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Komodo’s are very good hunters, their hunting strategies are based on strength and power. Speed also plays an important role in the komodo’s hunting. Tourist who came to see the Komodo dragons at Komodo Island says that “the quick movement from their feet sounds almost like a machine gun”. The Komodo dragons can run as fast as 11mph or 18kph. They are also very good tree climbers. When walking Komodo’s tends to swing its head from side to side so that it can smell prey that was within the area. Not only can a Komodo run fast but they can also see up to 300 meters away. A komodo can also taste airborne molecules from the prey with its long yellow forked tongue. One side of the Komodo’s tongue will go up indicating what side it senses the prey to be on. Whenever there is prey within one meter away, the komodo makes it presence known by warning the prey its about to encounter a drag