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Rising Global Temperatures Cooking Lots of Lizards
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| Thursday, 13 May 2010
| RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
Posted on 05/13/2010 11:37:55 AM PDT by Willie Green
Lots of leapin' lizards living no longer; researchers say global warming threatens reptiles
Sometimes it can be too darn hot even for a lizard.
Cold-blooded creatures that have to soak up the rays to get going might seem like the last animals you would expect to be threatened by global warming.
Well, you would be wrong, researchers say.
It turns out lizards are going extinct in many places, and scientists who have studied them say it's because of rising temperatures. The heats affects reproduction.
"The results were clear. These lizards need to bask in the sun to warm up, but if it gets too hot they have to retreat into the shade, and then they can't hunt for food," said Barry Sinervo of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
He said he was "stunned and saddened" by the finding, reported in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abcdisneynews; dnctalkingpoints; globalwarmingscare; hysteria; pravdamedia; savethelizards; thegreenmenace
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To: Willie Green
Does it feel warm in here to you?
To: Willie Green
Ignoring the detail that the last decade of warming has been negative (proof that AGW is true), there's another interesting detail:
We're more than 4 degrees C below the long-term average and 12 degrees C below the Jurassic/Triassic temperatures that helped reptiles to thrive. Exactly what is a 1 degree C rise over100+ years supposed to do that harms species that according to scientists survived much higher temperatures as recently as 17 million years ago?
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:45:16 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: Nervous Tick
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:45:51 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: Willie Green
Maybe they’re not looking for them in the right places. How does one conduct a census of lizard population?
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:46:42 AM PDT
by
DallasDeb
(USAFA '06 Mom)
To: Willie Green
You know, you little people should be glad to walk to work in the freezing cold and blistering heat and enjoy hypothermia and heat stroke in your home to support our glorious cause of SAVING THE PLANET (applause sign pops up).
Now just because you are out of a job because of our economy-inconvenient green policies you must think about the tremendous work that we, your betters, go through to fabricate a believable psuedo-science so that you can tell your friends (and vile denier *spits* enemies of the Earth) that you are morally righteous in destroying civilization to rescue the Earth for those few of us that remain to enjoy it. Your sacrifices will not go unnoticed.
We will probably make a plaque in your honor or name a baseball field after you all have passed away from following our strict, but fair guidelines*
Well, I'm off to my new $9 million home to use 20 times the electricity of the average Amerikan (have we changed the spelling of that yet?) in my private jet.
Be sure to watch me on C-span when I address Congress about all of you adhering to new and exciting restrictions on your lives in my coal-powered jet chair.
Remember my motto: DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO
~High Priest Al Gore
*Failure to obey our guideline will result in Death, mutilation or lifetime imprisonment
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:47:10 AM PDT
by
PATRIOT1876
(Language, Borders, Culture, Full employment for those here legally)
To: Willie Green
I two am stuned and satined.
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:47:59 AM PDT
by
palmer
(Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:48:06 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Tarpon
We had a major die off of lizards locally
I haven't seen a single one here in Tampa since the big freeze we had. Normally they're everywhere.
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:49:36 AM PDT
by
WackySam
(To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to the dead.)
To: a fool in paradise
>> I missed that.
Yeah, kind of sad.
I’m sure Little Orphan Annie’s demise has one of two causes:
a) Global warming
b) George Bush
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:50:15 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
To: T-Bird45
I have hundreds of those little green guys running around my house. I love them. They eat bugs!.................
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:51:03 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you'll know that its desolation is NEAR. Luke 21)
To: Willie Green
"Really... do tell me more..."
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:51:21 AM PDT
by
avacado
To: Nervous Tick
It was once critical of the New Deal and Communism.
Annie must’ve had a heart attack.
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:51:28 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: colorado tanker
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:52:04 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you'll know that its desolation is NEAR. Luke 21)
To: Nervous Tick
Alligator tail meat is very tasty. I deep fry it with a spicy batter. Or cut it vertically along the axis of the tail to make circular steaks. Cook on the grill like you would any other steak. Small lizards are too small and don’t have much meat on them.
To: Willie Green
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:54:18 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Willie Green
Funny, no mention of a single species going extinct nor a specific mention of those “many place” where they’re going extinct. This passes for journalism these days?
To: DallasDeb
How does one conduct a census of lizard population?What a silly question. You mail them a form, of course!
;^)
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:57:58 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Progressivism, Socialism, Marxism, Communism - it's all shades of black.)
To: Texas resident
Bring on the fries and tarter sauce.If the economy doesn't turn around quickly, a lot of people might find they "taste like chicken."
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posted on
05/13/2010 11:58:35 AM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Liberty Valance
Yep, and here in Texas the fire ants are killing a lot of ground creatures like lizards, armadillos, quail, etc.
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posted on
05/13/2010 12:02:08 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Remember in November. Clean the house on Nov. 2. / Progressive is a PC word for liberal democrat.)
To: mlocher
They do. It is a white meat that is kinda stringy, but bouncier than chicken.
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