Komodo Dragon venom -

[B tH <soylentgreenistrex@yahoo.com>]

Yes, WIKI's state that the venom is mildly toxic - what's the truth?

Every source still says the saliva is highly infectious, though - despite 
recent discoveries of venom in monitor lizards.

You notice they aren't petting adults.   I wouldn't trust those things any more 
than a Nile crocodile.  You never know what a wild animal may do.

I imagine that, even with swift anti-biotics and antivenin, a Komodo bite would 
leave a nasty, puffy, red, pus-rich would for days until the drugs and body 
defenses defeated the noxious bacteria.