Hazel_Basil10
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- Beardie name(s)
- Hazel my female two year old beardie
I'm wanting to know about the health of a dragon, what they like or don't like, or even just some interesting facts that I don't know about. I would also like to know more about what to buy for them what not to buy that'll be better for their health.Are there any specific aspects of bearded dragon history or care that you're wondering about though ? I didn't mean for you to not get any comments or input from others.
I did not know that LOL that is interesting!I say this a lot when talking about baths because I want folks to understand how dangerous a bath can be. But an interesting fact is that beardies use the same muscle group to walk and to breathe. They can't do both at once.
Another interesting fact is that they have more rods and cones in their eyes than humans so they can see colors and spectrums of light that we can't.
As I've read about this a while ago, I was wondering if this is the reason why many reptiles (observed in the wild) run a meter or two when startled, stop, wait a moment, and run again?I say this a lot when talking about baths because I want folks to understand how dangerous a bath can be. But an interesting fact is that beardies use the same muscle group to walk and to breathe. They can't do both at once.
So far you would know that they need specific uvb lights, they need a heat gradient of [ low end ] around 75 F to [ high end ] around 98-105. That high end can very slightly either way. They are found in arid parts of Australia, sandy/grassy and some rocky areas, various shrubs and small trees. Lots of fallen logs to climb and hide in.I'm wanting to know about the health of a dragon, what they like or don't like, or even just some interesting facts that I don't know about. I would also like to know more about what to buy for them what not to buy that'll be better for their health.
A few thoughts on the Pubmed article. Animals all have unique characteristics that are common to them but hard for us to fathom. They are perfectly fine walking and breathing or in some cases appearing to not breathe because they can slow this process way down at will. While on a treadmill with one nostril blocked their body is going to react differently than in the wild because it's a completely artificial environment on a treadmill, being forced to engage in an unnatural experiment that is most likely stressful. They can swim, although they wouldn't seek it out as part of ther natural activity but of course not many people [there are a few on youtube ] have their dragons swimming .As I've read about this a while ago, I was wondering if this is the reason why many reptiles (observed in the wild) run a meter or two when startled, stop, wait a moment, and run again?
@Hazel_Basil10
If you need a reference:
Lung ventilation during walking and running in four species of lizards - PubMed
The relationship between locomotion and aspiration breathing was investigated in the lizards Iguana iguana, Ctenosaura similis, Varanus exanthematicus and Varanus salvator, and the quail Coturnix coturnix. Respiratory air-flow during walking and running on a 7.3 m track or on a treadmill was...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Agree on that! (Also as a researcher myself.)A few thoughts on the Pubmed article. Animals all have unique characteristics that are common to them but hard for us to fathom. They are perfectly fine walking and breathing or in some cases appearing to not breathe because they can slow this process way down at will. While on a treadmill with one nostril blocked their body is going to react differently than in the wild because it's a completely artificial environment on a treadmill, being forced to engage in an unnatural experiment that is most likely stressful. They can swim, although they wouldn't seek it out as part of ther natural activity but of course not many people [there are a few on youtube ] have their dragons swimming .
Me I suffer from CRS .... wait what were we talking about? LmaoAgree on that! (Also as a researcher myself.)
The case is with many scientific articles and methods who try to measure something, but in either a too artificial way (like here: has nothing to do with their life on the wild, they are doing perfectly fine) or use something as a proxy.
An example for the latter: Once I took an assignment in which, among other things, also memory was tested. My score was super low, which didn't line up with everyday experience (like: school grades, hobbies requiring very good memory). I wondered. looking deeper into the test evaluation, I recognized they only used a part of the test for that where one had to member faces and the name shown for them, and thus used "facial recognition" as proxy for "memory". (I'm a person with Asperger's and prosopagnosia, and in fact score super low on facial recognition, but high on memory tests with numbers, facts, abstract shapes.)
And things like that happen a lot: The usage of proxies that seem to work, but in fact don't.
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