Komodo+dragon

Frilled neck lizard (designeranimals2011.wikispaces.com/frilled+necked+lizard) by Rachael Krust Salt water crocrodile (http://designeranimals2011.wikispaces.com/Saltwater+Crocodile) by Forrest Ho Salvadori's Monitor (monitor-lizards.net/species/papusaurus/salvadorii.html)
 * Modern relatives of the Komodo Dragon **

====**Komodo Dragon ( **//Varanus Komodoensis) // - Desmond Ip - Ms Voss ====

The Komodo Dragon is THE largest living lizard on earth growing up to 3 metres and on rare cases weighting up to 70 kilograms. Undergoing studies have shown that the Komodo dragon would be a close relative of a quadrupedal extinct dinosaur the Megalania. It lives mainly lives on Komodo Island and its surrounding islands of Indonesia. One of the reasons it is called Komodo Dragon is because it is the Dragon of Komodo island, it is considered as a dragon because in the bible it had dragons mentioned instead of dinosaurs that we know today.




 * Scientific Classification **
 * Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Repilia ||
 * Order: || Squamata ||
 * Suborder: || Lacetrila ||
 * Family: || Varanidae ||
 * Genus: || // Vranus // ||
 * Subgenus: || // Varanus // ||
 * Species: || // V. komodoensis // ||


 * Site: [|www.vertebrateblog.com] ||

Part 1 Modern animal
adaptations of the animal:
 * Adaptations **

Since its teeth is covered with gingival tissue it becomes an ideal place for bacteria to grow in. The Komodo dragon has well adapted to the deadly bacteria and uses it on hunts against its prey that would cause paralysis to the victim within minutes and cause death in a week. **Pressure: ** They had to adapt to the bacteria from killing them and they just use it against their prey.
 * Physiological **

Komodo Dragons can go up to 8 months without drinking water. This is because of the lack of accessible drinkable water source in the area during the dry seasons.**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** water is scarce.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Physiological **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Komodo Dragons are sexual reproducing creatures (males are ZZ, females are WW or ZW), however they are capable of parthenogenesis meaning that the females can reproduce without having the egg fertilized. This is considered to be an adaptation because during the breeding period males would have to fight each other to be able to reproduce. The winner would have to pin the female down otherwise it would escape and if successful the female would struggle and to also fight back. So the females prevent the species going extinct by continuing the gene pool alone. However the offspring may turn out to be a identical clone of the mother. Parthenogenesis of Komodo Dragons may have arisen from the mixing of chromosomes leading to a polyploid (over the diploid ammount) individual. To increase the chances preventing extinction there are more chances of having a female to reproduce by parthenogenesis. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** too hard to reproduce.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Physiological **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pedigree to show why female are needed for parthenogenesis <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">50% male <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">50% female <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">100% female
 * || Z || Z ||
 * Z || ZZ || ZZ ||
 * W || ZW || ZW ||
 * || Z || Z ||
 * W || ZW || ZW ||
 * W || ZW || ZW ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Total: 75% female 25% male

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Komodo Dragons legs are quite powerful as to be able to support over 170kg and be able to run 20km/h over short distances and be able to leap a metre high against a prey. Food is also adapting to get away from the predators so the Komodo has to adapt to its prey to be able to catch it. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Prey get away fast.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Komodo Dragon is the worlds biggest lizard is thought to be due to island gigantism (with the opposite being Insular dwarfism). Insular dwarfism is usually resulted from lack of food and smaller sizes would require less food. The opposite is island gigantism where the animals tend to be bigger than average, it is hypothesised that is big because it has to fill in the ecological niche, to be able to catch prey that are more powerful. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Island gigantism
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Camouflage is one of another adaptation that they have achieved. The Komodo dragon has dark brown to grey scales but lighter coloured when young. When they go hunting they primarily rely on their paitience and camouflage to wait for a gullible prey to attack. Because of the temperature in the area dead vegetation dry up quickly turning grayish greenish brown which provides excellent cover for the Komodo. The camouflage serves well on sandy areas such as the beach and places with lots of dirt and loose soil **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Prey can see them
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Komodo Dragon has a tail The Long Komodo tail provides an excellent way of swimming across channels between islands. Another use of its tail is as a weapon, it has been seen to have knocked deer and wild boars onto the ground. The Komodo may also use its tail for balance for it helps them stand up with their hind legs for reaching. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Prey might over power them
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural/Behavioural: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Komodo are carnivorous and is on the top of the food chain, however some wild pigs or ferral dogs may eat Komodo eggs. When hunting the Komodo relys on its patience and camouflages, sometimes their burrows may be used as a strategic place for hunting, when the prey is close enough it will spring up with its powerful legs towards the prey and use its claws and teeth to try and kill it or take one bite of it. After one small bite the venom containing the bacteria will slowly paralyze the prey until it falls unconscious on the floor and cause death in a week. A Komodo had been recorded eating up to 85% of its body weight. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Food is scarce
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Behavioral **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Komodo Dragons knows that the bacteria in its saliva will cause paralysis or even death to the victim. Komodos have a nasty adaptation of lurking around stalking the prey until it falls on the flood so it may begin its feast. Lurking around stalking the prey will allow it to keep watch in case other Komodos take its food. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Food is easy to follow after paralysis
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Behavioral **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Komodo Dragon Lives predominantly on Komodo island of indonesia and its also found in few other scattered islands including Komodo island's neibouring islands. Komodo habitat is considered one of the most harsh places in the world with the temperature exceeding 30 degrees Celsius. The area are filled with volcanoes but these creatures inhabit these area. Due to the heat water is scarce only available only for a part of the year. In fact, the islands go dry during March to November. The Komodo dragons, however have long adapted to this kind of environment, and can survive without water for long periods. In December the monsoon hits Indonesia and cause the islands to flood. So when there is an available water source Komodos will tend to drink a lot of it. As all reptiles when the temperatures falls, these cold blooded reptile are commonly seen bathing in the sun all around the island. At times when the temperature is too hot for any activity the will use their claws to burrow into the ground seeking shelter. Komodos are solitary animals, that are only seen in groups only when they feed or during the breeding season. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1.Being really hot on Komodo island especially from March to November causing the land to be dry. This kind of temperature is a slight struggle for these Komodo, however it is able to utilize the heat to warm their cold blood, but when it gets too hot they would have to take some shelter to prevent overheating. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Komodo island only has approximately 2000 inhabitants with a surface are of 390km squared. This is ideal for them to live in for it can be hardly disturbed by humans and with a lot of roaming area. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. Komodo island are also the homes to few other species like deer, wild pigs and birds, these animals have also adapted to the environment, since the Komodo Dragon is at the top of the food chain these make ideal meals for the Komodo dragon. Dry grassland may also home many different types of animals that exist which makes it a stable biome on Earth, this includes a number of animal variety interaction that keeps the Komodo alive. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. The dry land, dry leaves, sand, loose soil also makes great camouflage for the Komodo dragon when they need to hunt
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Habitat **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Four aspects of the environment: **

. The komodo's live in a small portion of indonesia  ||

**<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Part 2 - Related extinct species **
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A close extinct relative of the Komodo dragon which is of the same genus which existed 40,000 years ago. From a skeletal reconstruction a Megalania has been recorded to be 7 metres long, estimated to be weighting 600 kg. Historians and Scientists have deduced a great number of similarities between the Komodo Dragon and the Megalania. Megalania's were mainly found in Australia. Due to biogeography Australia used to be connected to Indonesia making it more likely to have been related to the Komodo Dragon. The skeletal structure of the Megalania is quite similar to the Komodo. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A similar relative of the Komodo dragon that is also of the reptilia order
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Megalania - ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">another wiki of this extinct animal (designeranimals2011.wikispaces.com/megalania) by Rachael Krust


 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Varanus_priscus_Melbourne_Museum.jpg caption="File:Varanus priscus Melbourne Museum.jpg"]]

A reconstruction of the Megalania in Melbourne Museum || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Where they were mainly found ||
 * [[image:http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/8760/mm-megalania-map.jpg width="281" height="125"]]


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Adaptations **<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It is believed that the Megalania also has venomous saliva as the Komodo Dragon. The Megalania is believed that it uses the bacteria to help catch prey by paralysing its prey for catching easy food. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Easier to obtain food
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Physiological: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Megalania is believed to have similar behaviour as the Komodo dragon. They would have migrated or swam using their powerful tail to other islands for the mating period or to seek a new place to inhabit. This adaptation would have helped them survive harsh weather to seek a better place and would have helped continuing their gene pool. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Avoiding the weather and to mate
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Behavioural: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The skeletal structure of the Megalania is very similar to the modern Komodo Dragon however it is bigger than the Komodo Dragon, it is believed that it is due to island gigantism, all the prey were big due to having enough food and having bigger body mass, and for the predator the Megalania to be able to catch it it must overpower its prey therefore needing to be bigger. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** To overpower the enemy
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Due to its size, being a carnivorous and the great relation to the Komodo Dragon as being on the food chain the Megalania is to be expected as being on top of the food chain as well. Its size allows it to compete with other carnivores in a battle such as the Thylacoleo which is its natural enemy and also be able to subdue large prey that are even bigger than the Megalania. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Enemies are tough and big
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural / Behavioural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hard chitinous scales to provide protection to the creature from prey, natural enemies and the harsh weather. The megalania are covered in scales made of a type of substance called keratin, which is also makes human hair. The megalania scales are small plates the size of a long fingernail which offer protection from injury and against drying out. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Harsh weather and tough enemy
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Habitat **
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Megalania fossils were mainly found in the place we know today as Australia. Scientists examined the topography, biogeography and fossilised plants of the area it shows that it could have been an open grassland or woodland ar <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">eas of South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. The region that they stayed in is surrounded by hills and has vast flat areas of grasslands and creeks, which are now used as farms but once were home to many Megafaunas.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">There are no known predators of the Megalania, it was believed they were at the top of the food chain just like the Komodo Dragon during the Megafauna Era, however it had enemies such as Diprotodon ( [] ) and the Giant short faced Kangaroo ( []<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">).

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Australia back then would have been expected to have high rainfall and weather extremities like being too cold or too hot also wind was to be expected which blew sand inland.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Research shows that the Megalania might not have went totally extinct but rather evolved into the modern Komodo Dragon arround 40,000 years. Another theory of extinction of the Megalania was due to the ice age which also happened, which caused a dry weather and animals died out giving less food to the Megalania. 30% of the Earth's surface was covered in ice during the ice age.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Selection pressure. **

===<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Part 3 - Future animal - The Xenodyle Tyranysis or Xenodyle (Varanus xeno//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">doensis Tyranysis //) ===

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Xenodyle Tyranysis is a descendant of the Komodo dragon its name Varanus is its family, Xeno meaning foreign for they used to live on Komodo island which is foreign to others, dyle to show similar relation to the crocodile (//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Crocodylus porosus //) and Tyrant showing the power it owns like the Tyrannosaurus Rex (Tyrant lizard) ( [] )

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Close up on the scales



<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Possible outcomes of the environment after 2,000,000 years that would contribute to its adaptations, and assuming that we follow these outcomes the animal will be based on these outcomes: <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2012 will happen: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">NO ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Global warming: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">YES ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Populated on earth: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">YES ** but migrating to other planets <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Radiation: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">MILD ** pollution causes the ozone to be damaged causing radiation to enter and nuclear meltdown <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Continental drift: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">YES ** (predicted drawing) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">species evolving: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">YES ** its prey will become more resistant to the Komodo and the Komodo will have enemies <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weather: Harsh temperature at -20 to 40 degrees Celsius at the "Komodo island" due to the thin ozone layer which exposes more sun and will trap less heat <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">space: less burning in ozone of rocks outer space organic material and new elements may be brought down <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">extinction of Komodo dragon: just evolved <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sentience: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">NO ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Creatures able to photosynthesise for energy: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">NO **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Environment **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Harsh environment, temperature from -20 to 40 degree Celcius, all animals need shelter to protect from heat stroke or hypothermia. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.Vegetation hard to grow, temperature extremes and unstable climate causes death for the young plants, animals need a new way to feed. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. All animals know how to survive from predators, food is scarce, weather's harsh and lots of predators killing them, their species learn to survive by fighting back adapting to their predators. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. Radiation breaks through ozone easily, with the ozone broken creatures tend to evolve quicker due to mutations.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Aspects of the environment **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Its prey would have gotten stronger, faster and better, therefore the Xenodyle would need a new skill to catch its prey which would be spitting its venomous saliva, which has also been seen in other reptiles such as spitting cobras ( [] ). The bacteria on the saliva would enter the body via any form of opening like cuts or eyes or mouth. It would have adapted in this manner because its short legs are not capable of sprinting at full speed over a great distance to catch a prey like animals of the felid family. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Prey would get away faster therefore needs to get them without using too much energy
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Physiological **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Xenodyle has adapted to the scarce food supply by slowly becoming an omnivore being able to eat fruits and hunt as well. Them being able to stand up straight with their hind legs or climbing trees are not enough to get food due to their weight, so their tails have evolved to a flexible and muscular tail to propel them up to snatch their food. Their tails would also help propel them out of water when waiting for their prey in water like the crocodile. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Food is scarce, evolving into omnivores and their tails help propel them to get food
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Physiological / Behavioural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Xenodyle's size has varied in many ways depending on where they lived. They are able to grow from 2 metres up to 4.5 metres. The sizes vary from the different conditions that they live in. Such as if they lived near the coast they would able to gather more food and if it lived in dry areas they would be smaller. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Biomass is hard to obtain for their full development of their bodies and this reduces its size.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Exoskeleton of scales would have grown to be harder, spikier and thicker; which these aspects are similar to another reptile, the crocodile. The laying of the scales would be unique (see drawing) which allows easy trapping of heat when cold and releases heat when too hot. This adaptation would have happened due to tougher enemies and prey and global warming would have contributed to the extreme weathers. Other animals that lived on would have adapted to the environment and other species that interact with them. For example mammals would have tougher hide to protect themselves from easily getting wounded that might have a chance of infection. Another example is that the death rate of animals would have been greater due to the environment killing them and carnivores eating them, and to reduce the chances of getting killed they would have to try to reduce one of the variables which is to eliminate their predators, but for this to happen they would need to grow a new types of living weapons like tusks, fangs, spikes, claws, whip like tails, horns, explosives, projectiles, venom, screams (like bats) that would blow your ear drums. In order for the Xenodyle to be able to live on they would have to survive the pressure from the bottom of the food chain, they would also need to adapt with it by starting to grow a weapon which would be a horn (like the rhinoceros’ [ [] ]); for a surprise attack by ramming them, growing thicker and spikier scales to cope with the environment etc. These mutations/evolution has allowed them to protect themselves and be able to easily catch prey.**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Competition is getting stronger they have to adapt in order to kill its enemies.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Structural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If all the ‘food’ is able to see and run away from the Xenodyle <span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">then they would have went extinct really fast. Camouflaging is not as useful as it used to be due to animals <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">adapting to the death rate of their species, detecting predators could be easily done if the species were able to see a different visible light spectrum. Camouflaging only allows animals to blend into the environment, but would be revealed if others could see with IR (inferred), as with everything, anything that releases heat also releases IR. The Xenodyle already has unique overlapping scales too cool them down but anything hot releases IR so they would have to cool their external body temperature while keeping inside warm due to it being cold blooded and still stay camouflaged with refraction. To cope
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Physiological **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">with animals that can see outside the “human visible spectrum” the Xenodyle then develops glands and pores to control them when they would need to sweat, but sweating would make it ‘glossy’, but again the heat would cause the water in the sweat to evaporate and during the cold the dry air would cause water to get denser or gets ‘soaked into the air preventing hypothermia and still cause the sweat to crystallize. This camouflages the Xenodyle due to the principles of refraction of the crystallized sweat, the more longer the wavelength the less penetration it will cause making it easy to refract, however creatures that are able to see in short wavelength like gamma or X rays would be able to identify the Xenodyle. Crystallizing sweat keeps the outside cool and the inside warm for duration needed. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** The enemies and prey sees too much, and needs to be able to cope with it.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Detailed image of crystallization on the scales

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Surviving the environment is already harsh but the Xenodyle’s prey would still have to deal with the Xenodyle so animals would have developed new instincts and knowledge from experience like tactical strategy, a new sense, using tools, the ability to learn or in English “human” thinking. Normally if that were the case it would have out smarted Xenodyle‘s ancestor the Komodo, and evolve into the new “humans” of earth, but to keep mother nature happy and not make another disastrous life form the Xenodyle would do its job by out doing them, like but sneak attacking, hit and running, charging or whip them with the tail, even though they are smart their brain size would limits them from gaining “human” thinking. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Animals know new instincts and need to "beat them at their own game" without going against in but rather along it.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Behavioural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unlike the Komodo Dragon, surviving alone is going to be an ordeal for the Xenodyle, the harsh weather and its enemies have a chance of getting it injured and watch others eat itself. The Xenodyle now will live in small packs up to 8 members, assisting each other to pass through the ordeal. Each Xenodyle are capable of doing simple responsible tasks such as sharing food, tending the injured, keep watch while others rest etc. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** They couldn't take care of themselves before and now has accompany.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Behavioural **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scavengers are not what they used to be, they learn how to steal eggs, their camouflage is really excellent during the day and night, Xenodyle eggs are often eaten by them even though they lay lots of them. To prevent this from happening their eggs have also evolved to have spikes to prevent it from being eaten. Before being laid the eggs would have been compact to avoid pain within the mother but after 4 months of birth the spikes would blossom out for protection. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pressure: ** Eggs are often eaten and have evolved to prevent extinction
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Physiological **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Much further into the future the damages on earth would 'heal' with the help of humans. The climate would have stabilized, the temperature would not be so extreme and vegetation would grow easily. The Xenodyle would have gone through 'de' evolution due to the unnecessary needs for extra protection, the original Xenodyles would have disappeared or gone extinct while their next generations continued their gene pool.
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