| "On a living Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, exhibited at the Scientific Meeting, October 23rd, 1928" | Vidal, John 12 June 2008 |
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| " Losers usually retreat, though they have been known to be killed and eaten by victors | Dragons of equal size may resort to "wrestling |
A small tube under the tongue that connects to the lungs allows it to breathe while swallowing.
16| Parthenogenesis baby Komodo dragon, , A Komodo dragon at named Sungai laid a clutch of eggs in late 2005 after being separated from a male company for more than two years | scans of a preserved showed the presence of two in the lower jaw |
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| Eggs receiving a Z become ZZ male ; those receiving a W chromosome become WW and fail to develop, meaning that only males are produced by parthenogenesis in this species | Unlike people have been led to believe, they do not have chunks of rotting flesh from their meals on their teeth, cultivating bacteria |
The Komodo dragon's diet is wide-ranging, and includes , other reptiles including smaller Komodo dragons , birds, bird eggs, small mammals, monkeys, wild boar, goats, deer, horses, and.
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