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    DRAGON
    Years: 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
    Traits: Passionate, energetic, healthy, hot-headed

    You might think of the dragon as the one animal in the Chinese zodiac that’s fictional, but ah, have you forgotten about the komodo dragon? The enormous monitor lizards are the largest living species of lizard on Earth. In January, several komodo hatchlings were born at the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee. The cuties aren’t so big just yet, and they won’t ever breathe fire, but they’re already hot-headed and aggressive. “They’ll bite, first day out of the egg,” said Chris Baker, assistant curator of reptiles at the zoo. Look out! (The Tennessean)