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re: Komodo dragon swallows deer whole in less than 30 seconds

Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:16 pm to
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:16 pm to
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Not if your body doesn't need those calories. You end up shitting out an excess. Not sure if that dude needs the calories or not, maybe he does.

If your survival is dependent upon ambushing a deer, you don't pass up a meal. Kind of like driving through the desert when you come upon a gas station in the middle of nowhere. You have a half a tank, but you go ahead on and fill er up just to be safe. That monster was on half a tank and wasn't taking any chances.
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:18 pm to
I agree, but that wasn't my point. He mentioned that the Komodo dragon would be putting on some serious weight with that deer, but that's not the case because it's just a ton of excess calories. Maybe I'm wrong though, and the Komodo dragon slowly processes his food like a snake does?
This post was edited on 8/6/22 at 6:20 pm
Posted by LCA131
Home of the Fake Sig lines
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:22 pm to
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agree, but that wasn't my point. He mentioned that the Komodo dragon would be putting on some serious weight with that deer, but that's not the case because it's just a ton of excess calories. Maybe I'm wrong though, and the Komodo dragon slowly processes his food like a snake does?


Just check about intake/burn rate/out go with your boy Mingo. He's one of our resident know-it-alls...
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
25546 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:23 pm to
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Those shits have to be the direct descendent of dinosaurs.



Wanna see the closest living relative to the T-Rex?




Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
24338 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:25 pm to
I just Googled it and that's exactly the case. A Komodo dragon sometimes will eat only once a month because it has such a slow metabolism. So it does digest food very slowly. So no wasted calories there.
This post was edited on 8/6/22 at 6:26 pm
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
37478 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:38 pm to
The day we lose Christopher Walken will be a sad day indeed.
Posted by Mud_Bone
Member since Dec 2021
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Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:40 pm to
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
31107 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:45 pm to
He didn't even wash his hands!
Posted by Big Gorilla
Bossier City
Member since Oct 2020
5946 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 6:50 pm to
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Fake


That doesn’t look fake. Dated a girl in hs that could do this.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
62759 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 7:29 pm to
Indeed
Posted by Germantiger001
Southeast LA
Member since Jun 2016
997 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 7:29 pm to
I hope he doesn’t swim for at least 30 minutes. He’ll get cramps and drown
Posted by Palomitz
Miami
Member since Oct 2009
2435 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 7:30 pm to
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Fake


Even though I think that they are pretty capable, I agree. Something's off in the video.
Posted by Palomitz
Miami
Member since Oct 2009
2435 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 7:32 pm to
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I recall reading some moron tourist got killed by a komodo in Indonesia


Not as moronic as the dude who had 2 or 3 of those at his apartment as pets. Take a guess at what happened to him weeks later when he did not show up at work.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36937 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 8:06 pm to
Ole boy was hangry…
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
75239 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 8:12 pm to
I had an irrational fear of Komodo dragons as a kid… now I am not so sure it was irrational
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 8/6/22 at 8:19 pm to
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
43337 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 8:20 pm to
Posted by Yeahright
On a big sphere out there.
Member since Sep 2018
2177 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 9:55 pm to
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After regurgitating the gastric pellet, it rubs its face in the dirt or on bushes to get rid of the mucus, suggesting it does not relish the scent of its own excretions

LOL. just like humans.
This post was edited on 8/6/22 at 9:57 pm
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
31107 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 10:42 pm to
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the Komodo dragon regurgitates a mass of horns, hair, and teeth known as the gastric pellet


Owls do that too. Reason #324 why owls don't make good pets.
Posted by Boo Krewe
Member since Apr 2015
9810 posts
Posted on 8/6/22 at 10:45 pm to
The trex had a bite similar to komodo dragon.saw a documentary in kindergarten
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