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Meet the most dangerous lizards and turtles
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Watch a Gila monster raid a nest for eggs
Learn about desert adaptations of the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)...
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Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)
Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum).
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Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)
The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is one of two species of North American...
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