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Originally Posted by Zoo Nanny
I wonder if any research has been conducted to determine if the bacteria found in the saliva of wild dragons is different than that found in captive. It would be interesting to know if there is possibly something in their environment that is causing the differences seen in the two studies. Mention was made of the stagnant water possibly contributing to the bacteria. Just as captive bred dart frogs do not produce the poisons in their glands because of change in diet/environment could the same thing be happening with the dragons?
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this would be interesting - although i've always understood that Komodos gained their bacterial power from their enviroment (as it was previously understood)
The same is true for Flamingos, they wont turn pink without specific planktons to feed on
interesting on the dart frogs - do we know what they are missing from their diet? never knew that...
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