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I have no idea what they're like, and I'm curious.

Yes, they CAN bite. I have been bitten multiple times by my little Quinn, mostly because she is blind in one eye and misses the cricket I am offering her. I have never had her draw blood, don't think they have any teeth to be worried about. It mostly just feels like a really strong pinch, no more damaging than a bite inflicted by the biggest brown anole you could find.
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1.2 Mali Uromastyx (Ricky, Quinn, Anna)
1.1 Yellow Ackies (Eddie, Roxie)
1.0 Timor (Zealot)

Emily
www.egomantra.com/npoh

mine bit me once, i wasnt paying attention while feeding him a strip of carrot so whane he got to the end he bit my finger it stung pretty bad but didnt last long at all it maybe stung for about 30 seconds, and my guy let go right away he knew i geuss my finger didnt taste good, it didnt bleed i think they have short little razors for got up their leaves

well I have been biten once, and so was my mother. I was feeding drako some pees when he got my finger. I can almost alwas see his teeth when he yawns, when he is basking. They have little teeth near the back of there mouth. Ill try to get a pic for you.

good luck

Uros do have teeth and as adults they loose their front teeth and replace them by bone protrusions from the upper part of the skull which do serve as extra strong front teeth (sorry for the poor description, english is not my first language).
Adults can conflict severe bites. When I watch my acanthinura crushing dried corn as easily as we handle marshmallows, I doubt that a full bite may be as harmless as described by the others.

Ci@o

Ingo

I think they can take out a chunk of your finger if they really wanted, they have really strong jaws. Thing is, they don't want to, and even if they bite they realize it's not food/predator and let go before really chomping down.
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Mark Martinez
University of Florida