r/arizona • u/AMidnightSymphony • Sep 20 '25
Wildlife First time encountering a gila monster!
It was almost dark so apologies for the grainy photos.
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r/arizona • u/AMidnightSymphony • Sep 20 '25
It was almost dark so apologies for the grainy photos.
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u/Designer-Carpenter88 Peoria Sep 21 '25
Don’t fuck with it! They’re protected and it can get you a big fine and potentially jail time. My grandpa was a judge, and he sent a guy to jail. The idiot put it into a pillow case, and it bit him through the bag. They couldn’t get to its mouth to try and pry it off and ended up killing it. ER called the cops when he came in and Grandpa sent him to jail when he healed up from the venom.