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  • The Komodo Dragon

    • The Komodo Dragon

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    An eight-foot lizard with a brain the size of a walnut: Basic instincts

    1. Selection and preparation of homesite

    2. Establishment of territory

    3. Marking of territory

    4. Use of defecation posts

    5. Patrolling territory

    6. Ritualistic display in defense of territory, commonly involving the use of coloration and adornments

    7. Trail making

    8. Showing place preferences

    9. Forgaging

    10. Hunting

    11. Homing

    12. Hoarding

    13. Formalized intraspecific fighting in defense of territory

    14. Triumphal display in successful defense

    15. Assumption of distinctive postures and coloration in signaling surrender

    16. Formation of social groups

    17. Flocking

    18. Establishment of social hierarchy by ritualistic display and other means

    19. Greeting

    20. Grooming

    21. Courtship, with displays using coloration and adornments

    22. Mating

    23. Breeding and, in isolated instances, attending offspring

    24. Migration

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