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1. Komodo Dragons and Relatives - the Monitor Lizards My experience with the Western Pacific monitor lizard, Varanus indicus--also known as the mangrove monitor--has been over 12 years of living on the Western Pacific island of Guam, with side visits to Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Belau (Palau) (The big lizar...
2. Komodo Dragons of Indonesia Komodo National Park is a fascinating place, with barren, desolate features and the rare, slow lumbering giant lizards that most people go there to see. These endangered animals live on a small group of islands between Sumbawa and Flores in the Indon...
3. The King of Lizards are Komodo Dragons Reaching 10 feet (3 meters) in length and more than 300 pounds (136 kilograms), Komodo dragons are the heaviest lizards on Earth. Currently the Komodo Dragon is on the endangered species list due to illegal hunting and loss of habitat to human settl...
4. K Is For Komodo Dragon The Komodo dragon isn't really a dragon, it's a type of Indonesian lizard. These lizards are the world's largest! They have been known to attack humans on occasion. Komodo dragons are good swimmers. Their metabolisms are so slow, they might only eat...
5. The Komodo Dragon The Komodo Dragon is the largest remaining lizard on earth, a living, breathing relic of the Dinosaur Era. It's remaining habitat consists of a few isolated islands in Indonesia, which is probably fortunate from a human perspective. The Komodo Drag...
6. Komodo Dragons Versus Crocodiles Komodo Dragons Versus Crocodiles Let's see, we might not be able to see a Jurassic Park style fight between an Alosaurus and a T-Rex... but we might be able to see (or at least imagine) a battle between a crocodile and a komodo dragon! (Or, a komodo...
7. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton's Imagination Running Wild! As a former marine biologist as well as someone who studied tropical reptiles in graduate school--crocodiles, sea turtles, and monitor lizards--reading Michael Crichton's book Jurassic Park was vivid enough to scare the mess out of me (in a good way!...
8. Tuatara - The Only Living Relative of the Dinosaur Tuatara are near extinction and currently found only on some of the small islands off the coast of New Zealand. Often called a "living fossil," tuatara hasn't changed much in over 225 million years. It is the only living member of the beak-head famil...
9. Taronga Zoo - Sydney, Australia Taronga zoo is one of Australia's most well known zoos. As well as hosting a wide variety of different animals, it also boasts one of the best views of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from across the water. If you're planning a visi...
10. Visit the Los Angeles Zoo I do—the Los Angeles Zoo is just a few miles from my home. We have a family membership and are able to enjoy the zoo throughout the year. Even when we don't have time to stop at the zoo, we regularly take a "shortcut" through Griffith Park, an...