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As we creep up to the half way point of this series, The Cold Blood Weekly, we come across one of the only venomous lizards in the world, the Gila Monster aka. Heloderma suspectum cinctum. A very close relative to the only other venemous lizard the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), the Gila displays an armored exterior with bone fragments surrounded by scales to protect it's person (or lizard should I say). Dining mostly on eggs, and rodents this beast burrows tunnels, and is known to eat it's fill during only 3 months of the year! It enjoys moist and cool environments and can be tamed quite nicely with a little cautious handling...Enjoy
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