What are the largest?

[Tylervsmith]

Good for you. Besides I was really asking Alex.

Specify that in your posts then.

This is an open discussion.

 

[Red tail catking]

All right then.

 

[wayne the pain]

Largest chameleon - probably a tie between the Oustalets and the Parson's

...and just save some time...

Largest varanid - Komodo dragon
Largest crocodilian - eustarine (saltwater) crocodile
Largest viper - Bushmaster
Largest cobra - King cobra
Largest boa - green anaconda
Largest python - reticulated python

...those are all I know off the top of my head.

In terms of largest ie mass, i would of thought the Gaboon viper was the largest viper in the world.

 

[varanio]

Tsk...tsk...tsk


Komodos have the adaptation of the bacteria in their mouths. Other Varanid species do nothave the said bacteria. If I am correct, Komodos have, I think 50 or so strains of bacteria in their mouths, and only i believe 4 or 5 of them are lethal.

Tyler you are correct about the komodos, other monitor species do as well, except theyre not as potent as the komodo. Komodo really is more of a scavenger, but when it needs to hunt it will. Eating rotting flesh with the combination of the bacteria in their saliva equals a more potent combination. Other monitors mainly those in captivity dont eat carion, they are fed lab mice, chicks, rats, etc etc... so the development for this bacteria is far less likely. You can get infections from bites, but they are very treatable if you act fast. Only the larger species like Salvadorii, salvator, Varius etc can send you to the hospital with deep wounds, and if the bite is deep enough sticthes will be needed.

You know this just came me. Okay hear I go, we all know that the Komodo, is a species of monitor, and we all know that the Komodo has extremly high bactiria in its salyvia... so basically, my question is, how do you guys survive? If you get biten by a komodo, your basicaly dead because of the toxic bactiria. So what I am get to is if you get bitten by your pet monitor, won't you have to like get rushed to the hospital?

There are some vaccines for komodo bites. Komodos arent kept by hobbyists.

Those things only get 12", I didn't know there was a monitor that small. Hay what do you do when your monitors gets to huge for it tanks?

First monitors and tanks are a bad combination. Second you should research the potential max lenght of the animal youre getting, then build an enclosure according to the animals potential size. I have raise up cages and adult cages. I place them in raise up cages when small, then in they go to their larger cages. Pretty simple.

Good for you. Besides I was really asking Alex.

This is an open forum Cole if you need anything specifically answered by someone pm would be your best option.

 

[frasertheking]

so if you got a young komodo and fed it fresh foods would it not develop the deadly bite ,like in dart frogs the captive breed ones are not dangerous ?

 

[CTU2fan]

I wonder if there's a big difference between the saliva of captive-raised Komodo dragons vs. wild ones? You'd think so, as in the wild they do tend to eat a lot of decaying carrion, but I haven't ever read of any studies re: differences between them.

I've seen some pics of V. salvadorii bites, nasty stuff. Not an animal I'd be wanting to fool with.

Edit: Looks like Fraser and I posted at about the same time...

 

[varanio]

so if you got a young komodo and fed it fresh foods would it not develop the deadly bite ,like in dart frogs the captive breed ones are not dangerous ?

I would assum so, that would be a question that would have to be addressed by staff at a zoological institution. They dont salivate near as much in captivity (zoos) in fact I dont think I ever have seen one salivate in captivity.

 

[Red tail catking]

Tyler you are correct about the komodos, other monitor species do as well, except theyre not as potent as the komodo. Komodo really is more of a scavenger, but when it needs to hunt it will. Eating rotting flesh with the combination of the bacteria in their saliva equals a more potent combination. Other monitors mainly those in captivity dont eat carion, they are fed lab mice, chicks, rats, etc etc... so the development for this bacteria is far less likely. You can get infections from bites, but they are very treatable if you act fast. Only the larger species like Salvadorii, salvator, Varius etc can send you to the hospital with deep wounds, and if the bite is deep enough sticthes will be needed.


There are some vaccines for komodo bites. Komodos arent kept by hobbyists.



First monitors and tanks are a bad combination. Second you should research the potential max lenght of the animal youre getting, then build an enclosure according to the animals potential size. I have raise up cages and adult cages. I place them in raise up cages when small, then in they go to their larger cages. Pretty simple.



This is an open forum Cole if you need anything specifically answered by someone pm would be your best option.

Have you ever been biten by one of the more seriouse one?

I know people don't keep komodos, I was just using it as an example.

Okay, thats what I thought you did. Thanks

 

[varanio]

Have you ever been biten by one of the more seriouse one?

I know people don't keep komodos, I was just using it as an example.

Okay, thats what I thought you did. Thanks

No I sold off the potentially dangerous animals.... I plan on having a kid soon with my wife and I dont want anything bad to happen. So ill avoid the larger species from here on out.

 

[Red tail catking]

All right.