This is the horrific moment a Komodo dragon devours a giant monkey.
The enormous venomous lizard was caught on camera swallowing the primate in Indonesia.
Footage shows the 10ft-long reptile downing the monkey from nose to tail in just six gulps.
This is the horrific moment a Komodo dragon devours a giant monkey
By the time the video starts, the dragon – the world’s largest lizard – has already swallowed half of the unfortunate monkey.
As it takes further gulps, the monkey’s limp legs disappear further inside the creature.
Eventually, only the poor animal’s tail is showing and this too disappears when the lizard takes a final gulp before sticking out its bright pink tongue.
The enormous venomous lizard was caught on camera swallowing the primate in Indonesia
Footage shows the 10ft-long reptile downing the monkey from nose to tail in just six gulps
By the time the video starts, the dragon – the world’s largest lizard – has already swallowed half of the unfortunate monkey.
As it takes further gulps, the monkey’s limp legs disappear further inside the creature
Eventually, only the poor animal’s tail is showing and this too disappears when the lizard takes a final gulp before sticking out its bright pink tongue
Komodo dragons are among the world’s fiercest predators and can devour animals up to 80 per cent of their own size.
They tend to eat pigs, deer and snakes and can run up to 15 miles per hour.
Their saliva contains 50 different types of bacteria and if their prey escapes an initial attack, their bite will induce fatal blood poisoning.
The terrifying predators are known to have killed at least four humans.
In the most recent known death, in 2009, a man died after falling from a tree and being mauled by two Komodo dragons.
source: dailymail.co.uk
