ScienceDaily (Oct. 17,
2012) — An international team of researchers has found that female Komodo
Dragons live half as long as males on average, seemingly due to their
physically demanding 'housework' such as building huge nests and guarding eggs
for up to six months.
The results provide important
information on the endangered lizards' growth rate, lifestyle and population
differences, which may help plan conservation efforts.
The Komodo dragon is the
world's largest lizard. Their formidable body size enables them to serve as top
predators killing water buffalo, deer and wild boar and they have also been
known to kill humans.
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