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This desert reptile is not what you want to find in your backyard. A Goodyear resident did.RELATED: Gila monster 'latched' onto owner's hand before it killed him, animal control report says Animal Planet's Coyote Peterson, who regularly handles dangerous creatures, called a Gila monster ...
A 34-year-old Colorado man died last month after getting bitten by a Gila (pronounced HE-la) monster. Christopher Ward’s death may have been the first from a Gila monster in the US in almost a ...
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Warming Southwest May Shrink Gila Monster Habitat, Study FindsAmerican Southwest. But new research suggests that even this hardy species could see its habitat shrink significantly in the ...
The surprising role lizard venom played in inventing Ozempic — as FDA warns about fakes being sold
The Gila monster is a large, magnificent and venomous desert-dwelling reptile found throughout the southwestern US and Mexico. A toxic bite from the Gila can cause searing pain, loss of ...
The Mojave Desert may lose and gain suitable habitat for Gila monsters. But the unathletic reptiles might be mostly stuck in the waning oases.
In their study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the group compared data regarding Gila monster behavior with climate models showing increasing temperatures in Gila habitats.
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