New home for a new Komodo Dragon

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New home for a new Komodo Dragon

The San Francisco Zoo has just opened “Komodo Alley,” a renovated exhibit space for the Zoo’s new Komodo dragon.

The San Francisco Zoo has just opened “Komodo Alley,” a renovated exhibit space for the Zoo’s new Komodo dragon.

The exhibit space, formerly known as Binowee Landing, maintains temperatures upwards of 85 degrees at all times, just like Komodo Island in Indonesia where many of the animals are found.

“We are very excited to welcome this magnificent creature to the Zoo community, and hope that its introduction here in San Francisco raises awareness about its vulnerable status as a species,” said Tanya Peterson, President and Executive Director of the San Francisco Zoological Society.

Coming from the Knoxville Zoo, this 2-year-old male dragon currently measures 47 inches long and weighs approximately five pounds. The body proportions of a typical young Komodo dragon are 30 percent body and 60 percent tail, but this changes to a 50/50 ratio when the Komodo becomes an adult. Once it reaches breeding maturity at five years, it can grow over nine feet in length and weigh close to 150 pounds.

For more information, go to sfzoo.org.

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The San Francisco Zoo has just opened “Komodo Alley,” a renovated exhibit space for the Zoo’s new Komodo dragon.

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