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04-07-04, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: North Carolina
Age: 38
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Dark and Light Phases
I've finally captured some good quality pics of my dragon's dark phase and light phase. Here they are, lemme know what you think! Here's Chester!
Light Phase:
Dark Phase:
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~Haley~
Reptiles:
1.0 Elaphe Guttata Guttata (Chase)
0.0.1 Columbian Red-tail Boa (Pierre)
1.0 Pogona Vitticeps (Chester)
and my cat, Buddha!
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04-07-04, 04:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2004
Location: Kitchener, ON
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is that the same beardie?? how do they change like that??
If you wouldn't mind explaining a bit, I've just started doing research on them and havn't read anything about a dark/light phase.
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04-07-04, 04:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Southern Ontario
Age: 47
Posts: 1,268
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He's great! What phase is he?
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04-07-04, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: North Carolina
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bidden: Yes, it's the same beardie. When dragons are in a cooler environment, they're colors dull up and become lighter. When they are basking in the sun, in a warm/hot environment, excited or scared, their colors get darker. In the sun, they're colors get darker to absorb more heat. Like, you know if you wear a black t-shirt outside in the sun, you get hot faster than if you wear a white one? It's like that.
Dani: Chester is a normal x sandfire from Frank at beardieworld.com. He's my baby, hehe. I couldn't ask for a better dragon. I'll post more pics of him soon.
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~Haley~
Reptiles:
1.0 Elaphe Guttata Guttata (Chase)
0.0.1 Columbian Red-tail Boa (Pierre)
1.0 Pogona Vitticeps (Chester)
and my cat, Buddha!
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04-09-04, 09:49 AM
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Join Date: Mar-2003
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 45
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It's amazing the colors they can "change" too. I love the color mine turn when they go outside. I took my girlie out yesturday and she loved it, turn some nice dark color and had some beautiful orange shine through. Can't wait till tomorrow both of them get to play outside.
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05-10-04, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: North Carolina
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Since we've been having such nice weather here, I've been taking Chester outside more often. He really hasn't been all too active though because he just wants to mate! I need to find him a girlfriend... fast!
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~Haley~
Reptiles:
1.0 Elaphe Guttata Guttata (Chase)
0.0.1 Columbian Red-tail Boa (Pierre)
1.0 Pogona Vitticeps (Chester)
and my cat, Buddha!
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05-10-04, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: May-2003
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Age: 45
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dragon_Slave
bidden: Yes, it's the same beardie. When dragons are in a cooler environment, they're colors dull up and become lighter. When they are basking in the sun, in a warm/hot environment, excited or scared, their colors get darker. In the sun, they're colors get darker to absorb more heat. Like, you know if you wear a black t-shirt outside in the sun, you get hot faster than if you wear a white one? It's like that.
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While the darkening of the dragon makes sense to me if it's warm, it makes no sense to me why the dragon would turn a lighter colour if it were cold. If the dragon were cold, wouldn't it want to be an even darker colour in order to absorb as much heat as possible? *scratches head*
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05-10-04, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: North Carolina
Age: 38
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You know, that makes a lot of sense. I have no idea... but fact is fact.
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~Haley~
Reptiles:
1.0 Elaphe Guttata Guttata (Chase)
0.0.1 Columbian Red-tail Boa (Pierre)
1.0 Pogona Vitticeps (Chester)
and my cat, Buddha!
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05-10-04, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2004
Location: BC Canada
Age: 45
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i did not know that they changed colours! WOW!
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05-11-04, 12:50 AM
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Join Date: Apr-2004
Age: 40
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my beardie looks almost normal but when i pick him up or piss him off he turns bright orange
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05-11-04, 06:46 AM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: Southwestern ONT. Canada
Age: 47
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when a dragon is hot, generally their colour changes to a light shade. That way they don't "draw" the heat towards them.
When they are cold, they darken, in order to attract as much heat to them as possible.
aside from heating, their colours can vary greatly depending on their mood, situation, environment, etc.
take my snow male for example: normally he is fairly dark for a snow. ( greyish ) Once he is as warm as he wants to be, he goes very very white. When he's horny, he goes fairly dark, with a very black beard. Intimadating. I will try to get pics.
Haley, your boy is absolutely gorgeous.
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05-11-04, 11:10 AM
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Join Date: Feb-2004
Location: Parry Sound, Ontario
Age: 45
Posts: 379
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love the different colours, didn't know they changed that much
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