#bond uses this information to argue that he was in IMMEDIATE PERIL and simply had NO CHOICE but to hurl the gun

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#ummm#anyone else in the bond thinking what i’m thinking??#bond: so you see q when the komodo dragon grabbed my walther ppk in its mouth no one else COULD have used it afterwards#q: with raised eyebrows#pause pause#q: bond you’re telling me the very large lizard “grabbed your gun” from you? are you sure that’s what happened?#q: is there perhaps ANY chance you THREW it at the large lizard?!#pause#bond: q the most important thing at the time was to get away alive. if i needed to use my gun to distract a real life dragon from eating me#then that’s what i had to do#bond: have you ever seen a komodo dragon up close? they’re quite terrifying. and now i know they’re truly dangerous#q: mutters to self#00q (via @foxsoulcourt)

Komodo dragons have iron-tipped teeth, new study shows

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, according to new research. The metal is concentrated in the cutting edge and tips of their curved, serrated teeth, staining them orange, scientists wrote in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Komodo dragons are native to Indonesia and weigh around 80 kilograms (176 pounds) on average. They eat almost any kind of meat and are known as deadly predators...

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