Populating several islands within Komodo National Park including Komodo and Rinca, these cannibalistic predators can grow up to 3 meters in length and weigh about 70 kilograms, making them the world’s largest lizards.
Not only is their venomous saliva able to paralyse and kill in one day’s time at most, the monitor lizard’s peculiar split-forked tongues are able to track down their prey as far as 9 kilometres away and can spring as fast as 20 kilometres per hour when roused.
As a safety precaution, it is now mandatory for visitors to be accompanied by a ranger when observing these cold-blooded creatures roam freely in their natural habitat. Despite looking docile, it is best to keep a safe distance when in proximity with these reptiles.
The Komodo dragons are inevitably the Komodo National Park’s star attraction and for good reason. Those brave and fortunate enough to step foot on these islands will concur that nothing else comes nearly as close as this one-of-a-kind experience.
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