And some lizards, like Komodo dragons, swing their flexible tails around to attack.

还有一些蜥蜴，比如说多巨蜥，会摆动其灵活的尾巴来进行攻击。

Instead they found themselves having to fight off a real " man-eating" Komodo dragon.

他们要做的是击退真正“食人”的摩多龙。

Komodo dragons are considered a vulnerable species, meaning they could become endangered unless they're protected.

多巨蜥是一种脆弱的，代表若它不被保护，就会濒临灭绝。

" Komodon't you know" it's the Komodo dragon which can grow to a length of 10 feet and a weight of 300 pounds.

“你不吗？”，是多龙呀，它可以长到10英尺长，300磅重。

Just long enough for the Komodo dragon to actually finish it off and eat it.

时间足够长让多巨蜥吃光它。

More than 80 different sexual vertebrate species — including Komodo dragons and certain kinds of turkeys, pythons, and sharks — have surprised us by occasionally reproducing this way.

超过 80 种不同的有性脊椎动，包括摩多巨蜥和一些火鸡、蟒蛇、鲨鱼等，偶尔会以这种令人惊讶的方式繁殖。

Kind of like land-dwelling Komodo dragons, but they evolved for life in the ocean.

就像陆的多龙，却为了能在海洋进行了进化。

Yet, for four million years, the Komodo dragon has dominated here.

然而，四百万年来多巨蜥一直称霸这里。

Scientists estimate that it could run as fast as 10 kilometres per hour and like the modern-day komodo dragon would be able to chase down large animals.

学家们估计它的跑速可能每小时十公里，并且与现代的多恐龙一样，它们还能追捕大型动。

Located near Flores, Komodo National Park is famous for one thing and one thing only – its reptilian namesake, the Komodo dragon.

多国家公园位于弗洛雷斯附近，以爬行动多龙而闻名。

Consider that the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard alive today, is able to maintain a relatively constant body temperature compared to its smaller relatives, just by being big.

想想多龙，目前活的最大蜥蜴，相对于它的小体型同类们，它更能保持稳定的体温，这纯粹是因为它个子大。

Here's a fun fact: lots of people believe that Komodo dragons, which are the world's largest living lizards, take down their prey with the power of poor oral hygiene.

很多人认为，多巨蜥，这种世界上最大的蜥蜴，是靠糟糕的口腔卫来打败猎的。

Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards in the world, can grow to over two metres long, and are very dangerous.

摩多龙是世界上现体型最大的蜥蜴，它们体长可达两米，而且非常危险。

Since launching the breeding program, the zoo has built up its Komodo dragon population to 108 adults and 35 young ones.

自从该培育项目启动以来，该动园已将多龙的数量增加到108只成年多龙和35只幼多龙。

That report came out after several people were arrested in March and accused of smuggling Komodo dragons off the island.

该报告是在几个人于三月被捕并被指控因在岛上走私多巨蜥后发布的。

Right, I asked whether the-virgin-Flora was a) a python, b) a shark or c) a Komodo dragon.

好的，我之前问处女 Flora 是 A. 蟒蛇，B.鲨鱼还是 C. 多龙。

Was she a) a python b) a zebra shark or c) a Komodo dragon?

是 A. 蟒蛇，B.斑马鲨，还是 C. 多龙？

The ridges are remarkably similar to those of another animal with a deadly bite, a Komodo dragon.

这些隆起跟另一种撕咬致命的动非常相似——多龙。

In addition, 40 Komodo dragon eggs are being kept warm for birth.

此外，40枚多龙蛋还在孵化箱里，等待出。

Then last Wednesday in a study that's totally unrelated to cocaine sharks but like somehow feels kinda related to cocaine sharks, scientists showed that Komodo dragons have teeth coated with literal metal.

上周三，在一项与可卡因鲨鱼完全无关但不知怎的感觉与可卡因鲨鱼又有点关系的研究，学家们表明，多巨蜥的牙齿上覆盖有金属。