Scientists discover deadly secret of Komodo's bite

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Scientists discover deadly secret of Komodo's bite

#1 Postby Category 5 » Tue May 19, 2009 3:10 pm

Turns out, they ARE poisonous.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090519/sc ... 0519073836
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Re: Scientists discover deadly secret of Komodo's bite

#2 Postby coriolis » Thu May 21, 2009 11:36 am

That makes sense. If they just relied on bacteria to kill their prey, they'd have to wait around for the prey animal to die from the bacteria, and it might get away. With the venom, the prey would die a lot faster.
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