I hate to pass on stories for which I can’t provide cites, but I just read the other day that a woman was mauled by a tiger at a zoo or circus, recoverd from that and then died from infection. I thought at the time, jeez, lady, could you HAVE worse luck?
Yeah, cats generally are pretty efficient and kill outright. The Komodo Dragon, being cold-blooded, can afford to take a more liesurely approach.