Friday, March 27, 2009

KILLER KOMODOS


Imagine being on a tropical island fishing. You get hungry, so you climb a fruit tree. You fall. Dazed, you sit for a moment to gather your wits … and are attacked by two of the world's largest lizards.
That was the fate of an Indonesian man recently, who became the latest in an increasing (though still rare) number of attacks on humans by Komodo dragons. Komodos can reach 10 feet long and weigh 300 pounds.

Muhamad Anwar died from loss of blood. Had he survived his wounds, he likely would have suffered the next most dangerous threat after a Komodo attack: infection from the 50 kinds of bacteria in a Komodo mouth.

Here's more of what search reveals about Komodo dragons:

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