What's Happening in Calgary, AB…

For four young lizards that call the Calgary zoo home, the world has suddenly become a whole lot bigger.

Juvenile komodo dragons at the facility spent 60 days in quarantine to make sure they were healthy, and have now been moved to their permanent residence in the zoo’s Eurasia Gateway building. Curious about their new surroundings, they are spending time exploring and learning about their surroundings.

The four are all from the same litter, which hatched eight months ago at a zoo in Colchester in the UK. Though they may currently be no bigger than an iguana, in time they will grow to be 2.5 metres long and weigh up to 150 kilograms, taking their top spot among the largest species of lizards in the world.

Found in the wild in the island country of Indonesia, their species is at risk due to human encroachment into their habitat. There are currently only 3,000 to 5,000 in the wild.

The zoo’s resident komodo dragon, a 28-year-old female named Loka, has been kept separate from her younger counterparts, as it is instinctive for komodos to eat the young of their species.

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