Gator Blood Destroys Deadly Superbugs

Scientific Computing ^ | 7/1/08 | Unknown

[CindyDawg]

Fried alligator gar , handbags and boots. That’s about it. I can see how they would have to have a strong immunity system. I would hate to be the lab tech trying to draw blood though.

[isrul]

Taste like chicken.

[TommyDale]

Aren’t they considered “cold blooded”? Would there be any significant side effects?

[CindyDawg]

Not according to Terminex (?) :’)

[Gator113]

My blood is going to be very expensive.

[Gator113]

Hey gramps, how ya been?

[null and void]

Your tag line. This thread. Ummm....

*nevermind*

[fso301]

I would think most anything living in a tropical/sub-tropical swamp environment would have a robust immune system. I’d also think scavengers have a pretty robust system

[isrul]

Heaven and earth and terminex shall pass away. But the roaches shall not pass away. so let it be written. So let it be done. (a little Yul Brenner lingo) :)

[Centurion2000]

I have read, btw, that the crocodile is particularly lethal because any crocodile bite can kill you - not from the bite, but from the infection that sets in afterwards. They live in what are essentially pools of bacteria, and their teeth are laden with icky things that get into your bloodstream when they bite you.

Since they don’t die from living in this stuff, I guess it does stand to reason that the crocs (or gators) themselves have some built-in protection from it.

Komodo dragons must have similar properties as well. Their mouth and bites are considered the dirtiest wounds you can get.

[353FMG]

Aren’t gators a protected species? Won’t the environmentalists and animal wackos go berserk when we bleed gators?

[Natchez Hawk]

Gator blood? Great, now I’m starving.

[bmwcyle]

Take two gators and call me in the morning.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Has anybody done any research on biochemical compounds in newt blood? The old girls at the cauldron could have had it right all along.

[yuleeyahoo]

Tebow can do anything!

[null and void]

A newt?

Oy got better...

[Liberty1970]

Since they don’t die from living in this stuff, I guess it does stand to reason that the crocs (or gators) themselves have some built-in protection from it.

Or the pathogens just don't target crocs/gators. Many (most?) pathogens are pretty specific in what host organisms they will cause problems in. And most bacteria and virii don't cause disease anyway, so simply having a lot of them around is not a cause for alarm in itself. Heck, I read the other day in Answers magazine that there are 10 bacteria in your body for every one of "your" body cells! Biologically speaking, you're a big mass of bacteria!

[dfwgator]

Here is a picture taken from a microscopic sample, showing the Gator blood at work.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

[usmcobra]

If it kills MRSA, I’ll have my gator steak rare.