Monitors: Deserving of respect (xrays included)

[Gatorhunter1231]

Agreeing with Greg. I'm pretty sure Brian Fry, Australian herpetologist that discovered this, made a few links of common proteins that formed a compound similar to a rattlesnakes. However it's just bits and pieces of the total picture needed to build the complex compounds to make dangerous venom. I have been bite a lot and a scar on my left hand still shows a glancing bite from a 4.5ft croc monitor. Not one species, sav, Nile, tristis, ackies, crocs, black throat, and maybe a few others caused any venom related issues. Thought I was going to bleed out from the croc but nothing liquid bandage and band aids couldn't hold together. I can tell crocs bites are scary. They can cut so clean and fast don't u don't realize you have been bite until blood hits they floor. Then it starts to feel warm, then hurts like hell.