b) I know a bit about Komodo dragons. I know they tend to eat the dead, and it's believed they gained their title due to looking like dragons and inflicting deadly toxic bites. It was later analyzed (although this is all from memory) that it wasn't as if they had actual poison in their mouths, but instead just carried bacterial that would infect the wounds.

c) In reading up (wiki) on their hunting habits (shred and stalk) it actually does sound more akin to some of the smaller Saurischian hunting habits. As I remember reading about some would slash vulnerable parts of their prey and then stalk them until they succumbed to their wounds. But it's also my understanding that T-Rex had bulbous teeth over these sort of curved like teeth. And acted as a guillotine crushing their prey bones and all over inflicting razor like damage. So I think the article (at least to my understanding) is off the mark there with its comparison.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's The Guardian. Take it with a pinch of salt. Sorry, I should have linked the original papers.

[–] cashmaggot@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Absolutely no worries, I am really not a stickler. And the Guardian has brought up some really interesting things as far as I know since reading it. I don't really mind what anyone links. I was just wondering if anyone has some interesting reads on the subject. I recently found this blog with 5 mammalian-esq reptiles and it was an interesting read. I was just wondering if anyone had some interesting reads on Komodos because I just scrubbed the wiki and love reading stuff on this.

p.s. - MOTHRA =D! I should have named myself Gidora. Hahaha! Jelly, like a donut!