Myths

[ChoclateBetta]

Originally Posted by homegrown terror

oh i know, but they way he said it, he made it sound just as serious and absolute as the rule of "never put two male bettas together"

I know it is rare but I have read isolated reports of two males being kept in huge tanks interesting right another myth is a well cared for Betta lives 2-3 years actually a well cared for Betta lives 6-8 years and even read of people having there's for 10 years with varied diet good excerise like net chasing and decor.

[Jupiter]

Originally Posted by purplemuffin

>if you cut off a snake's head, a second snake will grow

What the heck? Apart from being obviously untrue, that's disgusting...

[purplemuffin]

Yeah..that was one of the most absurd stories I heard. I was looking at the ball pythons in our store and a man walked up and asked if the two were from the same snake. I asked what he meant and he said that's how he heard snakes reproduce.

WELP.

[finnfinnfriend]

- a raw beef diet is good for a dogs digestive system. (my Vet told me this!)

- if a betta has a filter, it only needs a water change once a month

- some dogs are completely hypo-allergenic

-milk is a good treat for cats

- hermit crabs dont require much maitenance, space, or equipment

- small dogs dont need to be walked

[finnfinnfriend]

Originally Posted by purplemuffin

Yeah..that was one of the most absurd stories I heard. I was looking at the ball pythons in our store and a man walked up and asked if the two were from the same snake. I asked what he meant and he said that's how he heard snakes reproduce.

WELP.

Lol. Did anyone tell him that Hydras DONT exist? Hahaha

[TheCrabbyTabby]

-Red claw (fiddler) crabs can live in an aquarium without land. >_<

While they do need some amount of water to successfully molt and whatnot, fiddlers need a space to get out of the water once and a while and rest if they don't want to be submerged.

[Pilot00]

Originally Posted by purplemuffin

Huge proportions being the largest recorded boa was 18 feet long! But that was an absurd snake and not at all ordinary. Who knows how old it was. The longest ever seen in captivity ever get to 14 or so feet. And that's only talking about one of the hundreds of boa species..several of which never get beyond 3 feet. But that is extraordinarily rare, like a 9 foot human. Even a boa over ten feet is rare to be honest. Unless we are talking about the dinosaur snake, the titanoboa, which was a different snake entirely.

And the laying out measuring you thing...There are so many things wrong with that. A snake can't eat something as long as it's body is. So you can't be eaten by a six foot snake. It wouldn't try to measure out to see if it was as long as you so it could eat you..And what animal in the wild would ever just wait patiently as a snake measured itself out to eat it... It's just downright silly!

I didnt make the research, scientists did

Originally Posted by finnfinnfriend

a raw beef diet is good for a dogs digestive system. (my Vet told me this!)

Nice vet, i wouldnt allow him be in the same block as my pets.

[purplemuffin]

Originally Posted by Pilot00

I didnt make the research, scientists did

What exactly are you talking about? "Huge" can mean different things to different people. Some people will tell you my 3 foot ball python is huge, and others will tell you a 27 foot reticulated python is huge.

[Pilot00]

Originally Posted by purplemuffin

What exactly are you talking about? "Huge" can mean different things to different people. Some people will tell you my 3 foot ball python is huge, and others will tell you a 27 foot reticulated python is huge.

http://forums.overclockersclub.com/i...wimage&img=343

You can go near it and measure it if you need specifics ;).

Its been years and years (more than a decade i think) since i read a textbook about their behavior, i wanted to adopt one at a time so i got big on books about them. When i learned the size they get i dropped the idea.

If you give me some time (5 days) i might be able to dig out the book and give more details.

[purplemuffin]

That link doesn't want to work for me.