Basking for UVB?

[kinyonga]

“The chameleons that had the low–vitamin-D diet spent more time basking in the sun than their counterparts, the researchers report. Not only that, but the levels of UV exposure all the chameleons sought also fell within the range of vitamin D that has been found in healthy, breeding lizards.”…
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lizards-sunbathe-another-reason

“Depending on dietary intake of vitamin D(3), chameleons adjusted their exposure time to UV-B irradiation as if regulating their endogenous production of this vital hormone.”…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12695986/

“Panther Chameleons, Furcifer pardalis, Behaviorally Regulate Optimal
Exposure to UV Depending on Dietary Vitamin D”…
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Status
https://www.researchgate.net/public...to_UV_Depending_on_Dietary_Vitamin_D-3_Status

 

[naterowley]

This is my first time reading something like this
https://www.researchgate.net/public...to_UV_Depending_on_Dietary_Vitamin_D-3_Status

I'm guessing it's not possible to read it without all the citations so it's easier to follow, my neurodivergent brain gets caught up on the citations and forgets what I read and then I keep re-reading the same thing lol

 

[kinyonga]

Here’s another one…you’ll notice a few names you should know here…
”Michael Nash recently studied two groups of Furcifer lateralis neonates and found that UVI 7 and UVI 3 resulted in no noticeable difference in growth rates for that species. He descibes his research in this post. This was an inspiring example of research in the hobby, and I would love to see more people get involved!”…
”UVI IMPACT ON GROWTH OF FURCIFER PARDALIS NEONATES”…
https://ipardalis.com/blog/2021/08/04/2021-08-04-uvi-impact-on-growth-of-furcifer-pardalis-neonates/

 

[elizaann2]

This is my first time reading something like this
https://www.researchgate.net/public...to_UV_Depending_on_Dietary_Vitamin_D-3_Status

I'm guessing it's not possible to read it without all the citations so it's easier to follow, my neurodivergent brain gets caught up on the citations and forgets what I read and then I keep re-reading the same thing lol

Hahaha me too!

 

[kinyonga]

Reasonably sure that I posted the link to the full article somewhere on here before…if I find it I’ll post it again.