komodo dragon
would like to introduce you to a strange but fearless creature...the komodo dragon
Appearance
The komodo dragons long thick body is covered in a layer of brown and green scales. This strong and powerful reptile has extremely sharp claws as it uses them for digging and fighting. Its long, muscular tail flaps behind their short, stubby legs.
Diet
The komodo dragon eats a range of different food-mostly wild pigs, deer, goats, dogs and even sometimes themselves. The komodo dragon uses its fork-like tongue to taste, smell and sense chemicals in the air. They have deadly saliva to kill their prey. They can smell up to 9km away.
Habitat
The komodo dragon lives mostly on five Indonesian Islands: Rinca, Flores, Gili, Motang and Padar either in woodlands, dry places or scrubby hillsides.
Special Features
The komodo dragon has some quite unusual features! After swimming they go into a burrow to get their body temperature back to normal. They can run at 24kilometres an hour. They were not discovered until 100 years ago.
Enemies
The komodo dragons enemies are themselves also humans. They cautiously approach their enemies but before they do anything they puff their chest out as a warning and then attack.
Life Cycle
The komodo dragon starts as a soft leathery egg, they incubate for 2.5-8 months. They appear in April or May and they are about 34cm long, and then they grow into adults.
Species
The komodo dragon is a species of a Komodoeisis. There are only 3000-5000 lift in the world so that means they are endangered animals
I hope you have learned some valuable facts about the komodo dragon!
Maya Weir
Wow cool blog Maya and thanks for posting a comment on my blog. :) :) :)
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