After covering the seven eggs that were laid, this female DT then - TopicsExpress



          

After covering the seven eggs that were laid, this female DT then proceeded to empty her large urinary bladder (which can store over forty percent of the her body weight in water, urea, uric acid, and nitrogenous wastes) on top of her buried clutch. Some have postulated that perhaps this behavior is meant to either ward off predators or provide the eggs with moisture. The interesting thing is that after the whole affair was over she walked back to her shelter, rather slowly, but her plastron was a full 2.5 inches off the ground, generally it is within a 1/2 inch... My guess it was due to all the weight she lost.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:38:49 +0000

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