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Symptoms may include diarrhea, vomiting, numbness, itchiness, sensitivity to hot and cold, dizziness, and weakness. [1] [2] The onset of symptoms varies with the amount of toxin eaten. If a large quantity of toxins are consumed symptoms may appear within half an hour. If a low amount of toxins are consumed symptoms may take a few days to appear ...
Copious amounts of red saliva the Komodo dragons produce help to lubricate the food, but 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 that the tree is knocked down. [43]
Chelonitoxism or chelonitoxication is a type of food poisoning which occasionally results from eating turtles, particularly marine turtles, in the region of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is considered rare.
Venom may also cause hypotension. [33] In some species such as the Komodo dragon and the desert monitor, venom also induces a powerful neurotoxic effect. In the latter species for instance, envenomation causes immediate paralysis in rodents (but not birds) and lesser effects of the same nature in humans. [34]
This maximum size is surpassed by large snakes like the green anaconda (up to 97.5 kg (215 lb) in the wild [9]) and the reticulated python (up to 150 kg (330 lb) in captivity [10]), but considering that these exceptionally large specimens are reported at a much lower frequency, it is still arguable that the Komodo dragon is the largest extant ...
Amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) is an illness caused by consumption of shellfish that contain the marine biotoxin called domoic acid. [1] In mammals , including humans, domoic acid acts as a neurotoxin , causing permanent short-term memory loss , brain damage , and death in severe cases.
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Other symptoms include low heart rate and blood pressure as well as ataxia and muscle spasms. [12] Initial signs of zygacine poisoning in animals include frothy salivation around the mouth, followed by nausea and vomiting. [13] Severely poisoned animals will suffer from a loss in appetite, lack of coordination and depression. [2]