I thought as much and your idea is sound and very well presented.

I figure I gotta start looking into hibernation methods myself.
(georgia, here I come)




>>Did you notice any runny noses? I ask because of the wet newspapper. That has to be a precarious balance to maintain a high humidity to avoid dehydration and too moist to cause pneumonia.
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>>No runny noses. The paper never gets "wet". More like "humid" :->
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>>I figure the torts bury themselves in the ground, and I'm sure they have humidity somewhere in Central Asia. My basement is extremely dry, and the paper dries out completely in no time.
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• Results of this year's hibernation - bradtort, Mon Feb 27 18:40:19 2006
• Great information - mayday, Mon Feb 27 22:00:29 2006
• RE: Results of this year's hibernation - EJ, Tue Feb 28 17:52:36 2006
• RE: Results of this year's hibernation - bradtort, Tue Feb 28 17:57:25 2006
• RE: Results of this year's hibernation - EJ, Tue Feb 28 18:00:16 2006
• RE: Results of this year's hibernation - DaviDC., Tue Feb 28 20:07:25 2006
• RE: Results of this year's hibernation - bradtort, Wed Mar 1 08:49:47 2006
• refrigerator hibernation - DaviDC., Wed Mar 1 16:28:37 2006
• Thanks n/m - bradtort, Thu Mar 2 13:47:21 2006