Their bite might introduce its venom into the snake’s bloodstream. That’s not going to stop the anaconda’s attack, though. The anaconda will strike back, wrap up the lizard, and crush it to death. It might not even be a pyrrhic victory since the Komodo dragon’s venom is not that...
Anaerobic and aerobic bacteriology of the saliva and gingiva from 16 captive Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis): new implications for the "bacteria as venom" model. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2013;44:262–72. 6. Merchant ME, Henry D, Falconi R, Muscher B, Bryja J. Antibacterial activities of ...
While that is true in a sense, they don’t have a venom that will paralyze and knock out their prey. In fact, many of their victims die from exsanguination and brutal soft tissue damage. Who will win a fight between a Komodo dragon and a shark? A shark would win a fight against ...
In the present work, we applied this process to the discovery of novel AMPs from plasma obtained from another reptile, the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), a large species of lizard found on the Indonesian island of Komodo. The saliva of wild Komodo dragons is thought to contain many dif...
Komodo dragon, largest living lizard species in the world. It occurs on Komodo Island and a few neighbouring islands of Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands. Popular interest in its large size and predatory habits has allowed this endangered species to beco