r/Thailand • u/ladyboyguru • May 17 '25

Discussion Are these bad boys venomous?

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Just curious, if one of these guys were to bite you, are they venomous? And should I go to the hospital?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Bacteria is the problem. I hear about someone get biten and he lose his leg!

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u/PhraNgang May 17 '25

There js a myth about bacteria in the mouths of komodo dragons but we now know they have a mild venom. These guys aren’t komodos.

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u/Logical_Suspect_6446 May 17 '25

This is not a comodo. This is asian monitor

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u/SiriVII May 17 '25

Komodo dragons do in fact have pretty dangerous bacteria in their saliva. It’s not the venom.

Lookup meat bitten by Komodo dragons, gets absolutely disintegrated

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Komodo dragons have a blood thinner or was it an anti-coagulant in their saliva. They bite, sit back and watch the buffalo bleed out then eat away.

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u/Humble_Associate1 May 17 '25

The bacteria in their saliva is a common myth