Adult Gilas

10-08-2005, 06:33 PM

I just picked these four adults up from Jim Peiffer in PA. I'm going to need to find a better way to secure their water bowls. Maybe PVC pipe couplers?

The first pair are from Joe Lewis (Rare Earth) from 1998.

The female:

The male:

The second pair are 2000's from Mark Seward.

The female:

The male:

10-09-2005, 12:02 AM

Those are beautiful, you definitely have a great set there. The first time I saw Gila's in person was at Applegate Reptiles. They always look better in person. Good luck with your breeding.

10-09-2005, 10:03 AM

Very cool looking!!!

You don't ever worry about being bit?

10-09-2005, 10:13 AM

I wear thick gloves when I handle them. They do not have fangs or any means of injecting venom like venomous snakes do.

10-09-2005, 10:18 AM

The Discovery channel had me fooled.

They made it seem like they could bite through anything and that one bite meant certain death.

10-09-2005, 11:27 AM

That is the discovery channel for you. I spent time talking with Mark O'Shea, with the stories he told about discovery, you would understand their way of thinking, according to them the beaded lizard is a bearded dragon(he was not joking), if it is not incredibly dangerous than it is not that interesting so hype it up and make it fearsome.

10-09-2005, 11:34 AM

If a healthy person gets a good bite from a Gila Monster or from a Beaded Lizard the might wish they were dead for a while, but likely will not die.

On another note, anyone ever see that movie about the giant Gila Monster? They used a Beaded Lizard.

10-09-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim O

On another note, anyone ever see that movie about the giant Gila Monster? They used a Beaded Lizard.

I didn't see that one, but I did see the Disney movie "Holes". There were deadly desert lizards that attacked people. Fortunately, if you ate the onions that grew in the mountains, the dangerous lizards avoided you. The lizards were just bearded dragons. Disney... sheesh.

Very nice animals Jim! I just saw my first Gila in person at the show yesterday.

10-09-2005, 01:12 PM

No, I have not seen that one, though funny. I have Silent Predators, about rattlesnakes(that are not silent) killing people, best part is when they find their cave there is JCPs and corn snakes(and other nonvenemous snakes) instead of rattlesnakes

10-09-2005, 01:55 PM

Here's the picture of the "star" of "Giant Gila Monster" which you can see is a Beaded Lizard.


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