GILA MONSTERS

to the tune of "Yankee Doodle"

TAYLOR, MAX AND SEAN

 

Gila monster's scientific name

Is heloderma suspectum

When one bites, the lower jaw

Ejects a deadly venom.

 

Mating season starts in summer

With males flicking their tongues,

When they find a female scent,

They start to have their young.

 

When gila monsters are born,

They are six inches long,

When they are grown up,

They're very, very strong.

 

Gila monsters are very slow

So human bites are rare,

If you happen to get bitten

The chance of living is fair.

 

Because they are so very slow

They eat eggs and small animals,

When they eat them they use

Their very strong mandibles.

 

They live in the desert

Underneath the ground,

This is probably why they are

Almost never found!

 

 

Fourth Grade WEL

June Weissman Index