Giant carnivorous lizards raging in South America

Tegu cannibal giant lizards can expand their habitat to a large area.

According to a scientific report published in July on the website of Nature, which is currently living in Florida, it may be possible to expand their habitat to a large area from the Carolinas to the central region. Texas.

Lee Fitzgerald, a professor at Texas A & M University, said: 'They are carnivorous lizards and can exist in many different habitats, and we cannot predict what will happen. out, as well as the level of development of this lizard species ".

Fitzgerald also said it may take years for the tegu lizards to grow to the point of danger, but new hotspots are becoming more and more common when lizards are out and out by their owners. wild nature.

Tegu lizard has strong teeth, can eat crocodile eggs, birds nest in the ground.

There is currently no estimate of the number of wild Tegu lizards in the United States. In South America, this large lizard lives in the eastern part of the Andes with two black and white Tegu species.

Possessing an attack weapon consisting of powerful jaws and tails, Florida lizards swallow American crocodile eggs and eat underground birds nest, they also love insects, fruits and birds. .

Considering the Tegu lizard is an invasive species also depends on whether they directly become a threat to the food source where they grow.

Owners of Tegu lizards describe their pets as large, calm, sometimes affectionate, and non-fastidious lizards. But sometimes they also become very difficult animals to keep.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee, in Florida, wild breeding lizards are found in at least two counties, Miami-Dade and Hillsborough, Tampa City, and a few other places in the cottage. state.

In private areas, Florida amateur hunters are allowed to kill lizards in humane ways. In public areas, the state is trying to eliminate this lizard with traps.

In an e-mail of his own, expert Jamie Rager recommends: "The most important thing people can do to prevent the spread of non-native animals such as Tegu lizard is never. released non-native animals into nature ".