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Originally Posted by V87
I agree with u about being out of the box It should b encouraged IMO ... And i knw they work at a range of temps .... sucking eggs right about now ....But I merely saying that 5 mins out of a viv isn't going to drop the core temp of a healthy warm monitor ....  also would love to b interested in the water that is warmer than land surface temps in the midday sun ??? And the lows of night time temps ...???? |
Neither I nor you mentioned water temps being warmer than the midday sun? For your info and anyone else who isn`t familiar with these animals in the wild, there are many locations where there are lakes which have higher temps than the early morning air, in these places the monitors will often leave their night retreats to soak in the water to actually warm up!
The temps in burrows are usually higher than the air outside during the night/early morning, surely you can accept that?
And a hatchling Varanid WILL lose core body temp in 5 minutes (not to suggest it will become immobile)!
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