Re: T rex bites your bum

[don ohmes <d_ohmes@yahoo.com>]

Is the infection effective against non-mammals?
--- Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 23 May 2005 01:04:19 +0200 TooTs
> <DragonsClaw@gmx.net> writes:
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> > Afterwards the monitor 
> > lizard
> > would just follow it's victim, sometimes for days,
> until shock, 
> > blood loss
> > and the infection did the job.
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> I read this "following strategy" all the time
> (Horner, Abler, Bakker,
> Curie have repeated this for years), but what is the
> original source for
> the info?  I agree that Komodo Dragon teeth are
> efficient innoculation
> devices, and I agree that infection from bites is a
> frequent mode of
> death for Komodo prey items, but is it really true
> that a Komodo will
> spend days following a *specific* infected
> individual?
> 
> Following a dying individual around for days seems
> like a *huge* waste of
> calories.  Why should it matter which lizard
> originally infected the
> prey?  Komodos have an excellent sense of smell,
> therefore  zeroing-in on
> the azimuth of a rotting corpse shouldn't be a
> problem for a lazy lizard.
> 
> BTW:  Does anyone know if the monitor lizard from
> the Hell Creek
> Formation, _Palaeosaniwa canadensis_ Gilmore 1928,
> had serrated teeth?
> 
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