News tagged with komodo dragon
Rediscovering the dragon's paradise lost
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The world's largest living lizard species, the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), is vulnerable to extinction and yet little is known about its natural history. New research by a team of palaeontologists and ar ...
Komodo dragon attacks terrorize Indonesia villages
May 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Komodo dragons have shark-like teeth and poisonous venom that can kill a person within hours of a bite. Yet villagers who have lived for generations alongside the world's largest lizard were not afraid ...
Komodo even more deadly than thought: Research
May 18, 2009 |
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The carnivorous reptiles (Varanus komodoensis) are known to bite prey and release them, leaving them to bleed to death from their wounds: the victims are reported to go into shock before the dragons kill a ...
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Ancient dragon has space-age skull
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Apr 14, 2008 |
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The fearsome Komodo dragon is the world's largest living lizard and can take very large animal prey: now a new international study has revealed how it can be such an efficient killing machine despite having ...
Ancient flying dragon discovered in China
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Mar 21, 2007 |
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Chinese scientists say they've found the remains of a small "flying dragon" that lived around the time of the dinosaurs.
'Dragon's blood' quenches stomach ulcer bacteria
Nov 12, 2007 |
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“Dragon’s blood” may sound like an exotic ingredient in a witch’s brew or magic potion. But researchers in China are reporting that the material — which is actually a bright red plant sap used for thousands ...
Predicting the distribution of creatures great and small
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Jul 17, 2008 |
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In studying how animals change size as they evolve, biologists have unearthed several interesting patterns. For instance, most species are small, but the largest members of a taxonomic group -- such as the great white shark, ...
Scientist: Kong Lives!
Dec 16, 2005 |
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Cinematically, at least, King Kong crashes into the American imagination about every three decades, and he's wreaking havoc again in theaters starting this week. Gregg Mitman, professor of the history of science ...
Dragons of hope: Boat racing improves lives of breast cancer survivors
Feb 01, 2008 |
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The best long-term therapy for breast cancer survivors might have nothing to do with doctors or self-help books, a health researcher at McGill University says. Her prescription? Dragon boat racing.
Briefs: Embed dictation for wireless text unveiled
Apr 05, 2006 |
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VoiceSignal announced the release Wednesday of a new speech interface system that allows continuous dictation of text messages for cell phones.
AMD Phenom II Quad Core Overclocked to 6.3Ghz
Nov 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD has been showing off their soon to be released 45nm "Deneb" desktop chips which have been overclocked to 6.3Ghz. Unless you can get your hands on some liquid nitrogen, don´t expect to ...
Variety is the spice of life: too many males, too little time...
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Apr 23, 2008 |
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Female Australian painted dragon lizards are polyandrous, that is, they mate with as many males as they can safely get access to. This promiscuous behaviour is often found in species where male quality is dubious and there ...
Lizards pull a wheelie
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Jun 13, 2008 |
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Why bother running on hind legs when the four you've been given work perfectly well? This is the question that puzzles Christofer Clemente. For birds and primates, there's a perfectly good answer: birds have converted their ...
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