Lace Monitor Xrays, Why you dont mess with a Lacie..

The cranial mechanics of Lace Monitors is comparable to that of extinct theropod dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus. Profuse bleeding is a result of the combination of serrated teeth and an anti-coagulant/hypotension inducing venom delivered at the time of the bite.

George

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSwjsAUxNhY

Thats why you don't mess with a lace monitor.. haha

GBWhite said:

The cranial mechanics of Lace Monitors is comparable to that of extinct theropod dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus...

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The biomechanics of the jaws and bite of Tyrannosaurus are nothing like that of monitors. You only have to look at a picture of Tyrannosaurus skull to see how different they are. Tyrannosaurus have particularly heavy skull bones to withstand the immense forces generated by their biting mechanism. The jaws of monitors, by nature of their ?parallel closing?, are incapable of exerting such intense crushing pressure. Tyrannosaurus teeth are long and conical shaped, designed for piercing and crushing, and not at all like the flattened triangular slicing, blade-like teeth of monitors. It is believed that Tyrannosaurus violently shook its prey from side to side to tear off swallowable chunks from large animals. The biting mechanics of Tyrannosaurus are much more like that of crocodiles and very different to that of monitors.

GBWhite said:

Profuse bleeding is a result of the combination of serrated teeth and an anti-coagulant/hypotension inducing venom delivered at the time of the bite.

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This is a rather presumptuous generalisation. The little research in this area that has been published to date is very much in the preliminary stages. Venom has been identified and confirmed in about six species. Investigations of those venoms have been confined to chemical and molecular laboratory-based studies and not their ecological (functional) roles. Unfortunately speculation and misrepresentation of the known facts are rife.

The lack of a specialised injection system (i.e. no fangs) means that varanid venom would need to be produced in sufficient quantities to enter the wound in order to have a significant effect. The potential for production of significant quantities of venom has only been demonstrated in a couple of the species studied. The photograph of the Storr?s Monitor bite does not support the assertion made. One can clearly see in this photo that the blood has begun to clot. Clearly any anticoagulant was not a relevant contributing factor in the degree of bleeding experienced in this instance.

Blue

Need to do a little more Googling my friend.

GBWhite said:

Need to do a little more Googling my friend.

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He needs to have a chat with Bryan.