Might be cool for the extremely experienced person or a zoo, but not at all as a common conventional pet, at all. The komodo was even in the news recently for killing a man. I don't know how exactly I'm supposed to rate this based on what. Oh yea, and they are poisonous. They just found out the komodos have venom glands like snakes. OH and there are only a few thousand left. If that wasn't bad enough. They're heading towards extinction?

Seriously, people keep these as pets? I guess hot [venomous] snakes aren't masculine enough for some people.

If you keep one of these as a pet, you better keep a large supply of cats and poodles around to feed it.

This is not your typical lizard. Depending on what's in their stomachs, these guys can weigh up to 500 pounds. They hunt deer, and will dig human bodies up out of graves for a snack. They can run about 15MPH and scramble up cliffs. They have no predators (except for very brave men).

The Komodo dragon is about the closest thing left to a dinousaur on earth - and yes, it was a Komodo Dragon that chomped on Sharon Stone's ex-husband's foot, putting him in the ER.

These are not lizards to be trifled with. As with most 500 pound carnivores, it may not be the best idea to keep a Komodo Dragon as a pet.