Komodo dragons were once thought to have super dirty teeth (2 Viewers)

[HugeBakkaeMotae]

that all sounds super dangerous... it just makes it worse that they act peaceful and suddenly attack

Why do Lizards like eating rotten meatn though..??

It's mostly just because it's an easy source of food without the risk of hunting that they are specially equipped to handle.

 

[Moguri]

It's mostly just because it's an easy source of food without the risk of hunting that they are specially equipped to handle.

yeah I understand that it's easy... just interseting they don't get issue from eating it

 

[HugeBakkaeMotae]

yeah I understand that it's easy... just interseting they don't get issue from eating it

They have an extremely powerful digestive acid that kills all the germs and can even dissolve bone in addition to just being very resistant to germs. Several other scavengers like Vultures, Hyenas and Crocodilians have a similar ability!

 

[Moguri]

They have an extremely powerful digestive acid that kills all the germs and can even dissolve bone in addition to just being very resistant to germs. Several other scavengers like Vultures, Hyenas and Crocodilians have a similar ability!

honestly it sounds super useful they probalby never get sick from anything

 

[Ahsoka]

well in a way they got it right that their teeth are dirty, but not in the sense they believed

I had no idea they are poisonos though.... does it make themt he biggest animals with poisonos teeth??

They are the largest animals with venomous teeth, that is correct

 

[Ahsoka]

There's actually an episode of 'The Crocodile Hunter' where Steve hangs out with them in the wild, he even lays in their nest and they don't seem to mind. Later on one of them goes into a frenzy and chases Steve up a tree and narrowly misses biting him, the teeth cut straight through the soles of Steve's work boots.

As for the poison it's actually an anti-coagulant, it doesn't kill you like a snakes poison would but it stops your wounds from closing until you bleed out. Komodo's will often bite prey much larger than themselves (like deer) and not bother chasing them, they will be attracted to the smell of rotting flesh later after the animal has bled to death and baked in the sun for a bit. Many lizards like to eat rotten meat.

The whole episode is on YouTube if anyone wants to watch it, the chase part I mentioned is right in the beginning about 4 minutes in;

It’s actually not just anti coagulates, there’s more to the venom. It also does things like increase pain and inflammation, lower blood pressure, dilate veins, promote shock, and affect ability of blood to clot (related to coagulation, but on a scientific level it’s put in a second category).

 

[HugeBakkaeMotae]

It’s actually not just anti coagulates, there’s more to the venom. It also does things like increase pain and inflammation, lower blood pressure, dilate veins, promote shock, and affect ability of blood to clot (related to coagulation, but on a scientific level it’s put in a second category).

In other words, a cruel joke by nature.

"Oh, you thought you were just going to bleed out? I'm going to make sure it hurts!"
- Mother Earth

 

[Ahsoka]

In other words, a cruel joke by nature.

"Oh, you thought you were just going to bleed out? I'm going to make sure it hurts!"
- Mother Earth

It really is

 

[Moguri]

They are the largest animals with venomous teeth, that is correct

that's a really interesting fact, I would never have expected such a large animal to be venemous

 

[Moguri]

In other words, a cruel joke by nature.

"Oh, you thought you were just going to bleed out? I'm going to make sure it hurts!"
- Mother Earth

It really is

it's really not that funny

 

[Ahsoka]

that's a really interesting fact, I would never have expected such a large animal to be venemous

It is very unusual for sure

 

[Chohee_nyang]

he really needs to step up his game when he wants to beat Komodo Man

That was a good one