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This Lizard Eats Like A Dinosaur
14 Aug 2024
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Cold-blooded reptiles like snakes and lizards often give people chills due to their silent, slithering movements
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The scaly, rough textures and sudden, unpredictable behaviour of reptiles can trigger a natural fear response in many people
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There is one lizard that is often compared to dinosaurs for its sharp teeth and eating habits
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It is the Komodo dragon, found on some islands of the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia
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Komodo dragons have large mouths with a wide gape that allows them to swallow large chunks of prey
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Their curved and serrated teeth allow these lizards to tear quickly and efficiently through the flesh of their prey
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Komodo dragons can eat 80 per cent of their weight in one sitting
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Researchers from King's College London recently discovered that the teeth of Komodo dragons are coated with iron
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They are also one of the few venomous lizards on the planet, which seeps into large wounds it makes on its prey
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Komodo dragons have a permanent suit of armour in the form of thousands of tiny bones under the skin
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