Not to go off topic here, but Stina, Neonate reptiles get eaten alot more than adults do..... Why do you think so many are born in a single season??? Why do you think they need to grow to adult size and to breeding age so quickly???? Because there are more animals that can eat them when they are at smaller sizes.... It is so simple that even a child can pick this up...... Lets just say that in the wild, a female leo lays 8 eggs a season..... Now lets say out of these 8 eggs, 6 of them hatch...... Now out of these 6 neonates, how many do you honestly think make it to adult hood???? I would say 1 or 2 at best..... I dont see how you can pick apart my comments when you do not even have half a leg to stand on...... It is actually suprizing because most of your posts are very good with great, thought out info......
So my point to all this is that in the wild, a dwarf animal in a species that normally attain larger sizes, has a much higher chance of falling victim to predation..... Therefore this "dwarf gene" ( assuming that it is infact genetic) would not have any real bareing on wild populations..... Reasons..... (1) they would most likely be killed or eaten before having the chance to breed (2) if they did make it to breeding size, they would most likely have trouble passing eggs because of their small size and (again, assuming this is genetic) inablity to produce Dwarf sized eggs......
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