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Episode 19: Dragons

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Unspookable: A Tale of Two Dragons

On several small islands north of Australia the Komodo dragon can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh 150 pounds These dragons will eat almost anything that crosses their path whether freshly killed or already dead dear birds bugs even each other. Their lower jaws have glands that secrete an anticoagulant a toxin that prevents blood from clotting which could make it so that prey die from otherwise non fatal wounds. Whether you've seen a Komodo or not It seems the human imagination has quite a few reasons for coming up with dragon stories.

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