Komodo Dragon Arrives at NZP
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Print"Kelana," a male Komodo dragon, who had been symbolically presented to the Zoo on May 22, 1970, arrives at the NZP weighing 238 pounds and measuring 8-1/2 feet. He later dies in April, 1975.
National Zoological Park (U.S.)
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Torch, 6/1975, p. 3
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 15, 1970