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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/beebrookshire/statuses/112843302228405743">Bethany Brookshire (beebrookshire@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 05:35:56 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@beebrookshire" title="beebrookshire@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/272275-48-20240719151012.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Bethany Brookshire" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Bethany Brookshire</a></section><article><p>If you needed ANY more evidence that komodo dragons are straight out of a DnD campaign, a fantasy novel, or both:</p><p>They tip their own teeth in IRON. Like freakin serrated spearpoints. </p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02477-7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02477-7</a>?</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3423386#notice-6731546">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-07-25T05:35:56+09:00" title="Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 05:35:56 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@beebrookshire/112843302228405743" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@beebrookshire/112843302228405743">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: media.springernature.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02477-7?error=cookies_not_supported&amp;code=e0bb9d57-d0aa-4477-9cc9-b5866a76f784">Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles - Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution</a></h5><div> from <span>Addison, Owen</span></div></header><div>Chemical and structural imaging of Komodo dragon teeth reveals that they maintain their sharp cutting edges through iron-enriched coatings, a unique adaptation compared with theropod dinosaurs (for which they have previously been used as an extant model).</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Bethany Brookshire (beebrookshire@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 05:35:56 JST Bethany Brookshire
If you needed ANY more evidence that komodo dragons are straight out of a DnD campaign, a fantasy novel, or both:
They tip their own teeth in IRON. Like freakin serrated spearpoints.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02477-7?
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  Chemical and structural imaging of Komodo dragon teeth reveals that they maintain their sharp cutting edges through iron-enriched coatings, a unique adaptation compared with theropod dinosaurs (for which they have previously been used as an extant model).

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