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- Title
Locusts in Sunlight.
- Authors
HILL, LEONARD; TAYLOR, H. J.
- Abstract
WHEN tropical lizards, which by night are cool and torpid, absorb the rays of the sun, they become as warm and active as a warm-blooded animal. The cages at the Gardens of the Zoological Society provided for such animals used to be heated with hot water pipes to about 80° F. This did not suffice to make the animals active enough to feed and so they died off during the winter. One of us (L. H.) suggested the introduction of incandescent lamps, and the animals now bask under such lamps, eat their food and keep healthy. The provision of such lamps has proved of value not only for reptiles, but also for tropical birds, giraffes, monkeys, etc.
- Publication
Nature, 1933, Vol 132, Issue 3329, p276
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/132276a0