Komodo Dragon

Endangered speciesBy Zach

Where does it live

• The komodo dragon hot seasonally areas.• The komodo dragon will live in

grasslands ,savannas and nonscoon forests.• They mostley live in lowlands but have been

found in highlands,

What color,weight,and size of the komodo dragon.

• The komodo dragon is black ,green or gray with patches of yellow,brown or white.

• The males normaly weight up 550 lbs and the females weight up to 150 lbs

• They normaly get up to 9 to 10 feet.

What does it eat

• They eat sunda deer birds snakes fish crabs snails and small mammles.

• They also eat pigs water bufalo eggs wild horse and even sometimes younger komodo dragons.

Young (offspring)

• The komodo dragon will have about 3 eggs per time.

• They normaly live 30-35.

Predators for it.

• The komodo dragon has 1 predator that is humans.

How many are left.

• The estimate is 1700 are left in the world.• Their are actually 5000 left.

Why is it endangered

• They are endangered do to vanlnerble deiscase.

• Also it has been having volcanic activity.• Last an competion to man and feral dogs

Why are we protecting it

• One way we are keeping it in zoos and feding it every day.

• Also we are breding them and sending them back to the wild.

Other interesting facts

• The komodo gives of a strike of venom in its claws when it strikes.

• It is the biggest lizard in the world.• Komodo dragon stands for the king of lizards.

Works cited

• SmithSonian national zoogical park “komodo dragon”internet http:/national .zoo siedu.16oct2012.

• Torontozoo.”komodo dragon”internet.<http:/torontozoo,com>17oct2012.

• Woodlandparkzoo.”komodo dragon”<http://zooorg.