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Scott W
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 Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:35 pm Post subject: Playing Dead!!! |
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Tried taking a photo tonight of a gila sleeping on it's back. The first time I ever saw this I thought I had a dead gila on my hands but they all seem to do it at different times when sleeping.
The photos not great as when I open the cage, they quickly try and right themselves up.
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Scott W
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:54 am Post subject: |
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another photo, this one laid on it's side for over an hour.
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JStroud
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Thats just called being lazy, it should be a student  |
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| from all the photos I have seen online and in books..they seem to be worse than beardie dragons in this respect.lol. so darn cute:-D |
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Scott W
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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it is quite strange that they do this, really does make you worry when you see a few flat on their backs
I have heard this from other gila keepers too, so it does seem like natural behaviour.
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mg
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You should of waited for this "natural behaviour" to happen before you let it lay down on my knee for a foto shoot 
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Scott W
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| luna wrote: | | You should of waited for this "natural behaviour" to happen before you let it lay down on my knee for a foto shoot |
 sorry, anyway he wasn't trying to bite you, just taste you 
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Stuart
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah right!!..  |
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mg
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| Scott W wrote: | | luna wrote: | | You should of waited for this "natural behaviour" to happen before you let it lay down on my knee for a foto shoot |
sorry, anyway he wasn't trying to bite you, just taste you |
You are lucky because it's still alive. I've got so much poison in my blood ...
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Jackie
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Interesting photos Scott....
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