[Red Badger]

If it can kill you, it’s not a ‘pet’.......................

[PGalt]

Gila monsters and tarantulas...unusual choice of pets.

[PGalt]

Gila monsters and tarantulas...unusual choice of pets.

[dforest]

Critters like this aren’t pets IMO

[Carriage Hill]

Little “Winston” wouldn’t hurt a fly...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/gila-monster-winston-bites-kills-colorado-man-who-owned-reptile-pet

[EinNYC]

Gila monsters don’t even have fangs. They have grooved teeth down which their venom flows. And it’s not that fast acting like snake venom. This guy must have been allergic to it. Years ago, a herper friend offered me a chance to pet his gila monster. He assured me it was very tame. I still turned down the chance, heh heh.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

If I remember the warnings years ago, a Gila monster has no fangs. It bites, hangs on and has to chew the poison,in the lower jaw, into the victim.

This will be interesting.

[Jeff Chandler]

Holy crap!

[Jeff Chandler]

Note to self: Don’t forget to renew Gila monster license.

[rlmorel]

Even as a kid, it was too cheesy to scare me! (Kind of the same genre as "The Giant Claw"..._

[Jeff Chandler]

Note to self: Buy epipen.

[dynachrome]

Hands off my black mamba service snake!

[plain talk]

"any venomous animals should be respected avoided"

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Two oddities of Gila Monsters. The first is that their teeth are solid, so they have to chew to inject their venom. The second thing is that they tend to shed their teeth, so if one bites you, just grab it with your free hand, tear it off and throw it away. And then of course, as needed, remove any of its detached teeth from your wound.

You still need to see a venomous reptile specialist doctor, because you might have gotten not just venom, but tetanus and who knows what all else in the wound.

They are very uncommon in the wild and are regarded as a “near threatened” species.

[skr]

If it’s venomous, it’s not a pet.

[moovova]

“But, but...I don’t understand. He’s never bitten anybody before! He’s such a pussycat.”

[Rummyfan]

Harper said the Lakewood incident may be an anomaly, but it shows "venomous reptiles are hazardous and should only be handled or possessed by people with the proper training.

where does one go to get gila monster handling training?! It seems rather clear the man in question had a screw loose.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

"I think this case highlights that any venomous animals should be respected," said Dr. Nick Brandehoff

I think it highlights that no one should own an animal with venom so potent that it can kill them.

[Bonemaker]

Precise cause of death was stupidity.

[dragnet2]

Probably have the jab.