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		<title>The Deadly Komodo Dragon</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-deadly-komodo-dragon/" title="The Deadly Komodo Dragon" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="164" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kd1a-300x164.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Komodo dragon" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kd1a-300x164.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kd1a-800x438.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kd1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>They are the largest living lizard species on earth, they rob human graves, and can kill with a single agonizing bite. Enter the Komodo dragon. These giants are very clever, strong swimmers, and can even give birth via a method called <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;parthenogenesis&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;A method in which a new individual is developed without fertilization is called parthenogenesis. In this type of reproduction, males don&#38;#039;t have to take any role in reproduction and only female gametes develop into new offspring. Typically, in this type of reproduction most, if not all of the time only females are born.Some examples of parthenogenetic capable animals are: &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;bees&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;wasps&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;ants&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, and there are about 50 known species of lizard and 1 species of snake that reproduce solely through parthenogenesis.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/parthenogenesis/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">parthenogenesis</a>. Komodos live on 4 islands in Indonesia: Komodo, [&#x2026;]</p>
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