What is a Komodo dragon?

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What is a Komodo dragon?

Their name itself draws a large amount of attention, but there is much more to these animals than just the name. Komodo dragons are in fact, lizards, and they are by far the largest lizards on Earth. These lizards can grow up to ten feet long (three meters), approximately the length of a small car.
How big do Komodo lizards get?
These lizards can grow up to ten feet long (three meters), approximately the length of a small car. They're heavy, too – they can weigh up to 154 pounds on average, but have been weighed up to 135 kilograms, which is approximately the same weight as a panda bear! Komodo dragons are known for their notorious, venomous hunting strikes.

How fast can a Komodo dragon run?

Komodos have been spotted as far as miles off the shore of the five islands they reside on, just swimming along like Dory. They can swim between the five islands with ease. As if this were not enough, komodo dragons can also run as fast as 12 miles per hour (19 km/hr).
Can Komodo dragons swallow a whole goat?
They have been recorded swallowing entire goats in one sitting, ramming the carcass up against a tree to aid in swallowing their food. Despite their size and appetite, however, the metabolism of Komodo dragons is very slow.

Komodo dragon attacks are still rare, experts note. But fear is swirling through the fishing villages, along with questions on how best to live with the dragons in the future.
Is Rinca the Komodo dragon real?
He'd lived on Rinca – a speck of land off Indonesia's Flores Island, and one of the five places Komodo dragons reside – his whole life, and he was used to the various horror stories that surfaced every now and then after a tourist wandered off the trail or a kid got ambushed while playing in the bush.