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Check out this video of a Komodo dragon eating a monkey whole [0] or this video of a Komodo dragon killing a deer by ripping open its jugular [1] I'll be honest, they are pretty fucking murderous [3]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxRAcBYhKE

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf45e9J-GMA

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBiLXp5Uj8

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon#Diet

> ...swallowing is still a long process (15–20 minutes to swallow a goat). A Komodo dragon may attempt to speed up the process by ramming the carcass against a tree to force it down its throat, sometimes ramming so forcefully, the tree is knocked down

Jesus, they're mental.

I'm not saying I'd want to try to a catch Komodo dragon, but they're still less half the size of a saltwater crocodile, which can go over 6m! Here's one tackling a wildebeest:

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/worlds-deadliest/...

Can someone explain how it is physically possible for them to eat a monkey whole? That's probably the craziest video I've seen in a while.

I'm guessing nothing has the confidence to tell something that is capable of eating a monkey whole that it can't eat a monkey whole.

Incredible, I had no idea.

That was... impressive. Those dragons really are impressive killing and eating machines, and people who want to own one are out of their tiny minds.

It's a nice addition for any Bond villains lair. Big bad man like big bad toys.

This is actually a common problem in Mexico: "They [drug lords] like charismatic animals that symbolise power and strength: big cats such as lions, tigers and jaguars, along with big snakes, monkeys and nice looking birds," [1]

[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/features/2011/09/20119...

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