# @moodygardens on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaBIl0GCYOT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/79376279-moodygardens-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-25T17:46:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Moody Gardens (@moodygardens) — https://gondola.cc/moodygardens

## Caption

🦎 A NEW RESIDENT HAS ARRIVED AT MOODY GARDENS!

Listen to the full episode on Spotify!

IN EPISODE 17 OF BEHIND THE PYRAMIDS, HOST JARED SCHALLER TALKS WITH MARCI KURTZ HOFFMAN, ASSISTANT CURATOR OF THE RAINFOREST AND ANIMAL WELLBEING MANAGER, TO INTRODUCE DIAH, THE NEWEST RESIDENT OF THE RAINFOREST PYRAMID.

LISTEN AS MARCI SHARES FUN FACTS ABOUT KOMODO DRAGONS, DISCUSSES DIAH'S PERSONALITY, EXPLAINS HOW THESE INCREDIBLE REPTILES USE THEIR TONGUES TO "SMELL" THE WORLD AROUND THEM, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANT CONSERVATION WORK BEING DONE THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS' SPECIES SURVIVAL PLAN.

🦎 MEET DIAH, MOODY GARDENS' NEW KOMODO DRAGON

🌏 LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD'S LARGEST LIZARD SPECIES

👅 DISCOVER HOW KOMODO DRAGONS HUNT AND NAVIGATE THEIR ENVIRONMENT

❤️ FIND OUT HOW POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TRAINING SUPPORTS ANIMAL CARE

🌿 GET A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT LIFE INSIDE THE RAINFOREST PYRAMID

FROM CONSERVATION TO CARE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, THIS EPISODE OFFERS A FASCINATING LOOK AT ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE REPTILES ON THE PLANET.

DON'T FORGET YOU CAN NOW COME AND VISIT DIAH IN THE MOODY GARDENS RAINFOREST PYRAMID.

#komodo #komododragons #conservation #galveston #moodygardens

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conservation, komodo, moodygardens, komododragons, galveston

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