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Gila Monster
/ˈhilə ˈmɑnstɚ/
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What does Gila Monster mean?
noun
- A venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, that lives in the deserts of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico.
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Even that most poisonous of all reptiles, the Gila monster, has no terrors for him.
The peccary, Gila monster, tarantula, centipede, scorpion and horned toad are specimens of its strange animal life; and, the numerous species of cacti, yucca, maguey, palo verde and mistletoe are samples of its curious vegetation.
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There is some dispute over the exact degree of the toxic qualities of the venom of the Heloderma suspectum, or Gila monster.
According to popular opinion, anyone bitten by a rattlesnake, gila monster or tarantula is doomed to die, while as a matter of fact the statistics show that only from two to seven per-cent succumb to the effects of the wounds inflicted by the bites of poisonous reptiles.