You didn’t explicitly say it, but you are incredulous that they would go after something small. Same argument, different angle imo….and a common misconception.

In the wild, or in captivity with others, yes. They would absolutely compete for a mouse. In my monitor’s later years I got a second monitor, I had to feed them separately because they would both go for the same mouse and end up accidentally biting each other’s heads in the process.

Fight?….that depends on your definition. Not like movie dinosaurs, but watch any clip of Komodo dragons feeding, or gators going after a single chicken carcass. Reptile mass feeding is rough, but rarely deadly. It’s not uncommon for gators to lose limbs in a feeding frenzy, for instance.

I must have been doing that "move" a lot while playing Far Cry 3. Creeping through the forest, maximum stealth, using a bow, inching closer.... and I'm dead, not by gun or real enemy, but a fucking emu or komodo dragon.

Komodo dragon tongue

I think the experiment would've been more compelling if they used a Komodo Dragon...or some other cool creature.

Undoubtedly leading to episodes such as this one:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Komodo-Dragon-Bulimia

(shameless plug, I know!)

>> ^Aemaeth:
>> ^BillOreilly:
>> ^Ryjkyj:
In Komodo

Thanks, I would never have guessed that.
So where does the Burmese Python live?

Burma.


It's a joke aemaeth

>> ^BillOreilly:
>> ^Ryjkyj:
In Komodo

Thanks, I would never have guessed that.
So where does the Burmese Python live?


Burma.

Burmesia

"The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a species of lizard that inhabits the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami, in central Indonesia." From: wikipedia

By the way, I had no idea that there actually is a place called Komodo

>> ^Ryjkyj:
In Komodo


Thanks, I would never have guessed that.

So where does the Burmese Python live?

Hehe, np, it was still a good vid.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
I'm sorry I had the wrong embed, it's been corrected.

In reply to this comment by syncron:
What water buffalo?

Where do Komodo Dragons live?

No need to apologize to me.. I think it worked out for the best, now I get to watch two Komodo dragon videos.
By the way, the father of a friend of mine fell asleep on a beach in Komodo, while the rest of the group (it was a wedding party) went hiking. When they got back he was still sleeping, and there were two dragons walking up the beach towards him. They were easily scared off... but I wonder if they would have gone for the goat curry (probably) or my friend's father (more interesting) first.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
I apologize, it was the wrong embed, I've changed it to the proper one.

In reply to this comment by grinter:
This has got to be the wrong video.. Notice the tags referring to sepsis brought on by a dragon's bite. Wonderful creatures.

The terrifying truth about Komodo dragons.

This is my mistake, I put in the wrong embed. I've since changed it to the correct one, thanks for voting anyway and I hope everyone comes back to see this video about the water buffalo. The previous one was about a tourist that was supposedly eaten by Komodo Dragons.