Do you know that there is a real dragon living on earth today just like it has been for millions of years? While it doesn't breathe fire or rear up ten teet tall. this ancient lizard lives much like it has since prehistorie times. The komodo dragon was dis covered only about a century ago on the remote Indonesian Isiands of komodo, Gila Motang, Rinca. and Flores near the equator between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The komodo dragon is an endangered species, there are only 3,000 to 5,000 left. They are know to live about thirty years.