The Komodo Dragon's Mouth Was Blamed on Bacteria for Decades. The Venom Was Always There.
The Story Everyone BelievedFor decades, the standard explanation for how a Komodo dragon kills went like this: the lizard bites its prey, and then it waits. The mouth, supposedly crawling with over fifty strains of dangerous bacteria, would infect the wound. The prey, a deer, a pig, occasionally a water…
Times Life ·