Their story, personality and the details worth observing in person.
Meet Raja
Raja is an invented editorial name for this provisional profile. In the sample story, the animal curiously explores keeper-provided enrichment and often chooses the same quiet spot to rest. This individual profile does not describe a real specimen and will be replaced by Bioparco.
An individual, not just a species
The identity card of Raja
- Sex
- non specificato
- Origin
- The individual name, sex and story are invented provisional editorial content; scientific information refers to the species.
Verifiable facts and scientific language
Species profile
Komodo dragon
Varanus komodoensis
The komodo dragon is a powerful body, muscular tail, acute sense of smell and venomous bite.
- Class
- Reptilia
- Diet
- Carnivore
- IUCN status
- EN Endangered Endangered (EN) It faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild. IUCN Red List classification
- Natural habitat
- Dry savanna, scrub and monsoon forest.
- Distribution
- Several islands in Indonesia's Lesser Sunda archipelago.
- Feeding
- Carrion and live prey, from small vertebrates to large ungulates.
- Characteristics
- A powerful body, muscular tail, acute sense of smell and venomous bite.
One fact to take home
Observe, connect, remember
It can consume a remarkably large meal relative to its own body weight.