Many small vertebrates on islands grow larger, mature later, lay smaller clutches/litters, and are less sexually dimorphic and aggressive than their mainland relatives. This set of observations is referred to as the 'Island Syndrome'. The syndrome is lin
thus gigantism is likely to be associated with lower reproductive effort/fewer offspring. In reptiles, on the other hand, large size is associated with larger clutch and litter sizes [39]. Moreover, large insular reptiles may have simply lived for longer [40]. Consequently, we predict RIS app...
" He extended his hand. The keeper chewed on his lip, and shook his hand. Five days later, the lizard (for nothing else could be used to describe it) was delivered to the Patrician's villa, up the coast from the menagerie. It had a collar that cut into its neck, which was quickly...
This is why sand burial performance is significantly better on substrates below 100 mesh than on native sand substrates. On the other hand, locomotion on highly mobile substrates requires a larger contact area for balance and friction, and the TFA increases the contact area of the lizard's foot...
Three parallel, manus-only sauropod trackways from the Coffee Hollow A-Male tracksite (Glen Rose Formation, Kendall County, Texas) were studied separately by researchers from the Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country and the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences. Footprint and trackway ...
Several dragon owners have mentioned that their dragons sit on there shoulders etc. for hours at a time, and are quite docile and handlable.Talk to your dragon softly before attempting to pick him up- this is very important in the beginning. Gently place one hand over his body, placing ...
Compared to controls, medium and high testosterone (T) treated males received a significantly longer attraction from the females for a mean of 408.4 and 301.4 seconds, respectively (left and middle). On the other hand, males masked with pale brown paints lost to the control males for a ...
On the other hand, very few large-bodied reptile species with low metabolism, such as the Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), can maintain constantly high Tb in comparison to the surrounding environmental temperatures, due to inertial endothermy (gigantothermy) [7]. In contrast, the ...
On the other hand, limb and body morphology and locomotor performance (sprinting and climbing) appear to be differentially related among morphs, with only the white morph showing a significant relationship. Finally, changes in biochemical indicators of cellular metabolism and antioxidant capacity ...
According to Sadie, the narrator: “Tib was a master of misdirection. While you were watching her left hand, the right was stealing your heart straight through your rib cage.” In a dramatic scene, Sadie meets Tib on a hot summer day while Tib is “playing” a naked blonde in a ...