Our Legless Lizards Laid Eggs!!

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  @harley.j.indigo · 2 years ago

  i think the amount of animals that spontaneously breed in the zoo is a testament to the incredible care emily and ed take of them. they are so confident that there are enough resources and comfortable enough in your habitats that they know they are safe to reproduce

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  @EmilyLongtin · 2 years ago

  "She's either gravid or she's gotta poop." Weirdly relatable?

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  @GentleFD25 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Seeing Emily hold the legless lizards and how they just kinda hang lifelessly makes me laugh LMAO

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  @alexw.7097 · 2 years ago

  I love how the &nbsp;beginning of the video made it seem like it was Emily filming alone, and then out of NO WHERE Ed chimes in off camera just to say &quot;She looking THICC&quot; 😂<br><br>I love these two, they are such goals, just like in life generally.

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  @StonedtotheBones13 · 2 years ago

  Most ppl making rare pets that nobody else has bred: I&apos;m keeping this a trade secret<br>Snake discovery: &quot;so here&apos;s how to do this&quot; 💚

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  @itisLMPB · 2 years ago

  Snakes: <b>wriggle</b> <br>Legless lizards: <b>dangle</b>

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  @cvw5287 · 2 years ago

  Also talk to Tarronga Zoo in Australia. &nbsp; They brumated at 4*C. &nbsp;They didn&apos;t mention how they incubated the eggs, though they got 6 eggs and all hatched successfully. <br>Emily and Ed, you&apos;ve joined the ranks of a very select few and you don&apos;t have their Cadre of professionals and researchers. &nbsp;This shows how amazing you with your husbandry and depth of knowledge.<br>Looking forward to seeing headlines next year about you getting hatchlings!

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  @TehBuggy · 2 years ago

  I won’t name names, but I’ve known a few snake breeders who were really secretive about their methods for breeding rare species because they were more concerned with being the “first” to do things than they were about the growth of the species. I LOVE that Snake Discovery shares their knowledge and really prioritizes education and the science community over the fame and bragging rights. <br>Good luck next year! Regardless, this is a step in the right direction and great information 💜

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  @Jessica-ov4dj · 2 years ago

  Incubation time is ~50 days according to a scientific article in Reptiles &amp; Amphibians 29:1-78 by Alvand Mohammadalizadegan and Pourya Sardar. &nbsp;They incubated European Legless Lizard eggs in Perlite (3 eggs at 85% humidity, 28 degrees C) in one container and a screen over water (4 eggs at 95% humidity, 27 degrees C) in the other. &nbsp;4 of the eggs molded out, but 1 hatched from the first group, 2 from the second.

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  @megan59746 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, IA bred them in 2019. They posted a video on their YouTube channel about it.

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  @astralb.2647 · 2 years ago

  She better lay 3 eggs next year so you can draw Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli on them haha

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  @palindromee · 2 years ago

  you should DEFINITELY call the San Diego zoo!!!

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