Posted on 05/19/2009 5:52:06 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Australian researchers have discovered what makes the Komodo dragons bite so deadly for its prey.
Scientists previously considered that the worlds largest lizards mouth held deadly bacteria that stopped its victims blood from clotting. Walter Auffenberg put that theory forward in 1981.
But lead researcher Bryan Fry used magnetic resonance imagery to show that the deadly lizard packs a venomous bite, as seen through its venom gland with ducts that lead to their teeth.
Fry used 3-D computer imaging to compare the Komodos bite with the bite of the Australian saltwater crocodile, which has a skull of comparable size. His team found that the Komodos bite is only one-sixth as powerful as that of the crocodile.
Imaging revealed that the Komodo used a pulling maneuver similar to the motion of the bite of a shark or saber cat.
The report, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also found that other venomous lizards, including the Gila monster, were part of the same family as Komodo dragons. Additionally, venomous lizards and snakes appear to have descended from common origins.
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I never kept the rattles
Michelle - 100 most what? Or most but(t)?
I have been posting about snakes and livestock on this thread.....
Komodo Dragons was the subject, lol.
Another thread was about the 100 most beautiful.
We do tend to get off topic but one thing leads to another and .......!
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An affirmitive imagination thread :
100 most beautiful......
Budweiser horses?
And they had Michelle on it, lol. Affirmative imagination is apt. She is attractive but not beautiful. On the other hand, some of the women they posted aren't beautiful either.
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Most of the Hollywood women are no great shakes either
Some are, most aren’t. They are all beautified and airbrushed by experts. My three daughters were as pretty as any of them.
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HDTV has created a real problemo for sho-bizzie people and alleged “Souper-Modeles”
The hi-rez picture really shows up everything and more
Time for Vasoline on the camera lens and shooting through 10 layers of gauze!
Think I told you that the twins were asked by a top modeling agency in NYC to send in their portfolios. They never followed through on it. Some well known woman at the time. Can’t recall her name.
Heading out...
additional (newer topic):
Venom May Be Komodo Dragon’s Lethal Weapon
The Times of London | May 20, 2009 | Anne Barrowclough
Posted on 05/20/2009 10:20:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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