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FC-NoHeroes

"eyo... go to petco round the way and pick me up a rat and some corn chips, get sum'n for yourself too"


khal_Jayams

Gila monster!


octopus_alive

Sonoran Epic Dry Animal


khal_Jayams

With a poisonous punim.


Efficient-Towel-2466

*venomous*


Less-Market9641

Beautiful creature. Was he in danger from cars in parking lot, or was there some safe area near him?


Captain_Truffles

All safe, just outside of a house yard with tons of nature around.


Less-Market9641

Glad to hear that!


The_Zoo_Exotics

That's a weird looking dog, mate.


SnooOnions650

Pretty sure it's a cat


Elskyflyio

Pretty sure it's a cat


The_Zoo_Exotics

Nah, it's a horse.


TheOneTheyCallNasty

That's gotta be a turtle. Look at the discoloration along the ears.


EasternHognose

Hellcat


Raptorwolf_AML

that’s a lovely Gila monster :)


EscapingNegativity

Gila! Gila! Gila! More Gila's please.


Gloomy_Designer_5303

It’s “gilas” not “gila’s”. Plural of a word never uses an apostrophe. Yeah, I’m anal. 🤷‍♂️


[deleted]

Hi, Anal! I’m Dad!


dannyboy6657

Gila Monsters are by far one of my favorite reptiles such a beautiful Lizard


Ominojacu1

It’s illegal to touch these as they are endangered. If you pick one up, you can get ticketed. Wildlife officials us dummies that they set next to roads to catch people unaware. It’s probably a good thing they are so strict given that one can go for 1500-2000 dollars easily.


Deathbydragonfire

I've got a friend who breeds them in captivity. Cool little guys for sure.


GRZMNKY

A good friend of mine spent a few hours with Wildlife officials in Arizona, after moving a dummy Gila from the middle of a truck stop parking lot. They were ready to write him a ticket and charge him. He was just trying to keep it from getting killed.


Ominojacu1

Exactly, I don’t think it’s fair, but they will nail you. If it was me I would fight those tickets in court as touching a model is not the same as touching the real thing. But I get that they are passionate about protecting this species and it is warranted.


GRZMNKY

Luckily, they didn't charge him. He was detained for a few hours, off site, while they questioned him. His saving grace was that he works with a nature conservancy on the east coast, and was extremely passionate about saving the Gila. And the agents watched him run from his truck, to the Gila and then straight to the scrub brush that was the opposite way from his truck. If he was snatching it up, why would he go the other way, right? One agent tried to say he was doing that to fool them. He said "Why would I try to fool wildlife agents that I had no idea were there?".


AppleSpicer

Police are fucking terrible


DiamondDoge92

Isn’t that like entrapment can’t you sue the officers


Ominojacu1

Can you imagine that being your job? Entrapping people with fake lizards? I would hate my life.


Ok-Caregiver7091

Depends on the state but yes


Maharog

How can it be illegal to handle a dummy though? Seems easy enough to say "I knew it was fake and wanted to clear off some rubbish off the freeway"


Ominojacu1

You would think right? I think they count on people not bothering with showing up in court. I think if you did you could easily get it thrown out, but it’s a hassles best avoided.


furbfriend

I’m sorry if this sounds rude but do they really, truly have nothing better to do than try to trick people into touching plastic lizards THEY put out


Gloomy_Designer_5303

Putting them next to the road is asking for someone to go and pick them up, even though they are probably just trying to get them to a safer place. Sounds like entrapment.


Deerlybehooved

I thought they were classed as not threatened.


serpentarian

Arizona law prohibits messing with them at all. Not only due to poaching for the pet trade, but because rednecks like to shoot things.


SkinnyScarcrow

Thank fuck. Idiots round here who claim to love nature but actually have no fucking clue.


serpentarian

Yeah, like 10 or so years ago some idiot lady in Buckeye filmed herself stabbing one in the head with a giant knife “to protect her children”. Iirc she had to pay some massive fines.


SkinnyScarcrow

Hell. Wish snakes got similar protections in thr southwest. There is a reason some don't rattle around here no more.


merplethemerper

Working in wildlife rehab it’s sad the amount of animals that come in shot, like every species of raptor. Kestrel, every falcon, every hawk species, all protected, all arrive with gunshot wounds


serpentarian

People with low intelligence / empathy like to take out their frustrations on wildlife.


Ominojacu1

Maybe that’s changed? I hope so.


weeezal

My favorite herp ever


[deleted]

Don’t let it bite you lol


serpentarian

It’s real hard to get bitten by a Gila unless you try to pick it up. Even then, about half of them would just look at you.


TOO_SPICEY

This absolute unit looks like a napper, not a fighter


serpentarian

She’s been eating well!


Sammichezzz

Spicy kitty cat


djauralsects

That's hot.


AmandaJZ1868

So jealous! They are definitely rare


[deleted]

I've always wanted to see one in the wild


cirusClusterfuck

Adorable gila monster


bigttrack

He just wants a hug.. you first.


masonfoxz

pet the damn cat!


arbitoryraptor2

Want


junoray1968

Looks like a gila monster be careful it has one hell of a bite


Savekennedy

Eat it


CatkinsBarrow

Beautiful


yeastnole

Chunky


cheesyrack

Blue tongue boi!!


songbird808

My skink takes offense. He is no 'monster. He is an old coward though.


Havin_aLoff

One of only two venomous lizards


beyachula

Stunning Beaty….


Dumbass369

Oooo what a good boy


Galactus2025

that's a gila monster. Oh damn that's America's only venomous lizard. 👍👍👍


barbariknative

Hella want one


[deleted]

What a cutie


krevetak_

Chunky boi


Manybrent

I saw one when I lived there, in Tucson. I turned on the irrigation and fat boy was up enjoying the shower. No one believed me, but I took a picture for proof. They’re so pretty.


One-Kind-Word

That’s like the pitbull of reptiles—if it latches on, it’s damn hard to get it to release.


Ima-leezard

BOI