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where do you find all of these relatable posts about amulets?? is it all in the "cursed amulet" tag or what

life has taken me on an obscure and anfractuous path

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tricking the police sketch artist into drawing fanart of the character i like

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aww yeauh time to watch *calculates* almost 3 months of Elmo’s world

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Sorry if this has been answered before but yknow, tumblr search be bad. So, I've heard like conflicting information about Komodo Dragons being venomous. Sometimes I've heard they ARE venomous and have venom glands and then sometimes I hear they don't have venom glands but have harmful bacteria in their mouth. And I've heard there's only 2 venomous lizards, and those are the gila monster and Mexican beaded. So I guess, the question is are komodo dragons venomous and if so, how? 🦎

You've been getting a lot of conflicting answers because there are conflicting opinions and a lot of popular but outdated info out there! The short answer is that Komodo dragons do indeed have venom, but herpetologists disagree on what exactly can be considered "venomous." Many of my colleagues, perfectly reasonable people, have been driven to extreme emotions by this discussion because many of us do feel that the traditional definition of venom (which required a reptile to have venom glands, venom ducts in the facts, and to use their venom for killing/digesting prey) needs to be updated.

Komodo dragons having unusually harmful saliva is outdated - studies within the most recent decade have found that the bacteria in their mouths is very ordinary. They have venom glands in their lower jaws and venom ducts between their teeth, so biting and chewing prey will inject venom into the prey's bloodstream. Their venom's main purpose seems to be preventing blood from clotting, so bites will lead to massive blood loss. The fun thing here is that Komodo dragon bites are serious enough without venom (the question is honestly irrelevant because in most cases if you're bitten by one you're dead, venom or no), but veranids (monitors) are quite primitive in the lizard family tree, so the existence of venom in Komodo dragons (and likely other monitors!) lets us know that venom probably goes much further back in the reptile family tree than we once thought.

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Die temu ad die

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im so tired of john bizarre adventure. i dont want to see those large and colorful men on my dashboard anymore

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Bitches love reblogging this post every Tuesday the 18th

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ngl I took many MANY pictures of the solar storm, but this one makes me laugh the hardest

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I made a meme cause I was struck with an idea a few days ago

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brb gotta to go splash water on my face in the mens bathroom and look haggardly at myself in the mirror

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urgently seeking more images of this nature

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they are like beautiful tropical birds to me

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Ive been playing Portal 2 for the first time and im loving this new british orb thing they introduced hes my best friend

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no doctors in new york cuz they're all scared of that big cunting apple!!!!

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i find myself resonating with this phrase a lot of the time

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rarity learns of the hot new meme