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I was under the impression this wasn’t really believed anymore. The only discussion I can find for it is here though: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2

• ams6110 9y ago
  Wow interesting that's the first I had heard that the bacteria theory was discredited.
  • EGreg 9y ago
    You see? You thought this was a cool FACT but turns out it's just a theory. Be careful about theories people have in biology or zoology.
• saiya-jin 9y ago
  what about that BBC document (Planet earth if I recall correctly) where they watched group of dragons, they've closed on water buffalo resting in mud, bitten him couple of times (just surface scratches but bleeding), and then just stuck around for a month waiting for him to die? The filmmakers really documented the progress of buffalo's physique degradation, which was very obvious. I mean I wasn't around but usually these documents represent reality, and if this wouldn't be the case, dragons would behave differently. Pure scratches/shallow bites don't kill animals usually, otherwise nothing would survive in wilderness. Only other explanation I can think of is having actual poison, not bacteria. Or is there some other story to it?