Komodo Eng. Ver.

Ratu      :

Komodo , or more so-called Komodo dragons ( Varanus komodoensis ) , is the world's largest lizard species that live on the islands of Komodo , Rinca , Flores , Gili Mota , and Gili Dasami in Nusa Tenggara . This lizard by the natives of Komodo island is also called by local names ora .
Including members of the lizard family Varanidae , and klad Toxicofera , dragons are the largest lizards in the world , with an average length of 2-3 m . Their large size is attributed to island gigantism , the tendency for the body meraksasanya certain animals that live in small island linked to the absence of mammalian carnivores on the island where dragons live , and metabolic rate are small dragons . Because of his body , these lizards occupy the position of a top predator that dominate the ecosystems in which they live .

Rika       :

In the wild , adult Komodo dragon usually weighs around 70 pounds , but the dragons are kept in captivity often have a greater body weight . The largest verified wild specimen there was 3.13 meters in length and weighing about 166 kilograms , including the weight of undigested food in the stomach . Although listed as the largest lizard dragons are still alive , but not the longest . This reputation held by Papua lizard ( Varanus salvadorii ) .
The Komodo dragon has a tail as long as the body , and about 60 pieces of sharp serrated teeth along approximately 2.5 cm , which is often substituted . Their saliva is often blood-tinged, because its teeth are almost completely covered by gingival tissue and this tissue naturally lacerated during feeding . This creates an ideal culture for the virulent bacteria that live in their mouths .
The Komodo dragon has a long tongue , yellow and forked . Komodo dragons males larger than females, with skin the color of dark gray to brick red, while more female dragons are green olives, and have a small piece of yellow on the throat. Young Komodo dragons more colorful, with yellow, green and white on a black background.

Elya       :

Komodo does not have the sense of hearing, despite having the ear hole. [13] Komodo is able to see as far as 300 m, but because the retina contains only cones, these animals do not seem so well seen in the darkness of night. Komodo is able to distinguish colors, but not how to distinguish stationary objects.
Komodo dragon uses its tongue to detect taste and smell stimuli, like other reptiles, with the vomeronasal sense using a Jacobson's organ, a sense that aids navigation in the dark.  With the help of the wind, and his habit of cocking his head to the right and to the left when walking, dragons can detect the presence of carrion as far as 4-9.5 kilometers. komodo dragons' nostrils olfaction is not a good tool because they do not have a diaphragm. these animals have no sense of taste in the tongue, there are few nerve endings taste in the back of the throat.
Dragons scales, some of which are reinforced with bone, have sensory plaques connected to nerves that facilitate the sense of touch. The scales around the ears, lips, chin, and soles of the feet may have three or more sensory plaques.
Komodo dragons were thought to be deaf when a study reported that whispers, raised voices and shouting did not result in agitation (interference) in the wild dragons. This was disputed when London Zoological Garden employee Joan Proctor trained lizards to eat out with his voice, even when she could not be seen by the lizards.

Ifal         :

Komodo dragons are carnivores . Although they eat mostly carrion , studies show that they also hunt live prey with a stealthy approach followed by a sudden attack against the victim . When the prey arrives near the hidden dragons , animals be attacked on the underside or the throat . Komodo can find their prey using a keen sense of smell , which can locate a dead or dying animal at a distance of 9.5 kilometers .
Young Komodo dragons on Rinca who ate buffalo carcass .
Ancient reptiles ate by tearing large chunks of flesh and then swallow her whole body while the legs hold her prey . For small prey up for lamb , the meat can be spent on one swallow . Stomach contents of prey in the form of herbs are usually left untouched .
Komodo dragons prey is wide-ranging , and includes invertebrates , other reptiles ( including the smaller -bodied dragons ) , birds and their eggs , small mammals , monkeys , wild boar , goats , deer , horses , and buffalo . Young Komodo dragons prey on insects , eggs , lizards , and small mammals . Dragons are also sometimes prey on humans and bodies unearthed from a shallow grave pit . This habit led to Komodo island residents avoid sandy soils and chose to bury their dead in clay , and covered it with stones that can not be extracted dragons .

Kamal   :

The mating season occurs between May and August , and the dragons eggs laid in September . During this period , male dragon fighting to retain females and territory by way of " wrestling " with another male while standing on his hind legs .
Females will lay their eggs in holes in the ground , scraping cliff nests hill or mound of burnt - orange legs that have been abandoned . A Komodo dragon nest contains an average of 20 eggs which will hatch after 7-8 months . Females lay on the eggs to incubate and protect them until they hatch around April, at the end of the rainy season when there are so many insects . Hatching is an exhausting effort for the pups , who came out of their eggshells with an egg tooth to be dated after the hard work is completed . After cutting out the egg shells , hatchlings may lie in their eggshells for hours before starting to dig out of the nest . When hatched , the babies are not how helpless and can be eaten by predators . Young Komodo dragons spend their first years in trees , where they are relatively safe from predators , including adult dragons are cannibals , that approximately 10 % of the food is a young lizard - lizard who successfully hunted . Dragons take three to five years to mature , and may live more than 50 years .