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Posted by Flavia Guimaraes on September 16, 2002 at 00:14:27:
In Reply to: To FLAVIA on the previous topic. Others welcome to comment : posted by IGUANA JOE on September 15, 2002 at 12:41:30:
Malaysia is 12 hours ahead so when its noon here its midnight in the USA!!!And vice versa!!Thats why only now Im commenting on your message!!
About this topic,I know a lot of people that are not able to love his/her own family as the Solomon SKINK you described.Some people are only interested in good food, good shelter and beautiful girl or boy friends as other described like being the iguana's feelings...
I know a lot of people that dont know the meaning of true love...
BUT these people are humans not reptiles... And are not supposed to be cold-blooded...
So I dont see so many differences between human feelings and iguanas feelings although I havent checked the brain differences...
Flavia
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:Dear Flavia, you are mixing up again the difference between natural instincts, preserving the specie and genes, and "true love".
:Crocodilians behave similarly.
:Some lizards may show some caring, but it is
:"biologically impossible" for reptlies to truly love since that part of their brain to trigger it does not even exist!
:There may be exceptions, but the norm usually is so. There can be care for the next of kin, for the benefit of the specie and genes/offspring.
:If u are interested on th subject, visit the Skinks forum, and ask about corucia zebrata's, aka Solomon Skinks. These skinks are the best example of the exception, since they seem to really need one another, and babies need their mother for at least the first year of life (or something like that). They are born live too, which makes them even more fascinating.
:Let's leave it at that. ;-)
:Best regards,
:I J
