The reading and the lecture both discuss about Komodo dragon’s hunting style. The article suggests that Komodo dragon’ s bite that kill other animal is because of the heavy bacterial load present in saliva. However, the professor opposes this idea by saying that according to ongoing research specifically venom that leads to death of other animal after getting bite from komodo dragon.
First and foremost, the reading claims that increased bacterial load in saliva of dragon justified by the serious infection that developed in an animal after getting bite from komodo dragon. Moreover, this infection leads to spread the toxins fast in animal’s body and eventually leads to death. The professor, however, says that this fact is not physically got evidence rather it is just hypothesized. Whereas, specialized kind of Venom is produced from the varieous gland thats present inbetween the teeth of dragon and this is proven in a laboratory by using special kind of medical equipments.
Secondly, the reading posits that mouth of Komodo dragon is full of pathogenic bacteria that leads to around fifty various kinds of disease. Plus, when this saliva injected in mice, it shown sudden death along with blood of mice shows plentiful of the same bacteria that is seen in dragon’s mouth. The professor refutes this point by saying that bacteria that is present in mouth of lizard could come from raw meat that they have eaten. He points out that water buffalo who stayed in water that has harmful bacteria and this water could be drunk by dragon leads to transfer of bacteria.
Thirdly, according to the passage, bacteria helps dragon to prey larger animal. Moreover, larger prey such as water buffalo could easily digested with massive bacterial load that present in saliva of dragon.Whereas, the professor says that dragon has long teeth that leads to more deeper and permanent bite in other animal and introduced toxic venom to other animal’s body. Consequently, this venom decreases the blood pressure and large wound leads to late healing.
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The reading and the lecture both discuss the hunting style of the Komodo dragon. The article suggests that the Komodo dragon’s bite that kills other animals is due to the heavy bacterial load in its saliva. However, the professor contradicts this idea by saying that according to ongoing research, it is specifically the venom that leads to the death of other animals after being bitten by Komodo dragons.
Primarily, the reading claims that the increased bacterial load in the dragon’s saliva is justified by the severe infection that develops in an animal after being bitten by the Komodo dragon. Moreover, this infection causes toxins to spread rapidly through the animal’s body, eventually leading to death. However, the professor says that this fact is not physically proven, but is only a hypothesis. Whereas a special type of toxin is produced by the various glands located between the teeth of the dragon, and this is proven in a laboratory using special medical equipment.
Secondly, the reading postulates that the Komodo dragon’s mouth is full of pathogenic bacteria that lead to about fifty different types of diseases. Moreover, when this saliva was injected into mice, it showed sudden death along with the blood of the mice showing abundant of the same bacteria that is seen in the mouth of the dragon. The professor refutes this point by saying that the bacteria present in the lizard’s mouth could have come from raw meat that they ate. He points out that water buffalo that stayed in water that contains harmful bacteria, and this water could be drunk by dragons, resulting in the transmission of bacteria.
Third, according to the passage, the bacteria help the dragon prey on larger animals. In addition, larger prey such as water buffalo could be easily digested with massive bacterial load, which is in saliva of dragon.While, the professor says that dragon has long teeth, which leads to more deep and permanent bite in other animal and introduced poisonous venom into the body of other animal. Consequently, this poison lowers blood pressure and large wound leads to late healing.
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