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FR
at Thu Feb 3 10:02:07 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
I said that in the first reply, copulation for the sake of mounting, is more or less meaningless. It just excites you, I guess.
Heres the deal. There are two groups of reptiles that copulate, or mount things, all the friggin time. Thats torts and varanus. They will mount something(not picky), when a front passes, or you open the door, or when someone turns a lite on, or off for that matter. Or when you feed them, or pick up a bucket. Or walkby, or sneeze, or cough, or even if you fart, they get all excited and copulate something. If the temps are sufficent to allow movement, they copulate.
The difference between torts and varanids is, torts copulate all manner of objects, like rocks, upside down food dishes, tomato plants, a meteorite, even moving objects, tires, dogs, straw bales are also included, specially moving ones.
Monitors copulate or mount from the day they hatch, other males, other females, or any combo they can. Its kinda what they do. Many of us understand that mounting or mock copulation is a form of dominance. Or better yet, a language to establish and maintain social status. Its also used by the less fortunate individual monitors as a source of name calling. You know, Why you Rock copulator. Or when they attempt to mount their mother, you mother copulator, etc.
So Bob, your right, they do mock copulate during passing fronts, but they also do that when you open the door or close the door, or go out to eat, or went you go buy frozen peas. Cheers
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RE: Copulation and Low Barametric Fronts - FR, Thu Feb 3 10:02:07 2011