freezer burn

[iwoodtoo]

I watched a video lately about a dragon crawling down a man's arm right into the open freezer door of his kitchen refrigerator. He allowed it to climb right onto the frozen boxes of food. The dragon continued to crawl right to the back of freezer and sit there. You could see the frost on the walls of the unit so i assume it was functioning. Aside from the man's stupidity, i was so surprised to see the dragon do this. Since the dragon is cold blooded and desires to seek out a warm a cozy place to hang out would it not instantly back off from such a cold change?

 

[Tarkah]

curiosity kills the cat....

 

[gulfbrzdawn]

Hi Frank,

Good question...not sure what to tell you.. :roll:

Dawn

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Unfortunately, once they begin to cool down it takes their body's cells awhile to "freeze" since their metabolism is slow. They begin to slow down, & become lethargic & want to sleep. They just detect it being cold but I would think after awhile they would try to get out of a situation like that if given the opportunity. However, once they become so lethargic they really cannot move very well. The freezer was a bit dark so he wont instantly register that it is that cold & he will just look for a dark place to go to sleep like they do in their tanks if it is too dark. Since they do not have heat sensors on their belly they cannot really feel cold or hot sensations on their belly but that doesn't mean that they cannot sustain injury in that area.
Freezing for them is not a painfree process since the water in the cells & blood has to freeze & that takes awhile so they do feel pain from freezing to death.

Tracie