Flesh-ripping Komodo dragons arrive at Edmonton Valley Zoo

Edmonton has its first dragons. Four-year-old female Komodo dragons Ophelia and Saphira arrived at the Valley Zoo last week and are now on display for visitors.
The venomous lizards are on loan from the Calgary Zoo until permits to send them to Memphis, Tenn., for a breeding program are complete. Their previous enclosure in Calgary is being converted for a new exhibit.
“These animals are quite rare,” Wade Krasnow, the zoo’s animal care team lead, said Wednesday. “The