Lizards Are Getting Smarter (larger too) - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;34156429]Those are terms which have been used to describe these gender-confused individuals.[/QUOTE] What makes you think they are confused? What makes you think they are even concerned about shit like that?

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;34154712]You're just mad because you're more closely related to birds.[/QUOTE] how is that a bad thing

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[B]Lizards Are Getting Smarter (larger too)[/B] When the [B]heat[/B] is on, lizards become[B] smarter[/B] – potentially giving them a [B]competitive edge[/B] as the world warms. So North Korea (nuclear) missile tests into the ocean may result in this? [img]http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/GINO-1998-godzilla-repost-Nov-2010.jpg[/img] [sp]Godzilla dude[/sp]

As a herpetologist I approve of smarter and larger reptiles/amphibians; but climate change is going to do a lot more to harm reptile ecosystems than help them. [editline]11th January 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=ken188;34156023]All dinosaurs had feathers[/QUOTE] There once were many non-avian dinosaurs without feathers

What ever they do, dont give them any radiation or unclear blah.

[QUOTE=ZeroS;34156519]Argonians?[/QUOTE] but argonians come from trees

Wonder if this works on bird eggs?

[QUOTE=ZeroS;34156519]Argonians?[/QUOTE] [url=http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Lusty_Argonian_Maid]I absolutely cannot wait.[/url]

Oh dear, I guess it's finally time to leave earth.

[QUOTE=ken188;34156023]All dinosaurs had feathers[/QUOTE] No just Coelurosaurs. Feathers in a small number of Ornithischian Dinosaurs may or may not be the same as Coelurosaurian feathers, ditto on Pterosaurs. The rest had scales or smooth bird-like skin. [QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;34157853]Chickens make better companions.[/QUOTE] My Tegu would like to have a word with you. Worth mentioning due to the article that Teiids are part of the Scincomorpha infraorder with Scincidae. [Img]http://i.imgur.com/u0u44.jpg[/Img]

Doesn't temperature on the eggs also define the gender in lizards? That could be problematic with global warming i think..

Of course they grow bigger, a higher temperature means a faster metabolism for these critters. Assuming they stop growing once they reach a certain age.

Reminds me of this episode from CSI [video=youtube;xeG08VTMYe4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeG08VTMYe4&t=8m13s[/video] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeG08VTMYe4&t=8m13s[/url] 8m13s

ITT: horny scalies [editline]11th January 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Batmoutarde;34158615]how is that a bad thing[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Canary;34159878]Wonder if this works on bird eggs?[/QUOTE] and other similar people

SCP-682?

not that I would be judging anybody, i wouldn't mind some erect reptilian species myself

[QUOTE=Zakkin;34161552]SCP-682?[/QUOTE] Isn't 682 a shapeshifter? If I recall correctly it favors reptilian form but is capable of changing. Anyways, argonians would be kinda cool until they start forming the Shadowscales. Then we're fucked.

Wait...lizards get smarter when they're warmer? and they're getting larger, too? Shit, that means that if global warming gets worse, and after a while, the humanity may be facing an old, terrifying threat. [u]Dinosaurs.[/u]

Aw cool, I got a bearded dragon in the other room. So as the weather gets warmer, he'll get smarter? I sure hope so, because at the moment he's afraid of half the things he's meant to be eating, and he's often incapable of seeing a lot of the things he isn't afraid of.

So... with this theory, if I incubate Tegus at a higher temperature than they usually are... Super Tegus?