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SarahD

(1,732 posts)
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 09:54 PM Feb 2024

Thinking gila monster? Get a hamster instead.

I guess there is a certain thrill to having a pet that can kill you, but the downside is that you might die. I always understood that being bit by a gila monster was not likely because the fangs are toward the back of the jaws. I hope they find a good home for the monsters.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/health/colorado-man-dies-gila-monster-lizard-bite/index.html

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Thinking gila monster? Get a hamster instead. (Original Post) SarahD Feb 2024 OP
FAFO flying_wahini Feb 2024 #1
Quite a story! ShazzieB Feb 2024 #2
Yes. Fat fimger. SarahD Feb 2024 #4
Don't feel bad! ShazzieB Feb 2024 #6
I read the article jmowreader Feb 2024 #3
First Gila Monster caused fatality since 1930 Tom Kitten Feb 2024 #5

ShazzieB

(18,927 posts)
2. Quite a story!
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 11:25 PM
Feb 2024

I don't understand why some people want to keep dangerous animals as pets. SMH.

P.S. Did you mean to post this in a different forum, such as the Pets forum? Just wondering.

ShazzieB

(18,927 posts)
6. Don't feel bad!
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 02:18 PM
Feb 2024

It happens to all of us at some point!

You could still post it over there, if you want to. I'm sure it would be of interest!

jmowreader

(51,611 posts)
3. I read the article
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 12:02 AM
Feb 2024

The police are making arrangements to rehome the monsters at a wildlife park in South Dakota. It makes no sense to kill them because a Gila monster has a smaller brain than Donald Trump, and they're programmed to do three things: bite prey to death, eat that prey and reproduce.

Tom Kitten

(7,371 posts)
5. First Gila Monster caused fatality since 1930
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 03:31 AM
Feb 2024

According to wiki.

Coincidentally I was reading about Gila Monsters this week after watching Treasure of the Sierra Madre Sunday night.
Not a way I'd want to go.


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