Primarily found in five islands off the southeast coast of Indonesia (Komodo, Rinca, Gili Montang, Gili Dasami and Flores), adult male Komodo dragons can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh up to 330 pounds.
Do dragon eggs exist?
But even if they aren’t the dragons from your favourite lore, these hatchlings are a huge deal, because olms only lay eggs once or twice a decade, despite their 100-year lifespans. News of the ‘dragon eggs’ first broke earlier this year, when researchers working with the creatures found 50 to 60 eggs in the cave.
Did flying dragons exist?
Scientists have found evidence a “flying dragon” – known to have roamed the skies of the northern hemisphere – also set foot in Chile. The dinosaur belonged to a group of early pterosaurs that roamed the earth 160 million years ago.
Has a dragon been found?
Fossils of such a beast, dubbed the “dragon of death,” have been unearthed by scientists in the Andes mountains region of Argentina, according to a report by Reuters. The ancient flying reptiles roamed the skies 86 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, at around the same time as dinosaurs.