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kinyonga
at Mon Dec 4 22:38:45 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kinyonga ]
Its a myth that superworms, etc. can eat through the chameleon's stomach...
http://www.chameleonnews.com/myths.html
"Fact: The stories one hears about superworms eating through a chameleon’s stomach are simply apocryphal. Superworms (Zophobas morio) are extremely sensitive to water and drown within minutes. It would be virtually impossible for a superworm to survive long enough in the digestive tract to do any damage even if swallowed whole. And because the chameleon almost invariably gives it a crushing bite before swallowing, the superworm rarely has enough time to drown. The rare story in which someone witnesses a superworm exiting the body of a dead chameleon almost certainly represents a case where the insect entered the body of an already dead or dying animal."
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- wax worm question - JONNYBLAZE, Mon Dec 4 16:52:16 2006
 RE: wax worm question - kinyonga, Mon Dec 4 22:38:45 2006
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