And the chance of infection is still less than a bite from any mammal, since they carry more compatible diseases with humans.
Comment on What is this lizard? Is it safe to free them? Is it poisonous? (Spain)
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Poor Lil guys. There are no poisonous or dangerous lizards in Spain. Though there’s always a chance of infection if you were bit hard enough to draw blood or get scratched. Let em go.
pennomi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Not a viral infection like a disease. I’m talking bacterial infections, and there can be a lot of those from lizards, or anything that scuttles around on the ground in warm places.
Fun fact: Komodo dragons have a bite that will surely eff you up, even if you get away, wounded. For decades one of the main reasons was thought to be that their mouths are major breeding grounds of bacteria from old meat stuck in their teeth. Turns out that’s BS. There’s no old stuck meat and there’s no abnormally high amounts of bacteria in their mouths. There is one other reason that is true, though.
What they do still have is a venom that mixes with their saliva that is a powerful anticoagulant. A komodo wound will bleed for hours.
Outside of those guys, most lizards are pretty safe if you avoid the teeth and claws, even if some of them are assholes.
Dequei@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Thank you, they are free now.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I have awarded you an internet point. You’re welcome.