AsiaEndangered
Komodo dragon
Varanus komodoensis
The biggest lizard alive, found on just a few islands in Indonesia.
- Weight
- Up to 90 kg
- Size
- Up to 3 m long
- Lifespan
- About 30 years
- Top speed
- 20 km/h in short bursts
- Diet
- Carnivore
How heavy is that?
As heavy as 2 kids (40 kg each)
Where it lives
Three things to know
- Its bite is venomous.
- It can smell food a few kilometres away with its forked tongue.
- Young dragons live in trees to stay safe from the adults.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Komodo dragon90 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe Komodo dragon weighs about 2.3× as much as the kid
- Size
- Komodo dragon3 mA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe Komodo dragon is about 2.1× as big as the kid
- Top speed
- Komodo dragon20 km/hA 10-year-old kid20 km/hAbout the same
- Lifespan
- Komodo dragon30 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 2.7× as long as the Komodo dragon
Food chain
- GrassProducer
- Deer
Komodo dragonThis animal
Nothing hunts a healthy adult