{"id":122657,"date":"2023-10-03T07:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T07:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/?p=122657"},"modified":"2023-10-03T07:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T07:34:22","slug":"photography-komodo-dragon-varanus-komodoensis-in-rotterdam-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/?p=122657","title":{"rendered":"photography Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) in Rotterdam Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>photography Komodo dragon (<em>Varanus komodoensis<\/em>) in Rotterdam Zoo <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/designjaap.com\/?page_id=116120\">Komodo dragon (<em>Varanus komodoensis<\/em>)<\/a>  is a member of the\u00a0monitor lizard\u00a0family\u00a0Varanidae\u00a0that is\u00a0endemic\u00a0to the Indonesian islands of\u00a0Komodo,\u00a0Rinca,\u00a0Flores, and\u00a0Gili<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gili_Motang\"> <\/a>Motang. It is the\u00a0largest<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_largest_extant_lizards\"> <\/a>extant species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3\u00a0m, and weighing up to 70\u00a0kg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Komodo-dragon-Varanus-komodoensis-DSC_4261-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Komodo-dragon-Varanus-komodoensis-DSC_4261-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Komodo-dragon-Varanus-komodoensis-DSC_4261-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/designjaap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Komodo-dragon-Varanus-komodoensis-DSC_4261-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/designjaap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Komodo-dragon-Varanus-komodoensis-DSC_4261-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/designjaap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Komodo-dragon-Varanus-komodoensis-DSC_4261-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/designjaap.com\/?page_id=116120\">Komodo dragon (<em>Varanus komodoensis<\/em>)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of their size, Komodo dragons are&nbsp;apex predators, and dominate the&nbsp;ecosystems&nbsp;in which they live. Komodo dragons hunt and ambush prey including&nbsp;invertebrates, birds, and&nbsp;mammals. Komodo dragons&#8217; group behavior in hunting is exceptional in the reptile world. The diet of Komodo dragons mainly consists of&nbsp;Javan<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Javan_rusa\"> <\/a>rusa (<em>Rusa timorensis<\/em>), though they also eat considerable amounts of&nbsp;carrion. Komodo dragons also occasionally attack humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mating begins between May and August, and the eggs are laid in September; as many as 20 eggs are deposited at a time in an abandoned&nbsp;megapode&nbsp;nest or in a self-dug nesting hole. The eggs are incubated for seven to eight months, hatching in April, when insects are most plentiful. Young Komodo dragons are vulnerable and dwell in trees to avoid predators, such as&nbsp;cannibalistic&nbsp;adults. They take 8 to 9 years to mature and are estimated to live up to 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Komodo dragons were first recorded by Western scientists in 1910. Their large size and fearsome reputation make them popular zoo exhibits. In the wild, their range has contracted due to human activities, and is likely to contract further from the effects of&nbsp;climate change; due to this, they are listed as&nbsp;Endangered&nbsp;by the&nbsp;IUCN Red List. They are protected under&nbsp;Indonesian law, and Komodo National Park&nbsp;was founded in 1980 to aid protection efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an impression of animal photography of\u00a0photography the <a href=\"http:\/\/designjaap.com\/?page_id=116120\">Komodo dragon (<em>Varanus komodoensis<\/em>)<\/a> in Rotterdam Zoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photography Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) in Rotterdam Zoo The\u00a0Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a member of the\u00a0monitor lizard\u00a0family\u00a0Varanidae\u00a0that is\u00a0endemic\u00a0to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-berichten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122657"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122678,"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122657\/revisions\/122678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designjaap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}