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How much does a Gila monster wiegh, there ae refrences tat they can cosume up to 50% their body wieght, but no mention as to what that wieght is. (keg233)
Does the Gila monster have some ability to change the colours of its scales to avoid detection, something like (but less than) a chameleon? -- Robert Merkel 12:17, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)
What *does* it eat? In the movie it eats people but something tells me that's not true in real life. (yes I am helpful) Hostile Hams 21:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't think they change color, but I've heard the scales have bones inside them, rather like a shark's denticles or an ankylosaur's armor.. if that's true, what are they called? osseoderms?
Here. Andy Mabbett 10:26, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Can Gila monsters be found in Austraila (please say yes, please say yes, please say yes, please say yes, please say yes, PLEASE SAY YES!!!!!!!!) -- Wack'd About Wiki 17:42, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
As of
this version of this article, there was a reference stating ""Gila Monster," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. ⓒ 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", and with the following version (
[1]) the comment "Edited by Jihoon Baek" was added. I removed both and rephrased (see my diff:
[2]) the sentence which was apparently added together with said reference to
Encarta to avoid possible copyright issues (which, arguably, would not have been too big a problem with just one sentence).
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Florian Prischl 17:28, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
This page says; The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is one of the two known species of venomous lizards. (The other is the Mexican beaded lizard.)
Komodo dragon says Komodo dragon is venomous, with up to 200 milligrams of venom ready for delivery at any given time; it is a member of a venom clade with many other lizards as well as snakes.
So, which article is right?
In recent research Dr. Brian Fry isolated certain proteins in komodo saliva which are also found in many venomous snake species, but that is not its primary method of action. Other lizards have been found to have the same proteins in their saliva, including the commonly kept as a pet, bearded dragon, but they're not considered to be venomous. Though, in the broadest sense of the term 'venom', the komodo's saliva and its virulency could be could be considered so, there is nothing in the definition of the word that specifies what it must consist of, just that it is a toxin. - Dawson 21:20, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
There's other species of venemous lizards? I knew Komodo Dragon was.... --
e. 23:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
--There are only 2 venomous lizards in the world. You are right, the Mexican beaded lizard and the gila monster are the only 2. The dragon has nothing to do with venom, but it does have a relative bite. Not even crocodiles or alligators have venom. 200 milligrams of venom is even more false. So therefore, the Komodo dragon is definitly wrong and the false information should be removed immediatly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ZooFari ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Lanthanotus borneensis - not venomous Mark ( talk) 09:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
I have looked every place and can't find anything stating what the natural enemies of the Gila monster are, anybody have the answer?
Editor User:Arpingstone reduced this image size to the default thumbnail (180px). Unfortunately, this image is a bit dark and low-contrast,and at the default size is almost unusable. The original photo is quite nice -- see Image:GilaMonster.jpg , and it shows up well at the same size as the first image on the page. Thus I feel this photo "calls for a specific image width to enhance the readability", as specified in WP:MOS#Images. Pete Tillman ( talk) 19:57, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
review above
What happened to the Zoos with Gila Monster section? Nrg800 ( talk) 11:43, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
I guess there's no peer review started so I'll just put my comments here. You can paste them into any review you do start.
I did a few minor edits too, I haven't really gone through all the sections with a fine toothed comb yet but the above and what I tweaked were just some of the things I noticed as I read through. Hope this helps. I'll probably stop back by at some point too.-- IvoShandor ( talk) 13:18, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
And if so, what do they taste like? Similar to gator I'd imagine...
I was hoping that this article would explain its strange name. It's small, it's not very dangerous, it doesn't look especially weird, and there are no major legends or myths about it, so why is it called a "monster"? Why not just "Gila lizard"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.47.241.179 ( talk) 20:47, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Probably because it's venomous. Eligius ( talk) 01:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
My Uncle says the Gila Monster does not urinate or deficicate and that is why the poison is so toxic. Is that true?
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Mark ( talk) 08:49, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
they are black and orange —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.227.11.17 ( talk) 16:40, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
The coloration is mentioned only in the context of aversive adaptation. Photographs show a variety of different combinations. Should not the topic be addressed in a more comprehensive way? For instance, are the various colors endemic to particular regions? ` Orthotox ( talk) 19:24, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
The lizard used in the Giant Gila Monster movie was a beaded lizard. While a relative of the Gila Monster, it was not one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.230.106.236 ( talk) 18:57, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
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Under the Drug research section.
"The saliva of the Gila monster contains many chemicals which can be deadly. One of these has been shown to affect memory. Several companies have been researching the abilities of this chemical to help..."
The supporting sentences don't really come in line with that oddly worded first sentence. I'd edit but I'm not sure what the intended idea is.
-rudyard ( talk) 20:59, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
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I have put a lot of work into the article to bring it up to current knowledge and up to date references. In doing so, I took great care to preserve as much of the content as possible. Please visit my talk page at MonsterDoc ( talk) to see what happened to my edit. The user Viewmont Viking has undone all my work. I contacted him on his talk page, but he did not react and shortly afterwards deleted all comments on his talk page, except for his own.
To get to Viewmont Viking complaint about my book "The Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum": This book was published by the respected publisher Chimaira in Frankfurt, not Hollywood Import & Export Inc, as Viewmont Viking incorrectly claimed. It is an accepted source of extensive information about Heloderma in the English-speaking world as well. Hollywood Import & Export Inc only appears to be the distributor for the USA, but incorrectly calls itself the publisher on Amazon.
Whenever my book is given for a cite, it is for new, unpublished facts. For me, Wikipedia is not a platform for promotion.
I ask you to review my last changes from November 19th (MonsterDoc) and then approve the page. After that, I would like to continue making minor additions and providing pictures of teeth, skin, moult, and a cladogram. -- MonsterDoc ( talk) 13:05, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Don't stop editing, and don't discuss. Make a guess about why the reverter disagreed with you, and try a different edit to see whether that will be accepted. It's often helpful if your next effort is smaller, because that may help you figure out why the other editor objected to your change). If you want other editors to give a look at the edits you make and give their opinion, you might like to ask a relevant WikiProject - such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles - I'll leave a message at their talk page asking them to look at this discussion. Seagull123 Φ 17:15, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Dear Seagull123 and Heloderma friends. The new edition of the Article Gila Monster ( last revision by MonsterDoc) now has been pubished again. I ask you for comments. I will wait for a week, after that time I plan to do final work on the sections "Drug resaearch" and "Life cycle". Appropriate references will be included. I'm looking forward to an interesting collaboration. -- MonsterDoc ( talk) 14:44, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
"It is an extravagantly, synthetic blueprint of the protein exendin-4..." WTF does this mean?!?!? I might assume there's a technical biological usage of "extravagantly synthetic", but there's a comma between the two. There should not be, since "synthetic" is an adjective and "extravagantly" is an adverb. Is there a specific meaning for "extravagant blueprint"? I'm going to correct the minor punctuation issue, but someone should spend a little bit of time explaining what is meant by using the term here, or perhaps a link?
At first look of this article it is a great article, it includes a breadth of categories and has a lot of information in each category and even includes a gallery of photos of the lizard at different ages. The strengths of this article lie in the depth of the information in each category including history, diet, and venom. Something interesting I learned about this lizard is that the venom of this lizard is almost equal to that of the western diamondback rattlesnake. Three categories that could be added to this article are social behavior, physiology, and enemies. Social behavior is very important to include, knowing how this lizard interacts in groups and whether there are social hierarchies within the groups. Physiology was referenced in the paper but it only had to do with their skin; I think there should be a more comprehensive physiology section that goes over all of the lizard's senses and how it utilizes them in day to day life. Enemies would be an important category to include since the article did not reference whether this lizard had any predators or not, that is very important to know since then you could talk about anti-predatory behaviors and potential group anti-predatory behaviors.
I'm pretty sure that Gila monsters are not 3000 feet long. Serpentnight ( talk) 14:05, 17 June 2022 (UTC)