REPTILES

They came after the dinosaurs

An episode from the series MYSTERIES OF THE GIANTS

Synopsis

The 3-meter long Komodo dragon is the world’s largest lizard and can kill buffalo or deer with a single bite. However, it cannot regulate its body temperature and, therefore, needs sun to warm it up or shade to avoid overheating.

The green anaconda can grow up to 6 meters in length. It spends most of its time in the water, looking for prey larger than itself which it crushes to death.

The Komodo dragon and the anaconda had giant ancestors: the Megalania, a lizard over 5 meters long, and the Titanoboa, a constrictor snake that sometimes grew to 12 meters.