{"id":40783,"date":"2024-08-27T09:58:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T14:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=40783"},"modified":"2024-08-27T09:58:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T14:58:56","slug":"another-reason-to-decline-komodo-dragon-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2024\/08\/27\/another-reason-to-decline-komodo-dragon-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Reason To Decline Komodo Dragon Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2440993-komodo-dragons-have-teeth-capped-with-a-layer-of-iron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From<\/a> <em><strong>NewScientist<\/strong><\/em> (3 August 2024):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Komodo dragon, one of the planet\u2019s fiercest reptiles, reinforces its teeth with an iron cap \u2013 and researchers think some dinosaurs may have had this adaptation too. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Compared with human teeth, Komodo dragon enamel is incredibly thin, says [Aaron LeBlanc of King&#8217;s College London]. Along the serrations, the enamel is only 20 micrometres thick \u2013 about a quarter of the thickness of a human hair. The enamel in human teeth is about 100 times thicker.<\/p>\n<p>The iron layer in Komodo dragon teeth is coated on top of this extremely thin layer of enamel. The team think it either gives the enamel extra strength to protect serrations while eating prey or acts as a barrier against acidic digestive juices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the most dangerous critters in the world, and it turns out they&#8217;re seriously goth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From NewScientist (3 August 2024): The Komodo dragon, one of the planet\u2019s fiercest reptiles, reinforces its teeth with an iron cap \u2013 and researchers think some dinosaurs may have had this adaptation too. &#8230; Compared with human teeth, Komodo dragon enamel is incredibly thin, says [Aaron LeBlanc of King&#8217;s College \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2024\/08\/27\/another-reason-to-decline-komodo-dragon-dancing\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40784,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40783\/revisions\/40784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}