KOMODO DRAGON INDONESIA The komodo dragon truly lives up to its name, being the largest species of lizard ever known and capable of growing up to 3m in length and weighinng up to 70kg. This sheer size, when combined with the dragon's predatory nature. demands that caution be exercised when in its immediate vicinity. Moreover, the dragon is also famous for it forecious bite, which combines serrated teeth woth mysteriously toxic saliva. Scientists still debate wether this saliva contains venom or bacteria but either way, the dragon's fearsome reputation is well known. This killing machine is only found in few island in the Komodo National Park, a convsevation area listed in two international groups; UNESCO World Heritage and the New 7 Wonders of Nature. The bites of Komodo is ferocious because...

SNAKES Snakes are reptiles (cold-blooded-creatures). They belong to the same group as lizards (the scaled group, Squamata) but from a sub-group of their own (Serpentes). Snakes have two legs but...

THE HORNED MELON The horned melon, also called African horned cucumber, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family. It is considered to be the ancestor of the other cultivated melons. Of...

Many people imagine the sea-horse to be real horse living in the sea. This is not true at all. The sea-horse is so called because it is a tiny creature with a horse-liked head which lives in the sea. ...

Australia has another kind of animal besides kangaroo, that is wombat. While kangaroo and wombat are physically dissimiliar, they both share the common marsupial feature of having a pouch. The pouch o...

Gardenia plant are evergreen shrubs. Their small trees can grow to 1 - 5 meters tall. The leaves are 5 - 50 centimeters long and 3 - 25 centimeters broad, dark green, and glossy with a leathery textur...