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Can you believe it? If you are bitten by this animal, if it is not treated in time, it will easily poison and die, and its toxicity can even be comparable to that of a poisonous snake, which is the Komodo dragon.
This ancient creature lives on the Indonesian island of Komodo.
Komodo dragons are also called Komodo dragons. Our common lizards are generally only the size of chopsticks, while the Komodo dragon is three meters long and weighs more than 200 pounds.
The animal has a mouth full of fangs and a huge size that makes it move very slowly, less than 25 kilometers per hour, but the Komodo dragon in the water is extremely agile.
The Komodo dragon is covered in a layer of hard armor, has strong limbs, and has a pair of sharp claws that can easily tear apart the skin and flesh of its prey.
Komodo dragons generally forage during the day, because its vision is really average, especially at night, it becomes a blind eye, because there is only one ear bone, Komodo dragons' hearing is also very poor, nature a lot of sounds they can not hear,
But it has a very special organ, its tongue, which also relies on the tongue to find food, and these collected smells are sent to the plow nose of Jacobson's organ.
Komodo dragons are able to accurately determine the orientation of all prey within five kilometers of the surrounding area. The Komodo dragon is at the top of the food chain on the island, and any animal, including humans, is in its diet, even its kind.
With more than 60 barb-shaped teeth about 2.5 centimeters long, the Komodo dragon is able to easily tear apart the skin and flesh of its prey.
In 2019, the media photographed a Komodo dragon that swallowed a monkey in its stomach in just six bites, which shows the horror of this animal. It is common to be bitten by an adult Komodo dragon and lose your life.
So do you know what the Como dragon relies on to hunt prey?
I believe that many people know that komodo dragons are known as bacterial killers, which should be infected with prey by a large number of bacteria in the mouth, resulting in the poisoning of prey.
In fact, it is not true that the prey is killed by the venom of the Komodo dragon.
How terrifying is the venom of the Komodo dragon? How does it hunt food?
Komodo monitor lizards feed mainly on carrion, which remains in the mouth and breeds a large number of toxic bacteria.
Komodo monitor lizards have been hanging saliva on their mouths all year round, and studies have shown that these saliva contain more than 70 kinds of poisonous bacteria.
In the past, it was believed that komodo dragons relied on bacteria in their mouths to infect animal wounds and die slowly.
Until recent years, American biochemists have conducted in-depth research on Komodo dragons, and they have discovered that Komodo dragons actually have two venom glands in their mouths that can secrete venom.
Scientists have found that just 4 milligrams of venom can make an 80-pound deer unable to walk.
16 mg can poison a 200-pound buffalo, and a Komodo dragon will secrete 30 mg of venom after biting its prey, and you can imagine how strong its venom is.
Later, someone tested the venom of the Komodo dragon, he applied the venom to fresh pork, and the other piece of pork took a bite of itself, taking two pieces of pork as a comparison, and a few days passed, and the piece of pork that the experimenter bit did not change at all, and the pork coated with venom had begun to rot and deteriorate.
Studies have shown that the venom of the Komodo dragon is a hematologic toxin, once bitten by it, the blood will not be able to coagulate, further blood vessel dilation, decreased blood pressure in the heart, paralysis of nerves and muscles, and eventually die of excessive bleeding.
Do you know? Although the Komodo dragon has a strong bite force, it does not bite its prey like other big cats, because most large animals can break free of the mouth of the Komodo dragon, and the venom and bacteria will gradually spread in the wound after breaking free.
Komodo dragons will follow the injured animals, and eventually the animals will lose too much blood and fall down, becoming a feast for Komodo dragons. If a human is bitten by it, the outcome is the same as that of these animals.
If you get a bite from the Komodo dragon, won't you be saved? Is it really going to kill in 10 seconds?
Komodo dragons mainly live on Komodo Island, its area is only more than 500 square kilometers, and there are more than 30,000 people living on it, Komodo dragons will inevitably meet humans.
Unlike other animals, Komodo dragons are not afraid of humans at all, and they are grumpy and even attack humans, although carrion-eating monitor lizards are not interested in humans, but if they feel threatened, they will be cruel to people.
Due to the excessive hunting of wild animals on Komodo Island, Komodo dragons often have no prey, their emotions are more violent, and many times they see humans as if they see a big meal, driving humans everywhere.
In 2012 alone, 12 people were buried in the mouth of the Komodo dragon, and most of them did not go to the rescue in time, resulting in excessive blood loss and loss of life.
In 2007, when a fisherman was picking fruit, a Komodo dragon quietly walked to his side, but the fisherman did not notice, accidentally stepped on the tail of the Komodo dragon, which could make the Komodo dragon angry, and bite the fisherman with a turn.
Fortunately, the villagers arrived in time to beat the Komodo dragon away, and then the fishermen did not care about the wound, and slowly he began to feel unwell, and then was taken to the hospital, but finally lost his life.
In 2009, a researcher was collecting data nearby, and the monitor lizard hiding in the corner took the initiative to attack, and suddenly came out and bit the researcher, fortunately, in time to seek medical treatment, saved a life.
It can be seen that the most deadly Komodo dragon is its toxin, bacteria are only auxiliaries, and they naturally like carrion, in addition to being grumpy, they also have a strong sense of aggression.
Komodo dragons often attack humans or search for human corpses, what if we encounter them in the wild?
Turning around and running is the wisest choice, in case of an unfortunate bite, go to the hospital as quickly as possible.