Comments on: Adorable baby komodo dragons born in Indonesia zoo http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1682356 jimkirk Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1682356 They're known to attack their victims through soft tissue or orifices (testicles, throat, anus) and eat their way through.  Not so adorable now, are they? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/12/indonesia They’re known to attack their victims through soft tissue or orifices (testicles, throat, anus) and eat their way through.  Not so adorable now, are they?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/12/indonesia

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1682245 Brainspore Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1682245 I like to imagine that the public got their first awesome glimpse of these baby komodo dragons as they perched peacefully on the naked, ash-covered body of a lithe blonde zookeeper. I like to imagine that the public got their first awesome glimpse of these baby komodo dragons as they perched peacefully on the naked, ash-covered body of a lithe blonde zookeeper.

]]> By: AnthonyC http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1682211 AnthonyC Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1682211 I find that any article on this species gets more fun if you simply omit the word "komodo" I find that any article on this species gets more fun if you simply omit the word “komodo”

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1682092 Paul Renault Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1682092 Read for yourself: Bull et all - Deathly Drool: Evolutionary and Ecological Basis of Septic Bacteria in Komodo Dragon Mouths https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2888571/ Read for yourself:
Bull et all - Deathly Drool: Evolutionary and Ecological Basis of Septic Bacteria in Komodo Dragon Mouths

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2888571/

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1682012 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1682012 Those that the Komodo didn't bite were relentlessly hounded online via social media. Those that the Komodo didn’t bite were relentlessly hounded online via social media.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1682010 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1682010 Sounds gruesome.  I wonder what it is about the Komodo's biology that allows it to comfortably harbor these bacteria and eat the infected meat without any problems. Sounds gruesome.  I wonder what it is about the Komodo’s biology that allows it to comfortably harbor these bacteria and eat the infected meat without any problems.

]]> By: tomrigid http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1682002 tomrigid Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1682002 No. Every human that ever saw a Komodo dragon before 1913 was chased down, bitten, and followed unto infectious death. <I>Komerta</I>. No. Every human that ever saw a Komodo dragon before 1913 was chased down, bitten, and followed unto infectious death. Komerta.

]]> By: Pobol Pobotrol http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1681972 Pobol Pobotrol Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1681972 Unknown to humans until 100 years ago? Unknown to western civilisation surely! Unknown to humans until 100 years ago? Unknown to western civilisation surely!

]]> By: rob_cornelius http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/adorable-baby-komodo-dragons-b.html#comment-1681960 rob_cornelius Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219392#comment-1681960 I still think one of the most chilling things I have ever seen on a David Attenbrough wildlife programme was when a Komodo dragon attacked and bit a cow and just followed it around for days waiting for an infection to set in and kill it. Their was a "making of" bit at the end and the cameramen admitted that it was one of the hardest things they ever had to film I still think one of the most chilling things I have ever seen on a David Attenbrough wildlife programme was when a Komodo dragon attacked and bit a cow and just followed it around for days waiting for an infection to set in and kill it.

Their was a “making of” bit at the end and the cameramen admitted that it was one of the hardest things they ever had to film

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