Hi all,i was thinking the other night do our little friends see in colour and thus associate there mealie bowl to food??? there's one for all u hardcore Leo addicts. Thanks
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Do our little friends see in color???
Gilbery007
Apr 19, 2005 08:50 AM
Replies (4)
lizgirl17
Apr 19, 2005 07:55 PM
I don't think they do. They are nocturnal animals, and though I haven't heard of any studies on leo vision I have read some on other nocturnal animals. The animals in these studies were found to not have colored vision. In the dark it's hard to differentiate colors so nocturnal animals (or at least the ones i've read about) never developed that ability. I'll try to find the articles I read and post them here.
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Emily
1.2 SHTCT (Gus, Baby & Gizmo)
.1 Tangerine (Ziggy)
1.1 Patternless (Zander & Daisy)
.3 Hypo High Yellow (Zoe, Dini, & Munch)
1. Normal (Nelson)
.1 ???? (Unnamed)
1.1 ferrets (Oliver and Delilah)
1. budgie (Max)
0.0.1 Ring neck Parakeet (Kiwi)
1.1 German Shepards (Jake and Abigail)
The Spotted Gecko
**Updated 04-19-05**
lizgirl17
Apr 19, 2005 08:17 PM
Okay my "theory" was way off. When I was looking for an article about color vision in vertebrates I found this. It's very interesting.
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Emily
1.2 SHTCT (Gus, Baby & Gizmo)
.1 Tangerine (Ziggy)
1.1 Patternless (Zander & Daisy)
.3 Hypo High Yellow (Zoe, Dini, & Munch)
1. Normal (Nelson)
.1 ???? (Unnamed)
1.1 ferrets (Oliver and Delilah)
1. budgie (Max)
0.0.1 Ring neck Parakeet (Kiwi)
1.1 German Shepards (Jake and Abigail)
Too Many fish!
The Spotted Gecko
**Updated 04-19-05**
peachstategeckos
Apr 20, 2005 12:25 PM
Very interesting..I've always thought they were color blind. That's why you can use red light bulbs and it doesn't bother them at night. 
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Katie F.
Peach State Geckos
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Gilbery007
Apr 20, 2005 06:23 PM
Thankyou for replying Lizgirl, people don't seem to bother replying to me anymore for some reason! But yes very interesting find. I was curious to know really because i wondered if they could associate the color of their mealie bowl with food? So i guess that kinda answers my question. Thank you again and glad you liked the site. Im hoping to breed my normal male with my SHT(B) this year but i gotta fatten her up and it will be late in the season. I have also added my SHTCT(B) to the Our Gecko's page. Thankyou Gilbery's Gecko's
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