![]() ![]() The lizard was the first born at the zoo. “Then, we will most likely send it to another institution based on Species Survival Plan recommendations from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.” Steve Reichling, the zoo’s curator of reptiles and amphibians. “We’ll keep the baby until it measures about three to four feet in length,” said Dr. When they hatch out of the egg, they have to be ready to go right then."Ĭontinue reading "Watch Out! Feisty Komodo Dragons Hatch at Memphis Zoo" »Ī baby Komodo dragon hatched on October 8 at the Memphis Zoo for the first time in the Zoo's history. Zoo keepers still don’t know the sex of the lizard, who weighed just 99 grams when it was born, after 222 days of incubation. Komodo Dragons are the world’s largest lizard species once grown they can weigh up to 250 pounds. "They'll bite, first day out of the egg," said Chris Baker, assistant curator of reptiles for the Memphis Zoo. ![]() They may get some display time at Memphis Zoo before they move on toĪlthough a mother Komodo Dragon incubates her eggs for around nine months in the wild, the babies are on their own once hatched. The babies will all go to different zoos. Memphis Zoo in 2007 for breeding purposes. Joint conservation effort between zoos: the mother, Norberta, was loaned to Memphis Zoo has successfully hatched Komodo Dragons. This is the third time in little less than a year that Hatch on January 2 nd, and three weeks later the zoo had sixteen Nine-year-old mother, laid a clutch of eggs last May. Wait, but the last of the Komodo Dragon clutch at Memphis Zoo in Tennessee has ![]()
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