Its existence was made known to the west in 1910 when shipwrecked Dutch officer Steyn van Hensbroek killed one and sent it to a zoo on Java.
Its existence was made known to the west in 1910 when shipwrecked Dutch officer Steyn van Hensbroek killed one and sent it to a zoo on Java. On its native island, it is known as the ora, but on Rinca and Flores, it is inappropriately given a name meaning, "land crocodile," as it is not a crocodilian, but a monitor. They carry seven virulent strains of bacteria in their teeth, which aids them in the killing of such prey as wild pigs, deer, and occasionally humans. For ten points, identify these reptiles named for the Indonesian island on which they are found, the largest lizards on earth.
Its existence was made known to the west in 1910 when shipwrecked Dutch officer Steyn van Hensbroek killed one and sent it to a zoo on Java.
{Komodo Dragon} or {Monitor}