Komodo: island real dragons. Photo

You would not want to see them live.

Surely you’ve heard tales and legends about dragons that guarded castles, and breathed fire. However, did you know that on earth there is their habitat.

In Indonesia, there is the small island of Komodo, which is interesting not only for its nature but also inhabitants, namely dragons.

Komodo could be called “the lost world”, not only because of its remoteness. Here is the only refuge on Earth unique giant lizards, relict lizards. It is through these animals Komodo called dragon island Indonesia.

In 2015, Komodo has become known throughout the world as the dragon island of Indonesia, the descendants of prehistoric carnivorous dinosaurs disappeared from the face of the Earth 160 million years ago.

Lizards – giant carnivorous lizards that grow throughout their lives and into old age can reach a length of 3 meters. But the Komodo dragon reaches 5-6 meters, the bite of which is fatal. In the stomach of a monitor lizard to digest even the horns and bones of large animals – their prey are deer, pigs, crocodiles. Locals say, there are cases when a Komodo dragon attacked the victim weighing up to 750 pounds.

Monitor lizards not only run at a speed of 30 km/h and climb trees and swim, right to stay on the water they are only 15 min, and then drown.

Ancient reptiles of this island have been extinct millions of years ago, but this did not happen for unknown reasons to scientists. Anyway, but the Komodo “dragons” – a “living fossil”.

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