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OCR: The Gila monster Heloderma suspectum and its Mexican cousin the beaded lizard have the distinction of being the only venomous lizards. These lizards eat other desert animals which they poison by chewing - the venom is not held in fangs as in snakes, but instead flows into the open wound as the lizard chews. Very few cases of human death or serious injury by beaded lizards have been reported , although these animals should not be handled