Items of Interest:

[wednes]

I was watching Jesus Rivas (he's one of the great reptile researchers) on National Geographic. He has been fitting pythons with radio transmitters that are heat sensitive to see how the females keep warm while gravid, and keep the eggs warm until they hatch. In doing the research, he learned that baby pythons stay with thier mothers in the wild for several weeks under her protection. This of course, is contrary to the accepted theory that babies leave thier mothers immediately after being born. Fascinating, no? This means it's possible that MANY reptiles exhibit parenting skills in the wild that we have never seen in captive animals. It boggles the mind.

It also reminds me of the time i saw footage of Great White Sharks exhibiting communal behaviors and communicative posturings. It was wicked awesome.

I also wanted to share with you all that today is the birthday of clockworkmonkey. In case you haven't had the pleasure of meeting this gent, he is articulate, handsome and is a genius. If you get a chance to bask in said genius, I suggest you do so poste haste.

Happy Birthday, Clocky!!!