ButchW
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I guess it depends on what "real" venomous (I just have to use the correct word there!) means. There is no record of anybody ever being killed by a Gila Monster, yet several people have been bitten while handling them. They have to chew in the venom too, kinda difficult for them to do. Can only be dangerous when handled, and even then, not really all that dangerous, but still worth heading for a hospital if it does happen.
BTW, the same goes for the AZ Desert Coral Snake. No deaths ever recorded. Another reptile I have never seen. Not even at the Sonoran Desert Museum. But they did have a Gila Monster the last time I was there, just a couple of months ago.
-Don- Reno, NV
74-year-old man in critical condition after Gila Monster bite
GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. (KVOA) – On Tuesday, a 74-year-old man was bitten by a Gila monster, leaving him in critical condition.
www.kvoa.com
Butch