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Anyhow here's some komodo dragon pics!   https://i.imgur.com/vWy4Hoa.mp4
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Oh apparently they can reproduce asexually but I didn't see that in a video, I read about it.
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Apr 22, 2025 06:50
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komodo got cake
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Apr 22, 2025 07:12
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I had always thought they had a bacterial bite and nibbled on other animals to give them hosed up infections as a hunting strategy. But looked it up and no, it’s just venom. Kinna disappointed actually.
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Isn't it the case that they don't even have proper venom, they just carry an extremely high amount of bacteria in their rancid mouths that it effectively acts as a toxin? I don't know, maybe that's just something my brain made up in a dream. It would be a cool ability though. e;fb
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Apr 22, 2025 07:20
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:
komodo draggin
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Apr 22, 2025 10:16
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I heard technically they're not even related to dragons, which seems sorta lame.
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Apr 22, 2025 10:24
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They're really poo poo at being Godzilla. Not even a wisp of atomic breath.
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Apr 22, 2025 10:39
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I did see a thing once that suggested they make up for a lack of mid-size prey in their environment by over breeding. Then the bigger slow adults can feed on their own young, who are more appropriately sized & mobile enough to catch plentiful small prey animals.
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Devils Affricate posted:Isn't it the case that they don't even have proper venom, they just carry an extremely high amount of bacteria in their rancid mouths that it effectively acts as a toxin? I don't know, maybe that's just something my brain made up in a dream. It would be a cool ability though. They actually have very good oral hygiene and will use leaves to clean their mouths after eating. They produce their own neurotoxin and their saliva acts as an anticoagulant, the bacteria thing is a commonly believed myth.
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Apr 22, 2025 10:47
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These guys looks like they'd lose a fight against a rolled-up newspaper.
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The bacteria misconception is because buffalo aren't native to the island and stand in their own stagnant poo poo pools and get their wounds infected
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quote:komodos are just eating machines without emotions as we understand them to get in the way. My spirit animal. Beautifully written.
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I just looked at youtube to get some komodo footage and the first video had one just swallowing a live goat whole, and you could hear the goat screaming after it was swallowed, crazy poo poo
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Apr 22, 2025 12:45
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:they just go up to things and try to eat them. pretty relatable tbh
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I like aminals
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reptiles are cool to watch and give great life advice like "lay in the sun" and "don't move much"
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Apr 22, 2025 12:59
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Thank you for Komodo dragon facts! Great facts. They are such cool creatures. Isn't it crazy that we share a world with them?
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Apr 22, 2025 13:05
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I learned a lot of great Komodo Dragon facts today op. Great thread.
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Smugworth posted:I learned a lot of great Komodo Dragon facts today op. Great thread. How about the one another me Komodo dragon deez nuts across ur face, OP?
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Devils Affricate posted:Isn't it the case that they don't even have proper venom, they just carry an extremely high amount of bacteria in their rancid mouths that it effectively acts as a toxin? I don't know, maybe that's just something my brain made up in a dream. It would be a cool ability though. This is why I don’t brush my teeth or use mouthwash. Whenever anyone fucks with me I just bite em, problem solved.
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So what you're saying is that all these buffalo children are just up for grabs? Like I can just walk up and take one
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satanic splash-back posted:reptiles are cool to watch and give great life advice like "lay in the sun" and "don't move much" the dream
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git apologist posted:komodo got cake today i learned the komodos know what they got and love to flaunt it
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One of the cooler playable dinosaurs in path of titans is the giant komodo ancestor Megalania. Really good heavy stealth hunter, lower to the ground than anything but still huge
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:So what you're saying is that all these buffalo children are just up for grabs? Like I can just walk up and take one If they see you approaching in too direct a manner they'll chase you off, but once you grab ahold of one of their kids and start munching away, they'll just stand there like they have no idea what to do. Like there will be multiple buffalo bystanders looking at each other and shrugging "Any ideas? I got nothin'!" Sometimes they might stick their nose in ground zero and start sniffing like, "Smells like they've got ahold of junior's guts, not great, not horrible." The weirdest thing is if the komodos start walking away and the buffalo are still there, after a certain distance they'll resume the "chasing you off their property" defense. I think they have a "don't accidently trample your kid" instinct that doesn't compute with their "charge at enemies" instinct and as a result they just freeze.
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Caesar Saladin posted:I just looked at youtube to get some komodo footage and the first video had one just swallowing a live goat whole, and you could hear the goat screaming after it was swallowed, crazy poo poo
(Safe for work, the goats win) There's another vid that I won't link where a goat puts up a great fight and the komodo dragon actually has to use some fancy tail moves to subdue it. There the reptile ends up chomping its neck and pulling its head off, which is actually quite a bit more quick and pleasant an end than being swallowed alive or having your guts slowly munched on while fully conscious, so it was still arguably a win-win from a certain point of view.
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Do we know any graphic details on what their dicks look like or maybe any other mating related information?
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 They got hemipenes, here compared with those of a common european viper, for some reason.
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Bird Turgler posted:They actually have very good oral hygiene and will use leaves to clean their mouths after eating. They produce their own neurotoxin and their saliva acts as an anticoagulant, the bacteria thing is a commonly believed myth.
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Female Komodo dragons have "hemiclitoreal sacs" located similarly to the male hemipenes. They do not say if the males know how to find them.
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Nice job OP, I was expecting some basic bullshit like KOMODEEZ NUTS
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Komodo dragons love to hug.  Sometimes they get a little confused though. 
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Knormal posted:It's not really a myth, that was the scientifically-accepted explanation for their hunting method up until like 20 years ago when they figured out a lot of lizards actually have a very weak venom. It's just repeated by people who sadly don't keep up to date on the latest herpetologist news like they should. That's what I thought too, since I had a book about them in grade school and this is where I picked it up from. Nice to know that it's has been verified to be actual poison and not just a bacterial cocktail.
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:otherwise will gladly sadistically play with and torture you and laugh at your screams as they chew you alive. Yup, see house cats
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:
I remember seeing this one video from a documentary in the 90s where a dragon at a touristy feeding facility tried to swallow a whole goat leg that was tied to a tree. It actually did swallow it but then it was stuck because Komodo dragons can't untie knots. I bet the employee responsible for that sure felt silly! Mr.Acula posted:Do we know any graphic details on what their dicks look like or maybe any other mating related information? Same documentary I think, probably National Geographic, showed fairly extensive footage of mating dragons, complete with closeup footage of the hemipenes in the cloaca. I remember it lasting a long time and thinking "they usually don't zoom in this much on the lion documentaries."
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What are their hopes and dreams? Are they happy with their lots in life?
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