Komodo dragon at the zoo ☝️

#Zoo #animals #Wildlife #reptiles #lizard #komodoDragon #photography

Fops loves Rizard! [YCH]

You can get one too if you'd like :}
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#art #digitalart #drawing #furry #furryart #cartoonist #scalie #ych #kiss #couple #fox #lizard #komododragon

I unfortunately forgot her name, but she is a character in a project that Bellicose is writing! Not a Komodo dragon, they have a petrifying gaze. Maybe the wave gesture was a bit too cute :)

#komododragon #lizard #fourarms #referencesheet

Happy #megafauna #MayTheFourth! Today’s megafauna is megalania, an ice-age monitor #lizard that could grow 16 feet long. The massive monitor lizard lived in Australia in various habitats including forests and grasslands. Its fossils are rare, and mostly made up of skulls. These skulls tell us that megalania sported an unusual ridge along its snout andbony plates on its head and neck that may have protected it in fights. Its sharp teeth leave little doubt that it was a formidable predator.

Kangaroo remains are often found near megalania fossils, suggesting that megalania was very capable of taking down large prey. Other potential food sources may have included large flightless birds and even other reptiles. It is possible that this lizard had hunting habits similar to its relative, the modern #KomodoDragon. Although neither megalania nor the komodo dragon are built for speed, komodo dragons only need to land one bite on their prey in order to kill them, as their toxic saliva leads to terminal infections. It is possible that megalania may have had similar capabilities.

Perhaps due to its impressive size and relatively recent existence, megalania is a popularly reported cryptozoological sighting in Australia. Fans believe that Australia’s extensive wilderness provides hiding for the shy giants, who venture near humans only to devour cattle and horses. While evidence for this megafauna as an extant cryptid is limited, its existence in Australia did overlap with humanity’s–and the idea of any human, past or present, facing down a 16-foot lizard is certainly terrifying.

A docking commission for Zahi Komodo and Lempi!
This is the last of the art I'd planned for Foreskin Day. Thank you, and have a good Foreskin Night!
#4444skin #komododragon #shark #docking #uncut

I communed with a #komododragon today. He was rude.

It is

VERY hard to keep a secret from someone who shares a bedroom, a study and a couch with you

Love you @drajak

#AQArt #furry #furryart #furryartist #digitalart #valentine #valentinesday #valentines2023 #lingerie #dagon #easterndragon #komododragon

Today's haul of Murder Cherries. Enough to take out a small English town if handled incorrectly.

#komododragon #chilli #fruitydeathbombs

#horrorprompt 952

Fun little fact: one of the food groups in a Komodo dragon's diet is #komododragon. Goes at least partway towards explaining why the young of the species are so good at climbing trees...

#horrorprompt 952

Fun little fact: one of the food groups in a Komodo dragon's diet is #komododragon. Goes some way towards explaining why the young of the species are good at climbing trees...

Today's #megafauna is the #KomodoDragon. At 150 lbs, it is Earth's largest living #lizard. Native to several Indonesian islands, it hunts by waiting patiently to ambush passing prey. Although meals often get away at first, they eventually succumb to sepsis and blood loss. The dragon's serrated teeth hold onto bacteria that infect bite wounds, while its venom prevents blood clotting. And the lizards use their long, forked tongues to taste the air and track down carrion from up to 2.5 miles away.

Only 3-4 things I maybe miss about Twtr.

The #FrogOfTheDay once a day #frogs account, @QuietPineTrees's #ForestOfWhales story /polls; the ability to reliably FIND my interests + people talking about them, and 1-2 people more who aren't here for now.

Apologies for cross-linking, but until the story moves here, that's where I have to read what Fireflies does.

https://twitter.com/ForestOfWhales/status/1595673055426236416

I am maybe more of a #KomodoDragon person than a frog one, but you take what you can get.

#biology #reptiles #lizards #DNASequencing #KomodoDragon An article published in the journal "Nature Ecology & Evolution" reports a complete genome sequencing of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard existing today. https://english.netmassimo.com/2019/08/03/komodo-dragon-dna-sequenced