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How about a trip to Indonesia? This country is a large group of islands located north of Australia. And it’s a beautiful place. It has thick, tropical rainforests and peaceful, sandy beaches.
Just watch out for 10-foot-long lizards that can kill you with one bite.
That’s a pretty good description of Komodo dragons. They’re the largest lizards on Earth. And they can be deadly. They attack pigs, deer, cows—and, yes, sometimes humans. They rip big wounds in their
But Komodo dragons aren’t just killers. Scientists think they have a very special power.
And that special power may teach us how to save millions of human lives.