Komodo Dragons hatch from hidden eggs at Virginia Aquarium

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

Even with the advancement in captive husbandry over the last few years they are still dying from reproductive failure with some regularity, do you know how old the female was at death?
There was a study published on the UVB requirements for a variety of lizard families not too long ago, the piece also contained details of basking temps, etc. A number of the organisations (mostly zoos here in the U.K) are still offering surface temps of around 110f. I contacted several of these to ask if above figures were accurate, but haven`t received a single reply (I take it they choose not to discuss the issue).

The zoo sector does not care what we have to say... even the biologists are routinely ignored by zoos. (Think back a few years, we had a retired zoo keeper on here that wanted to argue and fight with every biologist still breathing that high basking temps were not needed.)

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by infernalis

The zoo sector does not care what we have to say... even the biologists are routinely ignored by zoos. (Think back a few years, we had a retired zoo keeper on here that wanted to argue and fight with every biologist still breathing that high basking temps were not needed.)

Yes, I remember him (Frank Indiv...), he still has his blog page and to this day still won`t accept the surface temps we know are perfectly acceptable (actually required).
Many people (newcomers especially) will follow his advise (sadly)...