The Komodo Dragon
Imagine your in the woods and you fell, your now face-to-face with the largest lizard living in the world! A meat eating monster (really not a monster) up to 12 feet long, weighing 300 pounds!
The current population of Komodo Dragon seems stable at about 5,000 all over the world, although scientists are worried because only 350 of them are females. The dragons distribution makes them highly susceptible to nature or human-caused events, such as fire, storms, or disease.
The Komodo Dragon eats deer,pigs,birds,and smaller lizard or young dragons.
The primary threats to this dragon’s survival include illegal hunting and loss of habit to human settlement. The Komodo Dragon was sought as trophies by big-game hunters. They were also killed for skins and feet to make novelties. Early this century many Komodo Dragons were trapped and we’re on sale at local zoos and private collectors.