Sleeping Gila Monster
An interesting lizard, native to the U.S. Southwest and Northwestern Mexico. They can grow up to two feet long.
They can eat up to one third of their body weight in a single meal. Their diet includes small mammals, birds, lizards, frogs, carrion and the eggs of birds.
They are venomous, though the venom is rarely deadly to humans, but extremely unpleasant.
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