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Komodo Dragons
1. Have you ever seen a small lizard in a garden? How about a giant lizard? In the island of Indonesia, there are
between 4,000 and 5,000 giant lizards called Komodo dragons.
II. They are called Komodo dragons because one of the five islands they live on is called Komodo Island. They are
the largest species of lizards in the world. Adult Komodos can grow to more than three metres long and weigh
about 70 kilogrammes. The largest Komodo ever was an amazing 166 kilogrammes!
III. European scientists discovered them in 1910. The first two Komodos were kept at the London Zoo in 1927.
When Hollywood producers heard about the giant lizards, they made a movie in 1933 about a giant gorilla called
'King Kong.'The Komodos can live for about forty or even fifty years.
IV. They eat almost anything they can catch. For example, birds, bird eggs, monkeys, deer and horses. Sometimes
they even eat other, smaller Komodos, and sometimes (but not often) even people. They especially like to eat
dead and dying animals which they can smell many kilometers away. There are only about fifty Komodo dragons
in zoos around the world, located mostly in Indonesia, Europe and North America. Because there are so few of
them living in the wild. A park - called Komodo National Park. It was opened in Indonesia in 1980 to protect them
from hunters. It had forty-five thousand visitors in 2010.
1. is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit (paragraph IV)
2. experts in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences (paragraph IV).
3. A park or an institution in which living animals are kept (paragraph III).
4. keep safe from harm or injury​

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