第五章:被吸血间谍龙咬伤(16)
But a single tooth from the Vampire Spydragon was embedded inside his arm.
Hiccup was a dragon-watcher, so he knew a great deal about the various dragon species, and the way they hunt.
Vampire Spydragons catch their prey a little like Komodo dragons. They bite their victim, leaving one of their teeth in the wound, and let go. The poison in the bite then slowly paralyses the prey, and the Vampire Spydragon locates its dying and helpless victim by the tracking device of its own tooth.
‘Don’t try and get the tooth out!’ warned the Wodensfang. ‘Your body will work to reject it, and in time it will fall out naturally. The tooth has serrated edges, so if you try and dig it out in the meantime you will just do yourself more damage.
‘There will be a lot of numbness, paralysis even, for a bit, but it is not a deep bite, so you will not die. The same applies to the Razorwing stings… the stings are painful but not fatal…’