11 Amazing Facts About Komodo Dragons That Are Very Weird
This is the largest living species of lizard . Komodo Dragon size can be grown upto maximum length of 3 metres (10ft) and weight upto
70 kilograms.
They are carnivorous. But don’t afraid they do not harm
human more.
According to a survey and many researches , mainly they are
not categorized in man eating beasts.
So, here lefactsle brings you the most amazing and
interesting 11 Komodo Dragon facts.
1. Komodo Dragon Vision
As a dragon lizard , what do you think how
far can they visualize. So, that’s the answer.
The Komodo Dragon can see objects placed at 300 m (980 ft) because his retina only contains cones(photoreceptor cells ) . They cannot able to see in night because they have poor night vision.
They cannot able to differentiate between two stationary objects.
2. Detection of Prey
Why Komodo Dragon swings his head from side
by side ?
A Komodo swings his head from side by side
as it walks because with the help of favorable wind a Komodo Dragon may be able
to detect a carrion ( a decaying flesh of dead animals ) from 4-9 km away.
It has only taste
buds on the back of his throat.
3. Komodo Dragon are Independent
Do you ever think
where Komodo Dragons live?
They prefers hot
and dry places. Generally loves to live in open grassland or tropical forest
that are on low elevations.
Komodo Dragon
loves to live alone ( solitary) , they only meet to breed and eat.
As they mature
they use their claws as weapons and to catch
out-of-reach prey, Komodo Dragon stand on his hind legs and use its tail
as support.
4. Komodo Dragon Speed
You will think
that because of heavy weight they can’t
run fast .
So, I gonna tell
you that you are wrong they are quite fast runners and run with the
speed of 20 km/h to catch their prey or
to avoid from being someone’s prey.
Komodo hunts in
afternoon but stays in shaded region
when there is hot outside.
5. Dangerous Saliva
Have you ever
think that the saliva can be deadly ?
Yaah it is
,previous studies proved that Komodo Dragon saliva contains a variety of high
septic bacteria that help dragon to put down his prey.
And also this
carnivorous actually have good mouth hygiene. After feeding they spend 10-15
minutes in lip licking and rubbing their heads in the leaves to clean their
mouth.
6. Komodo Dragon Venom
In 2005,
researchers found that Komodo Dragon venom effects can cause harmful effects to humans such as, rapid swelling, localized
disruption of blood clotting and shooting pain upto the elbow.
Researchers
extracted one of the two glands from their lower jaw and found it secreting
harmful toxic proteins. This toxic proteins is very harmful and can generate
problems such as muscle paralysis, lowering of blood pressure and leading to
shock.
So, it is better
to stay away from their bite , isn’t it?
7. Young Komodo
Young Komodo
spend their most of the time in trees where they are safe from Komodo Dragon predators.
They can also
climb the trees for their safety by their strong claws.
These baby Komodo’s
takes 5 to 9 years to mature and may live upto 30 years.
8. Komodo Dragon Reproduction ( Parthenogenesis)
Once a Komodo Dragon laid eggs after separating her from the male dragon two years ago.
Scientists assumed she had been able to store the sperms from the earlier
mating with male dragon, but that was wrong. After that she had laid 11 unfertilized eggs , 7 of them were hatched
and 3 were not due to some reasons.
After that
scientists research on that unfertilized eggs
they found that there is no requirement of mating between male and female dragon to
give birth to young one. Research found
that Komodo Dragon can lay eggs without external fertilization.
And this all thing
known as’ Parthenogenesis’.
9. Komodo's are good Swimmers as well
What did you think ,
lizards can’t swim .But sorry you are wrong . Komodo’s can , they are quite good swimmers and can dive
upto 4.5 m (15 ft) to chase their prey .
10. Incidents with Humans
Are Komodo Dragons poisonous to humans ?
Attacks on
humans is very rare . From the data of Komodo National Park , within 38
years period between 1974 to 2012 ,
there are only 24 human attacks in which 5 are deadly.
They are quite
calm but not everytime . So, please maintain distance from them.
11. Conservation of Komodo Dragon
Komodo Dragon is
in the category of the vulnerable species .
That’s why Komodo National Park was
step up in 1980 to conserve Komodo's population from being extinct.
So, these are the
some surprising facts about Komodo Dragon.
I have a question
for you,
After reading the
above article would you like to make Komodo Dragon as a pet ?
If you want to
then comment ‘yes’ in the comment section otherwise comment ‘no’.
I am very curious
to know that how many people are actually want to make dragon as a pet.
STAY HIGH STAY BRUTAL
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