Posted by Racer on October 7, 2006, at 1:21:59
In reply to Re: Off topic question (Gila Monsters?) *snake trig* » Racer, posted by Phillipa on October 6, 2006, at 21:26:39
> Racer what are you studying in school? Gila monsters what are those? Love Phillipa
This question came about after reading an article about snake venoms in New Scientist magazine. Nothing to do with anything I'm studying.
When I was a kid, my grandparents lived in Arizona, and I heard a LOT about staying away from the gila monsters. But, again, I'd always heard that the danger wasn't venom, but their jaws clamping down and locking. The story was that they could lock their jaws on you after biting down, and then they couldn't be pried off. There were horror stories about people having arms amputated, because of gila monsters biting them.
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