Green Tea??

[eyespy]

I wonder how big a problem oxidation is for herps, anyhow? They have a 3 chambered heart that gives equal importance to pumping, filling and oxygenating and carry far more oxygen in their bloodstreams than we do.

Yet in necropsies they show far less of the type of cell damage caused by oxygenation than mammals do. Cancer is fairly rare in herps unless they are inbred significantly, for example. But I bet there's hardly a person on this website who doesn't know somebody who's had cancer.

Herps are far more likely to suffer organ damage from poorly metabolized food, such as crystallization of minerals, fat buildup or toxins from poor protein metabolization. I've seen this in wildcaught specimens brought in for necropsy just as much as long-term or captive bred animals.

We still have so much to learn about herps.