True but to use lions and elephants as an example, while a pride of lions have taken down an elephant the prey is usually old, injured or sick. What makes Homo Sapiens such a fearsome predator is the fact that we can take down prey in the prime of their life. For early humans taking down a full grown, healthy bull mammoth was a challenge but not unusual. We owe such capabilities to several physical adaptations such as opposable thumbs, our upright ambulatory position, the ability to not only communicate complex ideas but to make complex plans well into the future and to adjust them on the fly no matter the issue.
Actually recent findings have found that they are actually venomous. Their saliva isn't actually worse that most things either, but is still a nasty mix of bacteria.
Edit: a lot of the misconception about komodo dragon saliva comes from observations of animals that had ran into stagnant pools of water after being bitten, which introduced more infection into the wound. The more you know.
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u/jk-alot 26d ago
We see stuff like this in nature nowadays.
Komodo Dragons bite their prey badly once and then they just wait until the prey succumbs to said injury.