas ilhas de Komodo, Rinca, Flores e Gili Motang. Tem coloração verde-amarronzada fosca, com membros esparsos e boca grande, além de cauda longa, musculosa e língua bifurcada amarela. Os machos atingem 2,59 m de comprimento e pesam entre 79 e 91 kg, em média. As fêmeas são menores, com cerca de 2,29 m de comprimento e pesam entre 68 e 73 kg, em média.
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Varanus komodoensis
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Komodo dragons are ambush predators; they lie in wait for prey and go for the throat when they attack.
Komodo dragons can swallow prey up to the size of a goat or small deer whole; after a large meal like this, they will slowly digest it and then regurgitate the fur, horns and bones.
Komodo dragons are cannibalistic; 10% of an adult's diet is juvenile dragons.
Komodo dragons apply potent venom onto multiple frenzied bite wounds from their sharp teeth. The venom makes the victim collapse from blood loss and shock after the initial attack, too weak to escape or fight back.
Female Komodo dragons can lay viable eggs without mating, but all hatchlings will be male.
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