“The venoms of formicine ants are well-known to contain concentrated formic acid.”…
https://www.antwiki.org/w/images/a/a9/Koch%2C_L._et_al._%282025%29_Acid_reign_%2810.25849%40myrmecol.news_035%26001%29.pdf
Harpalus pensylvanicus are formic acid producers...
@DocZ said…”isn’t the standard form that we ask new keepers to complete and then is assessed and critiqued by experienced members sort of also saying “this is the right way to do it””…it does seem to be that way…but isn’t it better to provide information that can keep the chameleons alive and...
@DocZ said…”I reversed the seasons to how they would occur in the northern hemisphere since in the summer I get too much natural light to fool the Cham into thinking it’s the cool season”…I did the reversed seasons too. I’m not sure if it would affect their circadianclock or not, but it didn’t...
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“Aging With Every Heartbeat aka Why Do Chameleons Get Old in Captivity While They Are Still Young”…
https://www.chameleons.info/l/aging-with-every-heartbeat/
“A recent field study reports a highly female-biased sex ratio in the Eastern Arc Endemic Usambara three horned chameleon, Trioceros deremensis, a large, sexually dimorphic species.”…
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1389&context=etd
“Potentially receptive F. verrucosus females mainly allowed males to attempt copulation, whereas potentially receptive F. labordi females were selective.”…
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27669743