NARRATOR: AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR SOME MORE…
“AMAZING ANIMALS!”
NUMBER 555, THE AMAZING GILA MONSTER! AND SHE’S A BEAUT!
GILA: THAT’S HEE-LAA MONSTER, THANK YOU!
NARRATOR: IT’S ONE OF THE SLOWEST MONSTERS AROUND.
BIRDS: MONSTER?! RIGHT WE’RE GOING TO GRANNY’S PLACE!
BIRDLETS: AWW DAD!
NARRATOR: THE GILA MONSTER IS THE LARGEST LIZARD NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA!
GILA: YUP.
NARRATOR: IT’S VENOMOUS TOO! THEY’RE FOUND IN THE DESERTS OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES AND NORTHWESTERN MEXICO. THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME UNDERGROUND…
GILA: YES, I MUST PROTECT MY BEAUTIFUL SKIN!
NARRATOR: HHMMM, WELL IT DOES LOOK, UM, BULLET PROOF!
SHERRIF GILA:HA, WE’LL SEE ABOUT THAT! THIS IS MY TOWN, GO ON NOW… GET!
NARRATOR: THE GILA MONSTER IS A CARNIVORE THAT LIKES TO EAT LITTLE CRITTERS AND EGGS.
GILA: HMM, SUNNY SIDE UP, NATURALLY!
NARRATOR: THESE GIANT LIZARDS HAVE VENOM IN THEIR SALIVA GLANDS, WHICH THEY CAN USE TO PARALYZE PREY OR TO DEFEND THEMSELVES! THEY’RE NOT ESPECIALLY HARMFUL TO HUMANS BUT THEY HAVE A FEARSOME REPUTATION.
GILA: YEAH, SO DON’T DISTURB ME AT BREAKFAST, HA-HA!
NARRATOR: OR AROUND BREEDING SEASON! WHEN THE MALES LIKE TO WRESTLE WITH EACH OTHER TO SEE WHO’S STRONGEST!WHOEVER CAN STAY ON TOP IS THE WINNER! AND THEIR WRESTLING MATCHES CAN LAST FOR HOURS
[BELL DINGS].
REFEREE: ROUND 12!
[GRUNTING ].
GILA: WHAT WAS THAT? I SAID I’M TIRED, LET’S GO GRAB AN EGG!
SHERRIF GILA: I CAN’T, OM-LETTE FOR MY MEETING!
[BOTH LAUGHING].
NARRATOR: YOU MAY NOT WANT TO MEET ONE IN THE DESERT BUT THE GILA MONSTER IS UNDENIABLY AN AMAZING ANIMAL!
