1 "Thank you so much, children. And now let's meet the world's biggest lizard, the Komodo dragon!"
2 "Good morning, Keith. Good morning, children."
3 "Wow! You really are big. Are you the biggest Komodo dragon ever?"
4 "No, Keith. The biggest Komodo dragon on record was 10 feet 3 inches long and weighed 365 pounds. I'm just average."
5 "Where do you live, Mr. K.?"
6 "Most of us live on islands in Indonesia. We prefer to live in hot, humid, grassy lowlands or in rainforests. We are cold-blooded, so the sun feels very good."
7 "You have quite a tail there."
8 "Yes, Keith, it is quite a tail. It is as long as my body. You might like to know that I have about 60 very sharp teeth. Some of them are an inch long."
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