Assertion: komodo dragon | /r/CapableOf | kill their prey
Facets:
value: with venom
type: MANNER
value: with their bacterium-infested saliva
type: MANNER
value: with bacteria
type: OTHER
value: via infections
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: While Komodo dragons were long rumored to harbor bacterial colonies in their mouths, thus killing their prey via infections, this myth is not backed by data and is now dismissed by scientists.
text: Komodo Dragons Kill Prey With Venom -
text: In the article you linked to above the proposition is put forth that the only way a Komodo dragon can kill its prey is by biting it and infecting it with virulent bacteria.
text: Komodo dragons don’t actually kill their prey with bacteria as we once thought.
text: Now lets get straight to the point, first of all you should know that Komodo dragons kill their prey with venom and do not have a septic bite, a lot of people think that Komodo dragons have a septic bite but actually they don’t so there it is.
text: They kill prey with their bacterium-infested saliva.
text: Your argument does not even appear to make sense: "the only way a Komodo dragon can kill its prey is by biting it and infecting it" does not appear in the article that I can see, and even if it did, that could be a poor summary of Fry et al. rather than a claim by Fry et al.