Celebrity profile
Name: Komodo dragon
Breed: Varanus komodoensis, the largest monitor lizard
Favorite food: Homo sapiens
"Charm point": none
There are only about 2,500 of these dragons left in the wild, and most of them live on two islands, Komodo and Rinca, in Indonesia. I first learned about the Komodo dragon in the documentary "Ring of Fire," by Lorne and Lawrence Blaire. They had fantastic footage of these dragons eating a goat -- bones and all. I was intrigued and went to Indonesia to meet the dragons myself. I was lucky enough to meet one dragon, who was sunbathing on a rock and agreed to be interviewed for this column.
"So, how big are you?" I asked.