[HPforGrownups] Re: At the zoo

[Andrea_Malfoy]

No: HPFGUIDX 5953

I have never in my life heard of a "Tame" Komodo Dragon, These are nasty
creatures, even the handlers at the zoo don't deal with them much.  We
recently had a group here where I live and we were told that when a Komodo
is moved it's put to sleep for the handlers safety if they were awake they
would attack their handlers because of their territorial instincts.  When
they are fed they open a trap door in the TOP of the exhibit and drop it
down also for the handlers safety.  A bite from a zoo or wild Komodo is a
guaranteed trip to the hospital with some nasty and I do mean nasty
reproductions.
~Andrea


----- Original Message -----
From: "Amanda Lewanski" <editor at texas.net>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: At the zoo


> eliasberg at ioc.net wrote:
>
> > "Didnt they claim they were shooting the Komodo dragons
> > (which are these bizarre little lizards)".
> >
> > Bizarre little lizards? odd way to refer to a lizard that dines on
> > deer! fully grown deer at that.
>
> Yeah, Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world. Besides
> full-grown goats and each other, they occasionally take people on their
> native island, if said people are out of their little houses-on-stilts
after
> dark. But they aren't really draconic in appearance, no frills or ridges
or
> anything--just big lizards, six to nine feet long. Besides, working with
> them is dangerous, because while they are not technically venomous, they
> have a huge range of bacteria in their saliva, and any bite from a Komodo
> dragon is almost certain to become nastily infected (at least the wild
ones;
> don't know about the zoo kind. Perhaps if they limit the decaying meat
they
> eat, it won't be as bad). It's gotta just be the boa constrictor scene. I
> agree, reporters are goobs, they probably just latched onto the word
> "dragon" and ran with it.
>
> --Amanda
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