# How do you stop a Komodo Dragon Attack? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565 "2010-05-24T14:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 24, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/1 "2010-05-24T14:17:10Z")
Punch it it the snout, evidently. This little tidbit from the Boston Globe’s online edition: [http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2010/05/24/indonesian\_worker\_bitten\_by\_komodo\_dragon/](http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2010/05/24/indonesian_worker_bitten_by_komodo_dragon/) I hope they clean it well. I understand Komodo Dragon bites can be pretty toxic, and it’s thought that this helps them bring down prey. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/2 "2010-05-24T14:18:57Z")
Nike them from orbit. It is the only way to be _sure._ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/3 "2010-05-24T14:25:30Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Nike them from orbit. It is the only way to be _sure._ Beat me to it. Damn. ETA: Nuke them from orbit. It is the only way to be _sure._ First with the line spelled right! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/4 "2010-05-24T15:28:19Z")
_Nike_ them from orbit would be dropping your shoes on them from a great height. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/5 "2010-05-24T15:30:26Z")
Nike rockets were surface to air–probably only of use if the dragon in question is flying. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/6 "2010-05-24T15:39:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > How do you stop a Komodo Dragon Attack? Have a guy named George stab it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/7 "2010-05-24T16:17:35Z")
[Ask the world’s foremost expert on the Komodo Dragon.](http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/144621) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/8 "2010-05-24T16:31:32Z")
[Or Sharon Stone.](http://www.time.com/time/sampler/article/0,8599,133163,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/9 "2010-05-24T19:34:42Z")
You know, the Komodo Dragon is the world’s largest living lizard. It is found on the steep-sloped island of Komodo, hence, it’s name, and the lesser sunder chain of the Indonesian archipelego. One swipe of it’s powerful tail can render an enemy senseless. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/10 "2010-05-24T19:46:02Z")
I would keep it simple and run for my life. (this is no time to try being clever) ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/11 "2010-05-24T19:55:28Z")
I’d Nike it into orbit: ie- kick the shit out of that mother fucker. Not sure what else you can do besides punch and kick the thing. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/12 "2010-05-24T20:06:23Z")
No “Need help fast!” proviso, so I’ll just say, if it was a crocodile, the trick is to run in zig-zags, because they’re shit at changing direction. Komodo’s are another thing altogether, I imagine. Sorry to be of no help. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/13 "2010-05-24T20:15:09Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Or Sharon Stone.](http://www.time.com/time/sampler/article/0,8599,133163,00.html) Manuel Mollinedo, the LA Zoo director during the Komodo attack in the link, was later the zoo director in SF at the time the tiger got out of its cage and killed that kid a few years back. The zoo staff was accuse of many of the same things – downplaying the problem, not allowing the police into the grounds, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/14 "2010-05-24T20:23:00Z")
Take away its credit card. Wait…wrong punch line. :smack: Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/15 "2010-05-24T20:34:48Z")
I’ve read of them climbing trees after a guy. I read a book in grade school about a guy and his Wife that researched Komodos. One was chasing her and the guy dropped it on the run with a rifle. I bet he enjoyed her marital affections for some time after that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/16 "2010-05-24T22:20:48Z")
Before you leave your Mog House, make sure you job is set to Dragoon. Simple enough. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/17 "2010-05-26T04:57:34Z")
Use a Komodo [Dragonet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkI3JZXhDjc)? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/18 "2010-05-26T05:01:23Z")
Challenge it to a go-kart race for the fate of the Earth. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/19 "2010-05-26T07:12:47Z")
> [@Oni no Maggie](#): > > Take away its credit card. > > Wait…wrong punch line. :smack: > > Dammit! I thought the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565/20 "2010-05-27T20:39:15Z")
Minor nitpit; there is some pretty compelling (conclusive, IMO) [evidence](http://www.pnas.org/content/106/22/8969.full)that komodo dragons are, in fact, venomous in the traditional sense. They contain venom-producing glands between their teeth, which gets forced deep into the wounds during their peculiar bite technique. The role of bacteria is questionable, and may play only an incidental role for predation, if any. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-komodo-dragon-attack/540565.md?page=2)