1. The Komodo dragon is the world's biggest lizard, reaching up to three meters long.

2. The Komodo Dragon is in fact a giant Monitor lizard.

3. Any of various lizards, such as the Komodo dragon or the flying lizard.

4. The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the world's biggest lizard, reaching up to three metres (10 feet) long.

5. The most amazing (and badass) characteristic of the komodo dragon is that the female can lay eggs that hatch without being fertilized by a male (this is called parthenogenesis).

6. Flora, a female Komodo dragon, reproduced asexually at Chester Zoo in Britain in December 2006.

7. On Flores, the only sizable predators were the Komodo dragon and another, even larger monitor lizard.

8. Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.

9. Like our little friend the komodo dragon, potato beetle babies (larvae) cover themselves in their own poop to avoid being eaten.

10. This new information thus helps to clean up the foul - mouthed reputation of the Komodo dragon.

11. Then explorers discovered the gorilla, the okapi, the pygmy hippo, the giant panda and the Komodo dragon, among many others.

12. The real - life monster makes its move. We call this animal the Komodo dragon.

13. Dubbed Varanus bitatawa, the giant lizard is a close cousin of the Komodo dragon of Indonesia.