I think it would be an interesting project to study. I don't think reptiles have the capacity to premeditate an actual "suicide", (in the emotion-laden human sense) but I do think underlying pathogens may cause an animal to act abberantly, causing early death or unsuccessful breeding. Apply that to humans, too..
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• Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - KirosReptiles, Sat Oct 11 10:45:00 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - joeysgreen, Mon Oct 13 21:11:30 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - KirosReptiles, Thu Oct 16 16:34:37 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - psilocybe, Wed Oct 22 12:25:19 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - psilocybe, Wed Oct 22 12:28:19 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - Kikai, Wed Oct 22 13:11:45 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - snakeguy88, Mon Oct 27 21:49:50 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - polaris, Tue Oct 14 08:21:03 2003
• Wrong idea - try a health problem instead - rayhoser, Wed Oct 15 05:57:16 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - aratadude, Thu Nov 13 14:22:18 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - wintermute, Wed Oct 15 15:17:11 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - serpentinedreams, Thu Oct 16 00:27:39 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - Kikai, Thu Oct 16 09:21:27 2003
• Thanks for replies; it was an interesting aside n/m - KirosReptiles, Thu Oct 16 16:39:26 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - deuce, Thu Oct 16 19:25:20 2003
• RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - jones, Mon Oct 20 02:14:40 2003