Fam, why is it always Florida? How fast do they run? I guess they would run fast because of the hot terrain. They probably eat house cats & birds while they are running 🏃‍♂️ next to a cactus scene or a gas station & tumble weeds in the middle of nowhere. 😒

I’d be booking it on the dirt or asphalt. They must get pretty hungry walking that distance. You would think exotic pet dealers would choose something a bit smaller but they never do. They choose species from Dr Moreau island. Looks like a bootleg Komodo to me. 😒

“Dog-sized lizards are spreading across various states in the southern part of the U.S. and could have potential impact to ecosystems, scientists warn. The Argentine black-and-white tegu are native to South America, but in the last decade, the dog-sized lizards have been breeding and spreading across the U.S. in states like Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana and Alabama.

The lizards, which can grow up to four feet, will eat anything, including eggs, birds, strawberries, vegetables and even sea turtles.

The lizards have been bred in Florida and were first sold as pets but some have escaped and bred on their own, causing them to multiply in unrestricted areas and numbers.

"The entire southeast portion of the United States is at risk," Amy Yackel Adams, a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey told National Geographic. "Much of this area has a climate that is suitable for tegus."

The lizards survive in upland forests and grasslands, especially areas that get much rain, Adams said. She also said that with climate change, as tropical and subtropical zones start to shift north, the tegus will have a larger region to expand.

In some states, like Georgia, wildlife officials have been trapping the massive lizards and holding them until a solution is found.

"We’ve been trapping them for a couple of years now," Daniel Sollenberger, a herpetologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told the National Geographic. "We brought in around a dozen last year and about a half a dozen this year. It could be that there are fewer of them now, at least in that location.”

You know what I bet? There’s no way of knowing how many of these mutants are on American soil.

@Litty @XantaClaus

Pretty sure they’re gonna start looking like this soon

You tryna make me cry with that avi?

Pics or gtfo

Also can you ride them

There’s a photo at the top. You can’t see it?

Yea but it's not 4 feet long

Where the big lizards at

Fam, it’s close enough.

Sea turtles

“Dog-sized” is such an imprecise and clickbait title lmao

It’s a species with different breeds that literally range from under 5lbs to 200+lbs

Okdisbig

I say that lizard above is likely a full grown tegu. 😳

My guy that is a whole p****

These people are crazy. They put that jaw right next to their head

Looks like it’s xan’d out. Lil tegu the newest clout rapper. 😳

Yeah, but full-grown tegus are still only like 15 pounds

They’re kind of gross looking, but not even really dangerous

B**** look like it just crawled out the womb

the youtube video you linked is 6 years old @op

Ngl they do look cute, like a chonky pet lizard

I don't think it's comparable to komodo dragons at all

nice pet

Florida 😂😂😂

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OP lives in North Dakota

Bro is off that loud pack

People got to start eating these invasive species