A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large as deer, wild boar, and water buffalo. As formidable as the Komodo dragon seems, it’s very much at risk.

They’ll likely be empty, but if you’re lucky, you’ll draw near, and there it will be: the world’s biggest lizard, a grim-faced giant known as the Komodo dragon ... kill a deer, he said ...

Previously off the beaten path, Komodo ... dragon, not the buffalo) than an evolutionary adaptation. But there’s no denying the dragons are effective when they strike smaller prey, such as deer ...

A full-grown male Timor deer can easily outweigh a Komodo Dragon, but this doesn’t mean the dragon won’t try to make a meal out of it. If the deer happens to be small enough, the Komodo may ...

As well as eating birds, pigs, deer ... a dragon called Flora mothered five baby dragons at Chester Zoo, despite never having been kept with a male. According to Joe Capon of London Zoo, Komodo ...

The Komodo dragon relies on tough scaly skin with bony deposits reinforcing it. It has biting and damage resistance. It can speed up to evade an enemy or maneuver in some instances. Sharp claws ...