29-07-19, 08:28
|
#1
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 47,571
Thanks: 27,630
Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts
|
Komodo Dragon Eats WHOLE LIVE Monkey in 6 Gulps
WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES
Horrifying Moment Komodo Dragon Eats a Live Monkey Whole in Just Six Gulps
The giant venomous lizard, native to Indonesia, can be seen devouring a helpless primate in shocking footage
Daily Mirror UK, 29 July 2019.
The nightmarish moment a Komodo dragon devours an giant monkey whole has been caught on film.
The 10ft Indonesian lizard - widely believed to have a venomous bite - can be seen guzzling down the live primate from head to feet in just six gulps.
The footage opens with the ape already halfway down the Komodo's gullet.
It is thrown further down its throat until the unfortunate animal's feet fully disappear from view.
The monkey's tail is the last to be swallowed.
The Komodo dragon - native to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores and Gili Motang - is one of the world's most fearsome predators, normally feasting on pigs, deer and snakes.
The footage starts with the Komodo dragon having half-swallowed the monkey (Image: ViralHog)
With every giant gulp, the ape moves further down the lizard's throat (Image: ViralHog)
The beasts can run up to 15 miles per hour, and have been known to devour prey nearly 80 per cent of their own size.
Humans are rare victims of the world's biggest lizards - with at least four known deaths attributed to the grizzly killers in 40 years.
The 10ft-long dragon has paralysed its prey with its powerful venom (Image: ViralHog)
The monkey's feet quickly disappear into the Komodo dragon's mouth (Image: ViralHog)
The beast swallows the monkey's legs, leaving only its tail visible (Image: ViralHog)
In the most recent known death, in 2009, a man died after falling from a tree and being mauled by two Komodo dragons.
Its saliva is believed to contain 50 different types of bacteria.
Even if they manage to escape the Komodo dragon's clutches, its venomous bite, delivered through shark-like teeth, can induce fatal blood poinsoning.
The nightmarish video ends as it chomps on the monkey's tail (Image: ViralHog)
Komodo dragons are native to Indonesia (Image: Google)
WARNING DISTRESSING VIDEO
|
|
|