Quote Originally Posted by mischevious21 View Post
Everything I've ever read about them or seen in documentaries and stuff said that they were not venomous, but that their saliva has so much deadly bacteria in it that they might as well be.. Just like "Winged Wolf" said earlier... That is quite interesting though- I wonder why no one ever figured it out sooner? lol
I would urge anyone who is interested in reading about this to visit Bryan Fry's site and read his research for themselves - not only about varanids but about colubrids and the relationship between venom and evolution.

People have been debating for quite awhile now that the bite of a komodo monitor kills large animals much more quickly than can be attributed to bacterial septicemia......Fry went and proved it.

Fry's research was published over three years ago - so this is hardly breaking news..........