On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, John Scanlon wrote:
Richard Travsky wrote: "Komodo Dragons: Biology and Conservation" has a couple of pages or so on bites. A prey that manages to escape still faces "debilitation or death" caused by bacteria in the komodo's mouth. That book was published in 2002. Science marches on: see
I was hoping so! That book seems to be held up a lot as a bible or standard of sorts.
Bryan G. Fry et al (2009). A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) prisca. PNAS Early Edition for the week of May 18, 2009. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0810883106