Where do Komodo Dragons live?

The Komodo dragon is one of the wonders in the natural world. The Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest can completely relate to this creature. It is considered as a living mythology as well as phenomenon of evolution.

Where do Komodo Dragons live? What they actually eat? And many more questions like these are frequently asked as it is an endangered reptile and very difficult to know about them. Many think Komodo dragon’s origins from the dragon, mostly name referred to them as dragon, but it’s not true. They belong to crocodile family and is a lizard with huge body and strong enough to kill a human being.

It is known as world’s heaviest lizard that weights more than 150 pounds. The Komodo Dragon are very huge and their features are very impressive, they have powerful limbs, a pointed snout, a muscular tail, enough to hurt anybody standing behind him, gray scaly skin. They can be found in some of the Indonesia islands in woodland and scrub areas. Their smelling sense is very powerful. They can find out a decaying animal far from many miles just by smell of it. They just not live eating on dead animals but also hunt on other lizards, big mammal and even some cannibalistic. There were many numbers of Komodo dragons in these regions but gradually the loss of habitat and prey species but mostly their population is declining because of hunting. The female Komodo dragon lay 20-30 eggs and they take eight months to hatch. But when the baby komodo come out of the egg, their survival instincts are put to test by the nature, and the one who is strong enough survives. Among them only, maximum, five baby komodo dragons survives.

Where do Komodo dragons live:

Here are some places where you can find Komodo dragons in Indonesia…

• Komodo Island
  
• Rincah
• Gili Motang
• Gili Dasami
• Flores

The above written places are situated in Indonesia, near Komodo Island and answer to – where do Komodo dragons live. These regions have parks built especially created to protect these creatures. Gili Motang is also regarded as UNESCO world heritage. They are really awesome and are fine example of survival of the fittest theory of Darwin.