The combined venom, constant bleeding and infection from the water would lead to the buffalo slowly dying which people then assumed the infection was just from the Komodo itself and figured it must have a bacteria filled mouth. It is also the most venomous reptile on Earth, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which has classified it as a vulnerable species. The infection myth came from the poor hygiene of water buffalo Komodo Dragons would bite their legs leaving large wounds to slow them down while also injecting a slow acting venom which generally would take an extremely long time to take down an animal as big as a water buffalo.īut water buffalo would tend to run to what they felt was safe which turns out to be pools of stagnant water in which water buffalo would also go to the bathroom in so essentially they would just stand in pools of pee and poop with large exposed wounds on their legs thus infection would set in from the bacteria in the water. Komodo dragon is one of the largest lizards on the planet, with a wingspan of up to 2.5 meters (8 feet) and a weight of more than 1,000 kilograms (2,500 pounds). The Komodo, also known as the Komodo Monitor, is the largest and heaviest lizard. Komodo dragons attack deer, goats, pigs, dogs, and occasionally humans. The once mysterious Komodo Dragons of Indonesia are now considered one of the most fascinating creatures on earth.

They actually have pretty clean mouths to be honest Humans probably have dirtier mouths than a Komodo dragon overall in terms of bacteria its actually extremely dangerous to get a bite that breaks skin from a Human. At 10 feet and 200 pounds, the Komodo dragon is the worlds biggest and most powerful lizard alive.

They are actually venomous not from a bacterium this was a widespread myth that has been disproven entirely.

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