Goat, deer, bird, or other Komodos, if it has a heartbeat, it qualifies as food. Here’s a surprising fact, roughly10% of a Komodo dragon’s diet consists of eating juvenile Komodos. Scientists ...

Monitor lizards are a genus of large lizards found in Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. There are 80 recognized species ...

This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds.

The Komodo dragon attacks their prey and waits for the ... Humans hunt the lizards for their skin to make leather products and for food. In many areas the monitor lizards are listed as protected.