Among the lizard species, the Komodo dragon is the largest and most ferocious lizard in existence, and the wild population of komodo dragons is only distributed in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, but some Komodo dragons have also been introduced to zoos. Recently, two Komodo dragons were exhibited at the Shanghai Zoo, with a body length of 1.5 meters, as the largest surviving lizard species, attracting many tourists to visit.
According to the staff: these two Komodo dragons are a male and a female, or a sub-adult stage, the age is about 3 years old, and now the body length is about 1.5 meters, and it can continue to grow. In order to allow the two monitor lizards to adapt to the climate of Shanghai as soon as possible, the zoo will try to simulate the area where the monitor lizards live as much as possible to have tropical environmental characteristics, just like the monitor lizards' living environment in the wild.
The introduction of these two Komodo dragons is meaningful, on the one hand, as an ornamental, so that people can get closer to see the largest existing lizard on the earth, and the other is to explore the breeding mode of this monitor lizard, observe their living habits, behavior and diet, and combine theoretical knowledge to explore the magical species of Komodo dragons.
In the wild food chain, Komodo dragons are top predators, the sense of smell can detect the breath of prey within 1000 meters, coupled with the komodo dragon's mouth parasitic number of bacteria, and has venom glands, like venomous snakes will use venom to attack prey, so Komodo dragons have greater attack power than other monitor lizards.
Komodo dragons are ferocious animals, but because they are unique species in Indonesia, the number is relatively small, so it is also a very precious animal, poaching is very much, especially the price of each Komodo dragon is about 200,000 yuan, Komodo dragon smuggling cases have always been, coupled with the reduction of habitat, the living environment of Komodo dragons is relatively harsh.
In order to protect these largest surviving lizards, Komodo dragons have been listed as a vulnerable species of the Union for Conservation of Nature and one of the most precious animals in the world, and the need to pay attention to protecting their habitat, Komodo dragons are only distributed in the Indonesian Lesser Sunda Islands (Komodo Island, Rinka Island, Motang Island, Flores Island), allowing the population of Komodo dragons to grow!
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