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Date: 1/7/03 8:45:38 AM Mountain Standard Time
From: HOST PETS Ratz
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Subject: Re: food
Date: 1/6/03 10:20 PM Central Standard Time
From: SenselessDisplay
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> - you can find out more about that my reading my Anole article
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KPalma's anole information is far... FAR better, more accurate and extensive.
A few quotes from Melissa's website that invalidate the entire page...
"The green anole (Anolis carolinensis) is the only anole native to the U.S.; to 9" snout-vent length"
"Primarily terrestrial, these diurnal lizards inhabit low bushes and the ground underneath."
"Minimum tank size for a group of two adult anoles would be a tall 10 gallon tank."
"20 gallon tall aquarium (48" x 13" x 20")"
There is a recommendation FOR pea Gravel in the "Basic captive environment requires" section, then underneath in items not appropriate it lists "Sand or gravel", a direct contradiction.
Also under "Not appropriate for anoles" is a bullet followed by the word "Temperatures". Apparently Temperatures kill anoles? They need to exist in a thermal vacuum?
Here's a fun piece of information that suggests Ms. Kaplan has ulterior motives for writing "care" articles... "they are generally dehydrated, moderately to severely emaciated, and riddled with parasites - just like most reptiles sold in this country every year" But she doesn't dislike the pet trade...
"When a green anole turns brown, it is a sign of severe stress." Yes... it never has anything to do with a normal pigment change when thermoregulating or any intraspecific interactions, it's universally a sign of stress.
Lastly in the "Good Resource Books" there is a note to avoid all the product recommendations in one of only two recommended books because it will kill your anoles... But this is a recommended book?
Might I say, I heartily recommend Ms. Kaplan's anole page, just be sure to please ignore all the words contained therein as they are completely inappropriate and may kill or injure your animal.
Perhaps that page needs to be updated... As you have said many times, you invite people to point out mistakes so you can correct them, although the information stating that neonate corn snakes eat crickets or that two year old Boa constrictors are ten feet long hasn't been removed yet and those were mentioned numerous times.
Arm T.
"Genes, like Leibnitz's monads, have no windows; the higher properties of life are emergent... And once assembled, organisms have no windows."
- Edward Wilson, Sociobiology
"I've been Disqualified from the human race for shoving."
