Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Buy a House, Get a Lizard

Amenity: giant lizards | HeraldTribune.com | Sarasota Florida | Southwest Florida's Information Leader: "If you're looking for a silver lining to the home-foreclosure story -- and who isn't? -- the good news is that 8-foot-long Nile monitor lizards are taking over our abandoned properties. What, if anything, real estate agents will be able to make of this news is another matter.

'For sale: Like-new 3/2 Cape Coral home on canal with boat dock. Amenities include walk-in closets, granite countertops and family of razor-toothed dragons that will swallow your dog as deftly as you would gulp down a California roll.'

No one knows exactly where these giant lizards came from, though the Nile is high on the list of suspects."

Hat tip to Steve Stilwell.

2 comments:

Fred Blosser said...

Perfect home for those who always wanted to live in Jurassic Park or Conan Doyle's Lost World.

MysterLynch said...

There is a particularly yippy little mutt, two houses from me, that I would like to volunteer to act as peace offering...actually, why don't we toss their two kids in as well. Both seem to enjoy screaming as a way to pass the time.