will female bearded dragons eat their young?

will female bearded dragons eat their young? i see all these pics with baby beardies on their moms back i always thought that the females and males will eat their babies? thanks chris

I too have seen pics like that and even seen people do first hand. I don't recommend it and would never try it myself. In a flash the bigger dragon can kill the smaller one. All it would take would be one bite. It's like playing Russian roulette in my opinion.

Some people think it's cute. I think it's irresponsible and just plain stupid.

In a word, yes. any larger dragon will try to kill/eat a smaller creature. I have to explain to ppl all the time that 1. no, she doesn't nurse the babies, and 2. she doesn't know her babies from a tasty snack! lol. But i have to say, in all logicalness, for the 2 seconds it takes to snap a photo, having a baby on it's mother's head isn't going to do any harm. If she can't see him, she can't magically eat them. I always take group pictures early in the morning, before they are fully awake, hungry, horny, and less inclined to sit still to avoid problems.