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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.


21 posted on 12/06/2008 10:23:46 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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22 posted on 12/06/2008 10:24:55 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Aww comon


23 posted on 12/06/2008 10:27:43 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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24 posted on 12/06/2008 10:38:08 AM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: Gay State Conservative
See how cute? Kuchie Kuchie


25 posted on 12/06/2008 10:38:52 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Then there's ...


26 posted on 12/06/2008 10:39:29 AM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: Joe 6-pack
"but it is in fact, the largest known lizard."

Yeah and with one mean tongue


27 posted on 12/06/2008 10:42:01 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: JoeProBono

Yes, thank you! I knew I knew it, lol. He’s lucky it was his foot!


28 posted on 12/06/2008 10:46:33 AM PST by potlatch
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To: Daffynition
Drew you a dragon diagram


29 posted on 12/06/2008 10:48:32 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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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.


30 posted on 12/06/2008 10:50:17 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Free Brightside. Half off Lazamataz. While supplies last!)
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To: JoeProBono; Daffynition
Yeah....real funny 'til you have to take them to the vet's office....


31 posted on 12/06/2008 10:50:31 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Larry Lucido
Who dat?


32 posted on 12/06/2008 10:54:58 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: JoeProBono
Clark Kellogg: But it's an endangered species!
Carmine Sabatini: Not any more. It's in New Jersey, it's fine.


33 posted on 12/06/2008 10:59:33 AM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Whatever happens, you do not want to be on that end.


34 posted on 12/06/2008 11:01:31 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: savedbygrace

The other end is no picnic, either ;-)


35 posted on 12/06/2008 11:03:35 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Daffynition; Joe 6-pack
HA!


36 posted on 12/06/2008 11:05:57 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: Joe 6-pack
See, I'd take him on the subway ... then you'd have a seat too...


37 posted on 12/06/2008 11:07:13 AM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: Larry Lucido

Wish I could find a 155 lb. frog. Legs would take all day to fry in the deep fryer.


38 posted on 12/06/2008 11:09:40 AM PST by Safetgiver (America: Taking Affirmative Action to the extreme.)
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To: Daffynition
"See, I'd take him on the subway ..."

Those critters don't mix well with trains...


39 posted on 12/06/2008 11:12:24 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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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.


40 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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