Komodo Dragon By: Neha Gupta Introduction Do you want to know about the biggest lizard in the world? The Komodo Dragon. Most people don’t know about

Komodo Dragon

By: Neha Gupta

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Introduction

Do you want to know about the biggest lizard in the world? The Komodo Dragon. Most people don’t know about this lizard. If you want to know about a Komodo Dragon read on.

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Adaptations

A Komodo Dragon can get a lot of food and protect itself because it’s adaptation helps it. One adaptation is keen tracking skills. This helps it find were food is. Another adaptation is knife like claws. These help it kill it’s prey and defend itself. Now I’m going to tell you about another adaptation. A long tail. It uses its tail to smack down their prey and predators. Those are the adaptations of a Komodo Dragon.

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Food

A Komodo Dragon can eat a lot of things. Komodo Dragons are carnivores. They eat eggs of other animals. Komodo Dragons eat dead and alive animals. That is what a Komodo Dragon eats.

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Look

Do you want to know what a Komodo Dragon looks like? They weigh about 380 pounds. Komodo Dragons are the biggest lizard in the world. They are about ten feet big. Now that’s huge. That’s what a Komodo Dragon looks like.

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Conclusion

Now you have learned about the biggest lizard in the world. One day I hope you see a Komodo Dragon in it’s habitat.

resources

• Really Radical Reptiles and Amphibians by Leeslee Ellioitt

• What is a Reptile by Bobbie Kalman

Discovering Reptiles and Amphibians by Stephen

• W W W. Google. com

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