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Here’s some lizard news…

Venom is Komodo dragon’s lethal weapon

Commonly, they attack their prey by repeatedly biting and tearing, then wait as it dies a lingering death.

Because they also feed on carrion, scientists have always believed that their mouths must be teeming with bacteria and that those germs infected their victims, slowly killing them.

But magnetic resonance imaging scans have shown that Komodos have complex glands in their mouths that produce venom similar to that of many snakes.

But if they feed on carrion, why would they need venom?