The Komodo dragon isn’t a real dragon. It’s far more disgusting than that! This is the world’s biggest lizard, growing up to 3 m (10 ft) long. It looks a bit like a short-legged, small-headed dinosaur, with a long, heavy tail and a forked tongue. in searCh of DeaD meat Komodo dragons are mainly scavengers and eat dead flesh, but they do hunt and kill as well. Like snakes, they stick out their tongues to detect scents in the air and can sniff out a rotting carcass from more than 8 km (5 miles) away. When they find their prey, such as
a dead or dying goat, they guzzle it in chunks or even swallow it whole. This creature’s table manners are among the world’s worst, and it has terribly stinky breath, too. germs anD Poison Komodos can also kill living creatures – either by infecting them with disgusting disease germs from their mouths or by injecting them with venom. PutriD Pellets After eating an animal, the Komodo dragon vomits up a “gastric pellet” – a lump of indigestible bits of fur, teeth, and bones. Urgh!

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