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Yes, you bet. A separate video on the poisonous aspects of the Komodo Dragon would be a great idea. What I think is not widely known is whether the species has an actual chemical venom in additoion to the stored bacterior in its bight. Does the Komodod have both? If an actual venom, it would be good to find a scientist who can analyse that venom and report on its chemical make-up. Keep up the good work son.
I was very lucky as a kid from about 8-13 to have an apprenticeship (as it sounds better than child labor) at reptile house and show in the US with a surprising and easily litigious amount of freedom and responsibility. As I was obsessed with zoology, and got to feed, handle, perform with, and clean all the cages of countless reptiles, insects, arachnids, birds, etc with no fear earning my fair share of bites and scratches. Now about a decade later of doing a 180 and being a homebody writer, I would frantically run like hell screaming from a Komodo dragon, that back then would have been a rare honor to take care of. Still gives me a slight twinkle in my eye to see one though.
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I actually have a video coming out with a perentie soon These guys are significant bigger in terms of mass then perenties, but still trump them in terms of length by around 1 meter
He normally gets taken for a walk every day at the time this was filmed This way was freezing cold but in his heated enclosure he just feels he has to look for himself before he passes up on a walk 😂
wow, most of these "x things you didn't know about ...." videos, I know some or most of the things mentioned, this one I didn't know any of the facts before watching your video :)
Did I miss where it was mentioned (or maybe it wasn't) that, I believe.unless it's been changed, that there have a venomous bite. If I remember correctly, for years it was thought that it was just tons of bacteria in the mouth that was the problem, but I think I remember some years ago that it was discovered that their saliva has some toxic components
I did think about putting it in but decided it’s common enough knowledge to not be considered “a fact you didn’t know” but it’s a topic that’s Probobly worthy of a video of its own
The door opens up into the park itself, this boy is conditioned to going on walks around the park with the keepers, but unfortunately it was freezing cold this day, so he couldn’t quite understand why he wasn’t getting his daily walk 😂
I watched the US video interview of Brian Fry in Australia and I'm not sure his claim that there is no bacterial addition to the ant-coagulent venom is all that convincing - new born Komodos not showing bacteria does not seem to be a fair test. Have any swabs been taken of adult dragons? I remember seeing a film of a Reserve worker on Komodo Island whose leg swelled massively after being bitten by a Komodo. Maybe more reseach is needed on the bacteria angle,
It's not out of the question that the swelling is an effect of the venom. Swelling is a pretty common inflammatory response, it's obviously not just related to bacteria. I also don't think the "no bacteria" thing was really about saying that their bites are clean or anything, you'll most certainly get a nasty infection if bitten by any animal without treating the wound, but that their main method of killing prey isn't biting something and waiting for it die from infection.
@@seanmckelvey6618 My understanding is that that is precisely what the Komodo does - it bites the prey, often much larger than itself, then follows the prey until it collapses. Whether its the venom or bacterial or both I'm not sure but I do remember seeing a video some time ago that was shot on the island of Komodo where this hunting proctice was filmed.
Maybe you should have mentioned that Komodos are poisonous. Surely that would rank among your 10 points. There's lots to say about their infecting they prey and following it as the prey dies.
I was tempted to cover the fact that they are venomous decided it’s hardly a fact “you didn’t know” as it’s become reasonably common knowledge I do think however it’s worthy of being a video all of its own
If YOU fear them yes. But surely WE are the most fearsome animal on the planet? ( To the point of being able to destroy much of the life on same said planet )
He does! He goes for a walk around the park at the same time every day (which just happened to be at this time) but the weather was too cold to be letting him out
one thing you forgot to mention: never get that close to them and never touch them like you you've been doing through this video! Even if you manage to escape the physical horror, the amount of venom and disgusting, harmful stuff this animal carries should be sufficient to convince you as a human being to keep a very good distance.
While you wouldn’t want a bite from one, it’s not a warning I felt necessary as visitors to Komodo national park are escorted by rangers at all times. That being said handling this particular animal is one of the least risky things I’ve done in a video.
@@SilentG20 certainly, but the circumstances weren’t different, I filmed at this facility, with this lizard because I knew it was doable. I don’t believe the public need to be told “don’t touch Komodo dragons”
@@SilentG20 if they do I don’t feel responsible at all, and shouldn’t have to tell someone not to copy me any more then UFC shouldn’t have to tell people not to beat the shit out of each other 😂
