Komodo Dragons are the largest living species of lizard growing
up to ten feet (3 metres) in length. image found here “The
Komodo’s sense of smell is its primary food detector. Its long
yellow forked tongue samples the air, after which the two tongue
tips retreat to the roof of the mouth, where they make contact
with the Jacobson’s organs. These chemical analyzers “smell”
prey such as deer by recognising airborne molecules. If the
concentration on the left tip is higher than that sampled from
the right, then the Komodo knows that the deer is approaching
from the left. image found here The muscles of the Komodo’s jaws
and throat allow it to swallow huge chunks of meat with
astonishing rapidity. A female who weighed no more than 50
kilograms was seen to consume a 31 kilogram boar in less than 17
minutes. Komodos eat almost their entire kill including bones,
hooves and swathes of hide. They also eat intestines but only
after swinging them vigorously to scatter their contents and
remove faeces. image from Big Tit