Komodo dragons have a reputation for being fierce predators, but thankfully for one zookeeper their bite isn’t actually all that deadly.
Komodo dragons have a reputation for being fierce predators, but thankfully for one zookeeper their bite isn’t all that deadly when tended to promptly.
A worker at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium was nipped by a two-and-a-half year old female komodo dragon while she was in its enclosure performing routine care.
Something, however, agitated the young dragon and it lashed out, sinking its teeth into the female keeper’s hand.
Though the reptiles do release venom, it’s
