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There are reptiles that give me the creeps. Geckos are my buddies, but get much bigger and I start to get a little squirmy. Iguanas make me feel yucky. Take that yucky and multiply it by a really big number. The result: Komodo dragons.
They are deadly, scary creatures. Here are some facts we learned about them today:
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They can live up to and beyond (given the right diet) 50 years.
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They can go a year without eating.
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Their diet consists of buffalo, deer, monkey and (the occasional) human.
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The most recent human kill was 3 months ago.
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The only thing they don’t eat is horns, hair, hoofs and grass. They laugh in the face of vegetarianism. It’s all meat, all the time for these beasts.
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They kill with a single bite to the leg of their prey. Bacteria live in their saliva which will kill a buffalo in a week or two. All they have to do is follow and wait.
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They can smell blood up to 5 kilometers away.
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They’re nasty, nasty predators.
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About Us
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
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