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Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

名字的由来： The common name 'Komodo dragon' was coined by W. Douglas Burden, who led an expedition to Komodo Island in 1926.1

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

有毒的蜥蜴

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

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

生活在

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

亚洲

首页

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

长度

3 m (9.8 ft)1

体重

150 kg (331 lb)1

最高速度

约 20 公里/小时（12 英里/小时）

在陆地上: 短距离冲刺

它吃什么？

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

Komodo dragon的照片 — Komodo dragon。照片：Unknown author。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

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

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

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

如果它咬人

清洗伤口，让人保持冷静并就医。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

它有多重？

和 8 只狗一样重

和 3 只狗鼻子接尾巴一样长和 17 根香蕉首尾相接一样长18 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Komodo dragon和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一个骑自行车的孩子 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

Komodo dragon 约 20 公里/小时 (12 mph)

一个全力冲刺的人 约 37 公里/小时 (23 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Komodo dragons are deaf.

真相： 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

给毒液专家

学名: Varanus komodoensis
类别: 有毒的蜥蜴
家人: Varanidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: 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
寿命: 约 30 年1
它在野外过得怎么样: Endangered1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3