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Komodo dragons: 40 million years old creatures that eat in one bite

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This animal, called the Komodo dragon, is the largest lizard in the world, and they are an ancient species that has been breeding and evolving for more than 40 million years.

Komodo dragons: 40 million years old creatures that eat in one bite

The Komodo dragon loves to eat carrion the most, and now it has found a dead little goat, and the little goat is just an appetizer for it, only to see it start from the head of the little goat, and swallow the baby goat in its entirety in three strokes and five divisions.

Komodo dragons: 40 million years old creatures that eat in one bite

The stomach of komodo dragons is like a rubber skin sac that can be expanded, and they can eat more than 80% of their own body weight in one meal, so their weight before and after meals varies greatly.

Komodo dragons: 40 million years old creatures that eat in one bite

Komodo dragons are strong, scaly, with powerful limbs and sharp claws, and they also have a long, yellow, branched tongue, and the tip of the tongue is like a radar antenna that can catch odors from 5-10 kilometers away.

Komodo dragons: 40 million years old creatures that eat in one bite

They can also swim, can dive five meters underwater to catch fish, shrimp, shellfish, etc., adult Komodo monitor lizards are black brown, up to three meters long, and their tails are generally long as their bodies.

Komodo dragons: 40 million years old creatures that eat in one bite

Their predation method is to ambush the prey on the way through, and when the time is right, they will bite the prey violently.

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