# Betty White and Komodo dragons. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078 "2010-09-17T13:44:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/1 "2010-09-17T13:44:04Z")
[Betty White posing with one of the 22 Komodos](http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/09/golden-girl-goes-for-dragons.html) recently hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo. She’s a trustee of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/2 "2010-09-17T14:06:10Z")
I know what happens now – I’ve seen it in **Lake Placed**. She’s gonna raise them on bread bits until they’re old enough to go after full-sized cows and people. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/3 "2010-09-17T14:10:55Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I know what happens now – I’ve seen it in **Lake Placed**. > She’s gonna raise them on bread bits until they’re old enough to go after full-sized cows and people. …and eventually Lou Grant. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/4 "2010-09-17T15:54:04Z")
I thought this was going to be something else, like Betty wrestling a bunch of Komodos. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/5 "2010-09-17T15:55:21Z")
Make her an offer. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/6 "2010-09-17T18:42:42Z")
Isn’t the komodo dragon the huge creature that bites his prey with bacteria-ridden teeth so that it eventually dies of sepsis, after which he feasts upon its decayed corpse? Oooh, komodo dragon eggs! Where’s a mongoose when you need one? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/7 "2010-09-17T21:04:19Z")
If they don’t grow up in their habitat, do they still get all the horrible bacteria? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/8 "2010-09-17T21:10:24Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > If they don’t grow up in their habitat, do they still get all the horrible bacteria? According to that article, no. They get fed clean food so they don’t get all the nasty bacteria in their mouths. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/9 "2010-09-17T21:13:10Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > > [@hotflungwok](#): > > > > If they don’t grow up in their habitat, do they still get all the horrible bacteria? > > …They get fed clean food so they don’t get all the nasty bacteria in their mouths. And they have to brush their teeth, too. That’s zoo policy. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/10 "2010-09-17T21:34:07Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > And they have to brush their teeth, too. That’s zoo policy. Mike Rowe: “Today on _Dirty Jobs_, I’ll be brushing a dragon’s teeth…and after smelling his breath, I almost wish he could breathe fire instead.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/11 "2010-09-17T21:49:54Z")
Sharon Stone’s husband got his toe bitten off by a Komodo Dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo. I don’t see a bright future for Betty. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/12 "2010-09-18T03:23:43Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I don’t see a bright future for Betty. She’s 88. _Nobody_ sees a bright future for her. I said that out loud, didn’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/14 "2011-04-20T11:40:05Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > According to that article, no. They get fed clean food so they don’t get all the nasty bacteria in their mouths. Currently [the jury is out](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon#Saliva) as to whether they _also_ have venom. Apparently glands analogous to venom glands have been identified, but there’s dispute over whether that actually means venom is produced. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/15 "2011-04-20T14:36:14Z")
“thekomododragonistheworld’slargestlivinglizard.itisfoundonthesteepslopedislandofkomdo,henceit’sname,andnearbyislandsofrintjapardarandflores.itisaferociouscarnivoreandoneswipeofit’spowerfultailcanrenderanenemysenseless.” I can still say this at lightening speed! I learned it in 9th grade, fom an old Bob & Ray skit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-and-komodo-dragons/554078/16 "2011-04-20T14:58:21Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Currently [the jury is out](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon#Saliva) as to whether they _also_ have venom. Apparently glands analogous to venom glands have been identified, but there’s dispute over whether that actually means venom is produced. Let’s leave Betty in the cage and find out. Regards, Shodan