are gila monsters related to komodo dragons?
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The relatives of a Komodo Dragon are The Gila Monster and the Mexican Bearded Lizard.
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The karyotype of the Komodo dragon is composed of 2n = 40 chromosomes including 8 pairs of macrochromo- somes and 12 pairs of microchromosomes ( fig. 1 A, C).
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The idea that chihuahuas are related to fennec foxes isn't uncommon. ... Chihuahuas are, in fact, far more closely related to Great Danes, dingoes, and wolves than they are to fennec foxes. Chihuahuas are taxonomically classified with other domestic dogs, which are recognized as a subspecies of gray wolf.
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The Ahamkara are the same species as the Worm Gods of the Hive, although not necessarily the same individuals. (Eir, Ur, Xol, etc.). This is even clearer if you think of worms as the Old English 'Wyrm' which generally refers to a dragon of some kind.
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A Komodo dragon is a monitor lizard. There is no difference between a Komodo dragon and a monitor lizard because a Komodo dragonis a monitor lizard. ... Specifically, the Komodo dragon is one of the 80 mostly carnivorous species belonging to the Varanus genus.
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Unlike dragons, kobolds are cold-blooded. The scales covering their bodies are like that of an iguana or other large lizard. The scales that cover their tails are very fine, so that they resemble the naked tails of rats.
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User Info: soma2035. They can be slept. Paralyzed and poisoned too. Kushala is the only elder dragon vulnerable to exhaust to my knowledge.
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Koalas are definitely not bears—they're marsupials, distant cousins of kangaroos and wombats. ... Recent DNA studies, though, have shown that pandas are indeed part of the bear family—they're just not as closely related to polar bears, grizzlies, and the others as they are to each other!
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The "yellow spotted lizards" mentioned in the movie do not exist. There are only two venomous lizards in North America: the Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard, which live in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. ... In the beginning of the film, there is a rattlesnake near the holes the boys are digging.
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Wolves (canis lupus), coyotes (canis latrans), and domestic dogs (canis familiaris) are closely-related species. All three can interbreed and produce viable, fertile offspring — wolfdogs, coywolves, and coydogs. Through DNA analysis, scientists have established that the wolf is the ancestor of the dog.
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Komodo dragons are carnivores, meaning they eat meat. ... The Komodo has a unique way of killing its prey. First, it springs up and knocks the prey over with its huge feet. Then they use their sharp, serrated teeth — which are a lot like a shark's — to shred their prey to death.
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Grunkle Stan has an axolotl, the Mexican albino frilled salamander. Stan is based on Alex Hirsch's grandfather. Maybe he also had an axolotl. Edit: Bill Cipher's last words contained the cipher key A X O L O  T L →!!!
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The Komodo dragon is the biggest extant monitor lizard, with some growing as long as 3 meters long and weighting around 70 kilograms. ... However, due to its size and weight, baby Komodo dragons stand out from other monitors because of their thicker, stubbier legs and shorter tail.
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A Komodo, being the largest of the monitors, has thicker, stubbier legs to support its greater weight and a shorter tail. They also have slightly different color patterns than other monitors, being matte-grey and brown. Due to their bigger size, Komodos do not climb trees like smaller monitors do.
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The bite of a Gila monster is very strong, and the lizard may not loosen its grip for several seconds. It may even chew so that the venom goes deeper into the wound. A Gila monster bite is painful to humans, but it rarely causes death.
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It is, in fact, a much closer relative of hedgehogs and moles, and shrews are related to rodents only to the extent that both belong to the Boreoeutheria magnorder – together with humans, monkeys, cats, dogs, horses, rhinos, cattle, pigs, whales, bats, and others.
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Wolves (canis lupus), coyotes (canis latrans), and domestic dogs (canis familiaris) are closely-related species. All three can interbreed and produce viable, fertile offspring — wolfdogs, coywolves, and coydogs. ... Scientists can identify a coywolf from a coyote and a wolf, and a coydog from a coyote and a dog.