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Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Tentang nama: The common name 'Komodo dragon' was coined by W. Douglas Burden, who led an expedition to Komodo Island in 1926.1

Boleh membunuhBoleh membunuh kamu tanpa rawatan. Jika ia menggigit kamu, dapatkan bantuan dengan cepat.

Cicak berbisa

GigitanMakan: Daging

Bahaya kepada manusia: Sangat berbahayaIa boleh membunuh orang yang tidak mendapat rawatan.

The Komodo dragon is a very large lizard, and it is the biggest lizard alive today. It lives on a few small islands in Eastern Indonesia, where it hunts deer and pigs and sits at the top of its food chain. Adults occasionally attack people, so it is a dangerous animal to keep your distance from.1

Hidup di

Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasami and Gili Motang. The largest population is in Komodo National Park.1

Asia

Laman utama

It prefers hot, dry places, such as dry open grassland, savanna and low-lying tropical forest. It digs burrows up to 3 m wide for shelter and sleeps in them at night. Young Komodo dragons live in trees to stay away from adults.1

Panjang

3 m (9.8 ft)1

Berat

150 kg (331 lb)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 20 km/j (12 mph)

Di darat: lari pecut yang singkat

Apa yang ia makan?

Komodo dragons hunt and ambush their prey. Young ones eat small animals such as insects and birds, while adults mainly eat Javan rusa deer and feral pigs. They also eat a lot of carrion, which is dead animals they find.1

Gambar Komodo dragon — Komodo dragon. Gambar: Unknown author. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

A very large, heavy-bodied lizard. Males can reach 3 m in length.1
A tail about as long as its body.1
Armoured, bony scales that give the skin a rugged, chain-mail look.1
Serrated, saw-like teeth, and saliva that is often tinged with blood.1
A long, yellow, deeply forked tongue that it flicks like a snake.1

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: Sangat berbahayaIa boleh membunuh orang yang tidak mendapat rawatan.

Adult Komodo dragons occasionally attack humans, so they should be treated as dangerous. Their size and strength make any attack serious.1

Jika ia menggigit

Basuh luka, pastikan orang itu tenang dan dapatkan bantuan perubatan.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menggigit kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropah Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

Berapa berat ia?

seberat 8 ekor anjing

sepanjang 3 ekor anjing dari hidung ke ekorsepanjang 17 biji pisang disusun hujung ke hujungboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 18 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Komodo dragon berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

Budak naik basikal kira-kira 12 km/j (7.5 mph)

Komodo dragon kira-kira 20 km/j (12 mph)

Orang berlari pecut kira-kira 37 km/j (23 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

The Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard, and its size is unusual among reptiles.1

Its teeth are replaced about every 40 days, and it has up to five replacement teeth for each tooth position at any time.1

Fossils show that Komodo dragons once lived in Australia, where they existed alongside megalania, the largest land lizard ever.1

The 1926 expedition by W. Douglas Burden inspired the 1933 film King Kong.1

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: Komodo dragons are deaf.

Hakikat: They were once thought to be deaf, but a London Zoo keeper trained one to come to her voice even when she was out of sight. They hear low-pitched sounds, roughly between 400 and 2,000 hertz.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Varanus komodoensis
Kumpulan: Cicak berbisa
Keluarga: Varanidae2
Susunan: Squamata
Benua-benua: Asia
Anak: Mating happens between May and August, and females lay up to 20 eggs in September, in an abandoned megapode nest or a hole they dig themselves. The eggs take seven to eight months to hatch, usually in April. Young Komodo dragons take 8 to 11 years to mature.1
Jangka hayat: kira-kira 30 tahun1
Keadaannya di alam liar: Endangered1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 4 / 5: Sangat berbahaya3

Dari mana fakta datang

Komodo dragon (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Varanus komodoensis (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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