The Komodo dragon, I believe, taps into our basic fears ... one of the biggest misconceptions about the Komodo—that its mouth is full of nasty bacteria that cause deadly lesions in bite wounds ...

This was only discovered in 2006, when a dragon called Flora mothered five baby dragons at Chester Zoo, despite never having been kept with a male. According to Joe Capon of London Zoo ...

An avid hunter, the Komodo dragon can hit 12 miles an hour in short ... Then the dragon catchers remove it with hook and lasso, tape its mouth closed (for our protection), and gently but firmly ...

The Komodo dragon bites into its victim's flesh, and although the prey sometimes breaks away, very often it eventually succumbs to an infection from bacteria in its mouth, dying in a few days.

the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon. Show more First transmitted in 1956, the Zoo Quest team sails to Komodo island, the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon.

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia – I am in Komodo National Park, observing an endangered Komodo dragon rest its paunch on the soil. The indolent lizard hardly moves – it feels almost inert ...