Photos Of Komodo Dragon
Komodo dragon, or a more lizard called the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), is the world's largest lizard species that live on the island of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami in Nusa Tenggara. This lizard by the natives of Komodo island is also called the local name ora.
Photos Of Komodo Dragon
Including family members Varanidae lizards, and Toxicofera klad, dragons are the largest lizards in the world, with an average length of 2-3 m. Large size is associated with symptoms of island gigantism, the tendency for body meraksasanya certain animals that live on a small island linked to the absence of mammalian carnivores on the island where dragons live, and the rate of metabolism of small dragons. Because of their body, these lizards occupy positions that dominate the top predator ecosystem where life.
Komodo dragon discovered by western researchers in 1910. He was a great and terrible reputation makes them popular in zoos. Komodo dragons in the wild habitat has been shrinking due to human activity and hence the IUCN include dragons as a species vulnerable to extinction. This large lizard is now protected under the Indonesian government regulations and a national park, namely Komodo National Park, established to protect them.
Eggs from the Komodo
Physiology Of Komodo dragon
Komodo dragon does not have the sense of hearing, despite having the ear hole. This lizard is able to see as far as 300 m, but because the retina has only cone cells, the animal was evidently not so good to see in the dark of night. Komodo able to distinguish colors but not how to distinguish between objects that do not move. Komodo dragons use their tongue to detect taste and smell stimuli, like other reptiles, the vomeronasal sensory organs utilizing Jacobson, a capability that can help navigate in the dark. With the help of wind and the habit of cocking his head to the right and left when walking, Komodo dragons can detect the presence of carrion as far as 4-9.5 miles. Dragons nostril is not a good smell tools because they do not have a diaphragm. These animals do not have a taste on her tongue, there is little taste of nerve endings in the back of the throat.
Pulau Komodo dragon (Komodo Shelter)
Komodo dragon scales, some of which are reinforced with bone, have the sensors connected to nerves that facilitate excitatory touch. The scales around the ears, lips, chin, and soles of the feet have three or more sensory stimulation.
Komodo never considered deaf when research found that the whisper, the voice rising and shouting did not cause agitation (noise) in the wild dragons. This was denied later when employees ZSL London Zoo, Joan Proctor trained lizards to come out to eat with his voice, even when he is not seen by the lizards.