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Dragons do exist!
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Posted on 12/06/2008 9:37:27 AM PST by JoeProBono
The Komodo dragon is the world's largest flesh-eating lizard and living reptile. This amazing creature is only found in the wild on four small Indonesian islands, where they are vulnerable to disease, volcanic activity, and competition with feral dogs and man. It lives on the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Padar, and Flores. The Komodo is an endangered species and there are only about 5,000 of them in existence around the world, including a small number kept and bred in zoos. This giant lizard can grow to 3 meters (10 feet) long, and has an average weight of 70 kg (155 pounds). Komodo dragons are dangerous predators with sharp serrated teeth more like a shark's than a reptile's. Swift runners, they can swim and climb trees, and they can use their tail as a weapon and swing it like a club. They find most of their food by smell. Like shakes they 'taste' the air with their tongues, which are deeply forked and collect scent molecules from the air. They have an acute sense of smell and can detect the scent of decaying remains from up to 5km (3 miles).
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dragon; dragons; komodo
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To: Larry Lucido
Technically, Alligators and Crocs are not lizards, but they are indeed, reptiles. The leatherback turtle is generally considered the largest reptile behind the crocodilians, so the dragon is a little lower on the pecking order than the writer seems to be suggesting here, but it is in fact, the largest known lizard.
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:23:46 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
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To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:24:55 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: Gay State Conservative
Aww comon
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:27:43 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:38:08 AM PST
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Gay State Conservative
See how cute? Kuchie Kuchie
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:38:52 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: Joe 6-pack
Then there's ...
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:39:29 AM PST
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Joe 6-pack
"but it is in fact, the largest known lizard."
Yeah and with one mean tongue
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12/06/2008 10:42:01 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Yes, thank you! I knew I knew it, lol. He’s lucky it was his foot!
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:46:33 AM PST
by
potlatch
To: Daffynition
Drew you a dragon diagram
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:48:32 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: Joe 6-pack; Safetgiver
Thanks. Although, I think this Lizard King may have weighed in at much more than 155 pounds at the time of its demise.
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:50:17 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
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To: JoeProBono; Daffynition
Yeah....real funny 'til you have to take them to the vet's office....
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:50:31 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Larry Lucido
Who dat?
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:54:58 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/06/2008 10:59:33 AM PST
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Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Joe 6-pack
Whatever happens, you do not want to be on that end.
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posted on
12/06/2008 11:01:31 AM PST
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: savedbygrace
The other end is no picnic, either ;-)
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posted on
12/06/2008 11:03:35 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Daffynition; Joe 6-pack
HA!
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posted on
12/06/2008 11:05:57 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: Joe 6-pack
See, I'd take him on the subway ... then you'd have a seat too...
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posted on
12/06/2008 11:07:13 AM PST
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Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Larry Lucido
Wish I could find a 155 lb. frog. Legs would take all day to fry in the deep fryer.
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12/06/2008 11:09:40 AM PST
by
Safetgiver
(America: Taking Affirmative Action to the extreme.)
To: Daffynition
"See, I'd take him on the subway ..." Those critters don't mix well with trains...
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posted on
12/06/2008 11:12:24 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
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To: Joe 6-pack
True that.
But if you run afoul of the other end, your embarrassment is short lived, as are you.
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posted on
12/06/2008 11:12:28 AM PST
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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