How to build your dragon: scaling of muscle architecture from the world’s smallest to the world’s largest monitor lizard | Frontiers in Zoology User drchris498, in the biomechanics: with an emphasis on comparative studies subreddit, 23 Feb 2016
How to build your dragon: By studying the muscles of lizards up to the komodo dragon, researches show that muscles shape has to change toward a role in support which comes at a cost of speed. This suggests the giant Pleistocene varanid lizard would likely not have been able to outrun early humans. User drchris498, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 23 Feb 2016