Here in Arizona it's illegal to "harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect the Gila Monster."

We have seen several adults while out in the desert, not very often though. One night coming into the apartment complex here the headlights caught what we thought was a small desert tortoise - turned out to be a baby Gila Monster crossing right in front of the main entrance.

They do have THE attitude along with backward fanged teeth as they grind as they chew to deeply inject the venom and short of prying it off an appendage with a claw hammer, you won't.

We have had quite a few Western Diamonbacks here in captivity including one pretty good sized one. Caught them all at work.

Jeff