Calendar tax year. A calendar year is twelve consecutive months, running from January 1st and ending December 31st. Most small businesses use a calendar year as their tax year. Fiscal tax year. A fiscal tax year is twelve consecutive months ending on the final day of any month other than December (i.e. July 31st). Alternatively, a fiscal tax year may also be a 52 to 53 week tax year that does not end on the last day of a given month.
The Gila monster eats small birds, mammals, frogs, lizards, insects, and carrion. The Gila monster feeds primarily on bird and reptile eggs, and eats infrequently (only five to ten times a year in the wild), but when it does feed, it may eat up to one-third of its body mass. It uses its extremely acute sense of smell to locate prey, especially eggs.
The Gila monster is one of only two venomous lizard species in the world. The venom is generally used to thwart an attacker (rather than to subdue prey, as in snakes). When Gila monsters bite, venom flows from glands in the lower jaw to the bottom teeth, which have grooves to carry the liquid to the victim's body. Ouch! Beaded Body. Gila monsters are a type of beaded lizard, so called because of the bead-like scales covering their head and back. Gila monsters come in two distinct color patterns. Banded Gila monsters (the kind we have at the Saint Louis Zoo) have alternating pink and black bands across their body.