Endangered Komodo dragons hatch at Spanish Zoo during first successful breeding  

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Endangered Komodo dragons hatch at Spanish Zoo during first successful breeding  
Endangered Komodo dragons hatch at Spanish Zoo during first successful breeding   Image: Richard Susanto Shutterstock.com

Officials at the Bioparc Fuengirola zoo in Spain said five Komodo dragons hatchling have been born 

The first successful breeding of Komodo dragons has taken place at a zoo in southern Spain after five hatchlings were born.  

According to Reuters on Tuesday, March 28, this is the first successful breeding of Komodo dragons in Spain for a decade.  

Milagros Robledo, the head of the Herpetology department at the Bioparc Fuengirola zoo said, “This is a great achievement for all of us”.  

Calling herself the “mother of dragons”, she said, “It was a great task, very tedious and time-consuming, but one that has given us a lot of satisfaction. Robledo also stated that “the hatchlings represented “a hopeful future” for the species”. 

As per officials at the zoo, the hatchlings were laid by a Komodo dragon named Ora.  

Five of her eggs were then incubated artificially.


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