I recently aquired a male yearling P. brongersmai from Kara at NERD. He'a a beauty, docile and has a curious habit engaging a retro-catapillar gear when first picked up. Clearly its a withdrawing or retiring action but I have never seen it so pronounced in any other species. When placed on a sunny SoCal lawn, he intially demonstrates the same behavior and adds a corkscrewing-anchoring movement with his short, sharp tail into the turf. Again, both behaviors are dislayed only intially; in short time, he's out exploring his environment in typical serpentine fashion. The short tail certainly has a function though...have you all seen that before or is it idiocyncratic?
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"Reverse mode"
billstevenson
Oct 29, 2005 03:10 PM
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googo151
Oct 29, 2005 08:44 PM
Hey,
It's typical do not over handle me bevavior, or I'm not use to these foreign hands all over me. I don't have lots of bloods that do this, but from time to time, they assume this behavior if I haven't handled them in a bit. However, there is one male from Kara too, that has this habit.
-Angel
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