a zoo spokesman announced the endangered lizards , believed to number less than 4 , 000 in the field , all fertilized in the last two minutes and 14 eggs are staying under scrutiny . he says it the komodo ' s most viable breeding cycle ever at the zoo . the giant dragons first arrived in the early 1980s , but the new births brought their population from 34 to 66 . the komodo dragon can grow up to 10 feet wide and weigh as much as 150 pounds . they have a bite that can be nasty and can only be found in the water on the southern indian ones of komodo , padar and rinca .
A Komodo dragon can be 10 feet long.