I TEMP GUN MY LIZARDS A LOT AND THEY ROUTINELY ARE BASKING WITH BODY TEMPS IN EXCESS OF 110 DEGREES. ONE RHINO I TEMP GUNNED AT 119 DEGREES AND IT HAD JUST MOVED INTO THE SHADE. WHEN THEY GET OVER ABOUT 112 DEGREES THEY BASK WITH THEIR MOUTH OPEN. THE GREEN IGUANAS RARELY GET ABOVE 112 DEGREES BEFORE MOVING INTO THE SHADE. I CHECKED MY TEMP GUN TO SEE IF IT WAS ACCURATE WITH THE 119 DEGREE READING AND IT WAS. SOMEWHERE I REMEMBER READING THAT TEMPS LIKE THAT ARE LETHAL BUT I CAN AFFIRM MINE ARE ALIVE AND WELL. SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT THESE LIZARDS ARE CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING AS ALL MY TEMP INFO IS BASED ON LIZARDS BASKING BY CHOICE AS THEY ALWAYS CAN THERMOREGULATE AS THEY CHOOSE....
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

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• 122 degrees! - jerry d. fife, Fri Jul 3 18:40:25 2009
• RE: 122 degrees! - Mark M, Mon Jul 6 21:51:41 2009
• RE: 122 degrees! - Mark M, Mon Jul 6 21:56:01 2009
• Alot has to do with cage type too..... - tgreb, Wed Jul 8 08:04:13 2009
• RE: Alot has to do with cage type too... - mark m, Wed Jul 8 10:31:08 2009
• RE: Alot has to do with cage type too... - jerry d. fife, Sat Jul 11 17:09:28 2009
• RE: Alot has to do with cage type too... - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Sat Jul 11 19:41:13 2009
• RE: Alot has to do with cage type too... - Mark M, Mon Jul 13 00:28:18 2009
• RE: Alot has to do with cage type too... - jerry d. fife, Sat Jul 18 18:53:19 2009
• RE: Alot has to do with cage type too... - Mark M, Sun Jul 19 18:55:07 2009
• RE: Alot has to do with cage type too... - jf, Mon Jul 20 19:30:55 2009
• RE: Alot has to do with cage type too..... - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Fri Jul 10 10:52:29 2009