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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It's not absolutely necessary but it does make things a good deal easier for the chef.
Check the local lounges before closing time.
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Man! They should come to my house. Been freezing my butt off in the mornings. Dang birdbath froze over a couple weeks ago. Cold, damp winds all weekend. No lizards frying here.
Pretty much. It might really piss off the gator otherwise. Seriously, down here around the town of Anahuac, east of Houston, they have a gatorfest in the fall. Can try lots of gator cooked different ways.
The Permian period was the warmest in the history of the earth and was also known as the “Age of Reptiles” (lizards are reptiles). These guys are blowing smoke up each other’s a$$es again. There must be some type of vote or conference coming up.
Um uh... ok. Lizards, including dinosaurs, thrived in temperatures 7-12 degrees centigrade above what they are now.
>> Seriously, down here around the town of Anahuac, east of Houston, they have a gatorfest in the fall.
I believe you... I’ve never prepared alligator, but I’ve eaten it at restaurants (like Pappadeux).
So far it hasn’t shown up at the H-E-B meat counter though.
LOL!
This is just another example of mankind’s inhumanity to lizards.
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