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In the Old West, the pioneers believed a number of myths about the Gila monster, including that the lizard had foul or toxic breath and that its bite was fatal. [31] The Tombstone Epitaph of Tombstone, Arizona , wrote about a Gila monster that a local person caught on May 14, 1881:
A Colorado man who was placed on life support after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster died of complications from the desert lizard's venom, an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press ...
A Colorado man has died after being bitten by his pet Gila monster in what would be a rare death by one of the desert lizards if the creature's venom turns out to have been the cause. Christopher ...
A 34-year-old man died after one of his two venomous pet Gila monsters bit him, according to police and news reports. Police said they responded to a Lakewood home Feb. 12 after a call about an ...
Dickinson had previously survived bites from other cobras, rattlesnakes, a cottonmouth and a Gila monster. [99] August 31, 1965 Frederick A. Shannon, 43, male: Mojave rattlesnake: Arizona — Bitten on a finger of his left hand by Mojave rattlesnake while collecting specimens near Klondyke, on August 29, 1965. Shannon was one of the foremost ...
Recent studies also show that the close relatives of the Komodo, the monitor lizards, all have a similar envenomation system, but the toxicity of the bites is relatively low to humans. [36] The Gila monster and beaded lizards of North and Central America are venomous, but not deadly to humans.
A Colorado man who died after getting bitten by a Gila monster was hardly alone in having the gnarly looking lizard for a pet. “It’s like getting your hand slammed, caught in a car door ...
The genus Heloderma contains the Gila monster (H. suspectum) and four species of beaded lizards. Their eyes are immobile and fixed in their heads. [2] [3] The Gila monster is a large, stocky, mostly slow-moving reptile that prefers arid deserts. Beaded lizards are seen to be more agile and seem to prefer more humid surroundings.