Komodo Dragon: WHAT! Is someone stealing my lunch!
Reporter: No! Please don’t eat me!
Komodo Dragon: Oh, it’s you. I saw you walking through the bushes over there. (Nods head at bushes)
Reporter: You did?
Komodo Dragon: Of course! I was about to attack you until I saw this water buffalo.
Reporter: (Shivers) So - um - do you really need to eat all of that to survive? (Points at water buffalo)
Komodo Dragon: Yep! Varanus komodoensis have a big stomach. I hunt pretty much all day long since food is scarce. If I’m hungry, I might slow down, and that gives other Varanus komodoensis a chance to eat me!
Reporter: Wait. Varanus komodoensis? I thought you were a Komodo Dragon?
Komodo Dragon: I am! Varanus komodoensis is just the scientific name for me!
Reporter: Okay. Also, I heard you only live here, Komodo island. Do you live anywhere else?
Komodo Dragon: No. Komodo Dragons are Vulnerable. So we are almost extinct.
Reporter: Oh- Okay. I’m sorry about that… (Sniffs air) YIKES! What is that SMELL!?
Komodo Dragon: Oh, that’s just the water buffalo. It died last night after I bit it a couple of days ago.
Reporter: Hold up. It took you ONE bite to kill a WATER BUFFALO?
Komodo Dragon: Yeah! Us Komodo Dragons have venom glands that weakens the prey over time. Even if this buffalo did escape, it would die eventually and I would track it down.
Reporter: Stop freaking me out!
Komodo Dragon: Dude, part of my name is DRAGON! I think I’m supposed to freak you out!
Reporter: (Rolls eyes) Anyway, what do you eat?
Komodo Dragon: Let’s see, Water buffalos, Carrion, Smaller Komodo Dragons, Deer, Pigs, Do you know what else I eat?
Reporter: No.
Komodo Dragon: Humans! They are one of my favorite! I eat anything that is MEAT! I’m a CARNIVORE! (Takes a step toward the Reporter)
Reporter: No! Wait! If you answer me a few questions, I will give you the rest of my food - which is meat?
Komodo Dragon: Go on.
Reporter: How many eggs does a Female Komodo Dragon lay?
Komodo Dragon: We lay about 20 to 25 soft leathery eggs, but we never stay with them. We leave their nest and never return once they are laid.
Reporter: Wait - If Komodo Dragons eggs are left alone, once they hatch, how do they survive?
Komodo Dragon: Well - When Komodo Dragons are born, they are 30 to 40 cm long and weigh about 100 grams, which is a quarter a pound, at BIRTH! Once we are born we have a long skinny tail and a long skinny body which is an adaptation to living in trees. We have this for the first year of our lives.
Reporter: How can I tell a Female Komodo Dragon apart from an Male Komodo Dragon?
Komodo Dragon: Well, a Female Komodo is a more brown color in there scales and are smaller than Male Komodo Dragons. Male Komodo Dragons are bigger and more green and gray with a hint of brown.
Reporter: Interesting… So, how big are you? Five feet?
Komodo Dragon: WHAT! NO! I am TEN FEET! If I were five feet, I would be eaten the first day I was hatched!
Reporter : Oh - sorry. Um - also - do you have scales
Komodo Dragon: I do have scales. They are a dark brown gray green color. But when I was younger, it was more brown gray.
Reporter: Okay. Also -
Komodo Dragon: Hey do you know what else I eat!
Reporter: um…. No?
Komodo Dragon: Annoying Reporters that asks Female Komodo Dragons lots of questions!
Reporter: Wait!
Komodo Dragon: What?
Reporter: You’re a female?
Komodo Dragon: (Hisses)
Reporter: That sounded lot better in my head.
Komodo Dragon: If you don’t want to become the side for my luch, I suggest to give me your meat you promised me!
Reporter: Um….
Komodo Dragon: You don’t have any! (Charges)
Reporter: AGH! (Runs)
Interview
Reporter: (Shivers) So - um - do you really need to eat all of that to survive? (Points at water buffalo)
Komodo Dragon: Yep! Varanus komodoensis have a big stomach. I hunt pretty much all day long since food is scarce. If I’m hungry, I might slow down, and that gives other Varanus komodoensis a chance to eat me!
Reporter: Wait. Varanus komodoensis? I thought you were a Komodo Dragon?
Komodo Dragon: I am! Varanus komodoensis is just the scientific name for me!
Reporter: Okay. Also, I heard you only live here, Komodo island. Do you live anywhere else?
Komodo Dragon: No. Komodo Dragons are Vulnerable. So we are almost extinct.
Reporter: Oh- Okay. I’m sorry about that… (Sniffs air) YIKES! What is that SMELL!?
Komodo Dragon: Oh, that’s just the water buffalo. It died last night after I bit it a couple of days ago.
Reporter: Hold up. It took you ONE bite to kill a WATER BUFFALO?
Komodo Dragon: Yeah! Us Komodo Dragons have venom glands that weakens the prey over time. Even if this buffalo did escape, it would die eventually and I would track it down.
Reporter: Stop freaking me out!
Komodo Dragon: Dude, part of my name is DRAGON! I think I’m supposed to freak you out!
Reporter: (Rolls eyes) Anyway, what do you eat?
Komodo Dragon: Let’s see, Water buffalos, Carrion, Smaller Komodo Dragons, Deer, Pigs, Do you know what else I eat?
Reporter: No.
Komodo Dragon: Humans! They are one of my favorite! I eat anything that is MEAT! I’m a CARNIVORE! (Takes a step toward the Reporter)
Reporter: No! Wait! If you answer me a few questions, I will give you the rest of my food - which is meat?
Komodo Dragon: Go on.
Reporter: How many eggs does a Female Komodo Dragon lay?
Komodo Dragon: We lay about 20 to 25 soft leathery eggs, but we never stay with them. We leave their nest and never return once they are laid.
Reporter: Wait - If Komodo Dragons eggs are left alone, once they hatch, how do they survive?
Komodo Dragon: Well - When Komodo Dragons are born, they are 30 to 40 cm long and weigh about 100 grams, which is a quarter a pound, at BIRTH! Once we are born we have a long skinny tail and a long skinny body which is an adaptation to living in trees. We have this for the first year of our lives.
Reporter: How can I tell a Female Komodo Dragon apart from an Male Komodo Dragon?
Komodo Dragon: Well, a Female Komodo is a more brown color in there scales and are smaller than Male Komodo Dragons. Male Komodo Dragons are bigger and more green and gray with a hint of brown.
Reporter: Interesting… So, how big are you? Five feet?
Komodo Dragon: WHAT! NO! I am TEN FEET! If I were five feet, I would be eaten the first day I was hatched!
Reporter : Oh - sorry. Um - also - do you have scales
Komodo Dragon: I do have scales. They are a dark brown gray green color. But when I was younger, it was more brown gray.
Reporter: Okay. Also -
Komodo Dragon: Hey do you know what else I eat!
Reporter: um…. No?
Komodo Dragon: Annoying Reporters that asks Female Komodo Dragons lots of questions!
Reporter: Wait!
Komodo Dragon: What?
Reporter: You’re a female?
Komodo Dragon: (Hisses)
Reporter: That sounded lot better in my head.
Komodo Dragon: If you don’t want to become the side for my luch, I suggest to give me your meat you promised me!
Reporter: Um….
Komodo Dragon: You don’t have any! (Charges)
Reporter: AGH! (Runs)
Interview
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