The Komodo dragon, one of the planet’s fiercest reptiles, reinforces its teeth with an iron cap - and researchers think some dinosaurs may have had this adaptation too. Komodo dragons (Varanus ...

They will eat anything from small birds to horses and water buffalo. The team studied the teeth of Ganas, a Komodo dragon from the London Zoo that died last year. The zoo preserved Ganas’s body ...

Previously off the beaten path, Komodo island is now one of Indonesia ... the saliva and enters the wound created by the dragon’s sawlike teeth. This venom, Fry has shown, prevents blood ...

The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds. A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large ...

What makes it dangerous is ultimately the serrated teeth and saliva with bacteria. The Komodo dragon bites into its victim's flesh, and although the prey sometimes breaks away, very often it ...