I figured it was sexually/mating related, but had also wondered about the furcifer elongated snout, so this makes sense. Since Luna has never bitten me I never think of their bite as being very painful even though I had heard it can be - esp. with the larger species.



So what do veileds do to battle/dissuade another male? Is the casque used in a similar way - cocking head and jabbing or pushing with it? Would make sense (from an evolutionary stand point) for the higher the casque the better the chance of survival. I have also read that the casque adaptation in general is in part to catch water and then run down into the mouth and b/c of veiled's range theirs is larger due to less rain/moisture. Makes sense to me!
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0.1 Veiled - Luna

1.0 Beardie - Darwin

0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta

1.0 African Clawed Frog - Skipper

0.3 Mad. Hissers (2 died ;(

0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh

0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha

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