Gila monster

If preparation of an animal is done too quickly or without proper care, some natural compounds may remain in the specimen. Even though these compounds were liquid when the animal was alive, they may still be toxic. These include venom in the fangs of insects, snakes, some mollusks, and gila monsters. Mollusk shells in a dry collection may contain toxin if the body of the animal was not removed, but rather left to dessicate inside. 

Gomez, F., Vandermeers, A., Vandermeers-Piret, M.-C., Herzog, R., Rathe, J., Stievenart, M., Winard, J and Christophe, J. (1989). Purification and characterization of five variants of phospholipase Aj and complete primary structure of the main phospholipase A2 variant in Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster) venom. Eur. J. Biochem. 186, 23-33. 

ANTHELMINTIC which was never marketed, helodermin is a 35 amino acid residue Af-terminally amidated linear peptide, isolated from the venom of the Gila monster Heloderma suspectum. It is a vasoactive intestinal PEPTIDE RECEPTOR AGONIST and Stimulates adenylate cyclase in rat pancreatic membranes. 

Incorrect Grover won a stuffed gila monster at the church raffle, his mother threw it away the next day while he was in school. 

The gila monster is a venemous animal. Venom is a poison injected under the skin. 

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