Re: Flavia Flavia Flavia Flavia......................

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Posted by Flavia Guimaraes on September 14, 2002 at 23:33:27:

In Reply to: Flavia Flavia Flavia Flavia...................... posted by IGUANA JOE on September 14, 2002 at 21:40:23:

Talking about reptiles dont have the same feelings mamals have,
I read on a site about monitors that the female monitor (I think is Argus but Im NOT sure)protects their eggs after she laid them
defending them from predactors and from the male and other monitor females that can eat them.It seems the mother monitor and her babies keep a strong relationship for the rest of their lives.The site also informs that female monitor choose only 1 male to mate for the rest of her life (like woolves do)but the male tends to be quite promiscuous!!(he...he...he...Im talking about monitors!!)

In my opinion, this is love!So reptiles can love their families too, like mamals do!!

If you want Ill try to find this site for you!!
Flavia

:I did not say that igs do not like, or do not want to live together. I simply mentioned they can care less if they do or don't. Yes, the iguanas in the photo look lovely together, but they are keeping warm together, and yes, there is some "social" interaction obviously. We all think of our own pets as special or uniquely intelligent, and that is normal and sweet. Yet we must be also partially realistic.

:But, my point is, with the exception of certain lizard species like the Salomon Skinks (which apparantly really NEED to have a mate or companion) iguanas can live just as happy alone or with someone else. Remember, they are REPTILES, and have evolved differently from us warm-blooded creatures.

:Iguanas do learn to recognize us, trust us, seek us for food, water, or protection/warmth/shelter, but they are still iguanas.
:As fascinating and wonderful as they are, they are lizards, not dogs or cats, or even ferrets.

:Still, I appreciate ur interest and reply to my post, I always welcome debates or other's point of view in what I write.
:The best example of social iguanas I can give u are Galapagos iguanas...but then again when u live in a remote island with sea-weed as the staple diet, what else is there to do right? LOL

:Remember, it's not about WANTING to be alone, it is about NOT CARING either way. A lonely iguana with its own UNLIMITED food supply, in a SPACIOUS territory, PROPERLY cared for is one slackin' lizard! No males to fend off, no pressure of finding the right mate, no predators to fear....life is good. And u get good healthcare! Of course, all this if the human care-taker knows what he or she is doing.

:Thanks again for ur reply. In a way, it helped me make my point a little clearer!

:I J

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