BAMBOO ALERT
Bamboo is a type of woody grass that belongs to the family Poaceae. It is known for its tall, slender, and hollow stems, called culms, which grow in various sizes and colors. Bamboo is native mainly to Asia and is widely cultivated for its versatile uses. It has been used for...
Anyway great effort
Usually they die within one year or so. So that was a great succes back then! Yes thez brumate 1-2months, rhey dig themaelves in shallow holes in debris and under leaves
This specie is really extreme, as it survives in extreme environments or latitudes, so they use extreme strategies… very revularily, their distribution is in the mediterranean region confined wither to gogh altitudes ful of fog (Yemen and Saudi Arabia - I have seen dozens there) and in the...
As per the from lake drinking chameleon. I consider it a big exception and frankly without the comment, the pocture does not show a chameleon drinking. Thorsten is for whatever reason a vigorous opponent of fogging and I have the suspicion - well I do not want to be offensive, so I keep my...
As far as I can, judge, not only from Madagascar, but also continental Africa, where are you find most of the chameleons in the disturbed area, and not in the primary rainforest, but rather in the secondary one, all the strata of the forest are hit by the fog equally, I have not observed any...
With all respect, I am not that enthusiastic about this idea, because the ability of lungs to take in the droplets of fog is limited by the size of the droplets and my understanding after debates with physiologist is that they are rather small, then bigger. The bigger ones flood the alveoli and...
Frankly, based on my reaearch the fogger oroduced waywr particles fully fall into the size range of natiral fog. Here, again, caution is advised because fog is not an objective term, but a term defined for the purposes of aviatic and marine navigation and has much to do with visibility rather...
I agree, besides of obvious caterpilars, itnrefers mainly to beetles: e.g. Cetoniidae, which are countless in madagascar and other territories and I found them often in the fecal samples
This is very interesting and fir me quite strange.
It must be somehow bias of the methodology and lights used I guess or maybe a small sample?
Though the babies of F lateralis live less exposed to sun than the adults, which is one of the few species getting extremely high doses of UV in the...
Ansolitely agree. The fatherhood would be a mess as the female A would after mating with D anyway produce first eggs from B, then mixed and then only from D. You would never know which is which, as there is no way testing it. So keep the same pairs is better. You will anyway have a mess as you...
Very very interesting! Thank you for the sharing!
I totally agree that chameleons seek juicy insects when short of water as rhe food intake way of water intakenis very likely dominant.
As oer my experiments, the rough rule that i found out is
Low humidity desiccates
high humidoty...
Awesome! Same, when I reported about not seeing chameleons drinking in the wild, people thought I am crazy
Only then rhey started to understand that captive experience with dry nights induces compensation drinking and that ai am righ…
Chameleons do not drink as a rule, they hydrate different...
I know this species from the wild and from captivity. Concerning hydration: in the wild, they technically live so high, that they sleep daily in clouds/fog, at very low temps (sometimes around freezing point. The fog is untense and comes and goes randomly to dissolve in the morning hours around...
Great info!
I am happy for your observations and their sharing especially about the intensity of fog and moisture…
When I introduced the logic of fogging widely to the community, I was accused from lies and some people tried to make statements that there is no fog in Madagascar etc etc.
Of...
HYDRATION PURPOSE
I often hear/read questions repeatedly:
What is the right hydration schedule?
When should I fog? How long should I mist? Is 3 times 2 hours enough? Do I need to keep the dripper on all day? etc., etc., etc...
And, we engage in endless debates...
So, what is wrong?
The...