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09-May-08, 04:45 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-03 Location: Brisbane, Qld Age: 27 | | | | It would be good to track the females and get an insight into breeding nesting etc. I've seen upto three males within 5 to 10 metres of a female in Daisy Hill State Forest. I look forward to what you guys find out after winter. |
09-May-08, 04:55 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: central coast. nsw Gender:  | | | | Awesome work. You are a very lucky man!!!!!!
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09-May-08, 08:10 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age: 33 | | | hazzard, of all the wild Lacies i've seen (which isn't many) i have found them to be close to creeks/rivers. Have you found that the Lacies you're studying stay within a certain distance of permanent water, or are they moving off into drier areas?
Also, have you seen any juveniles out there, or mistaken Heath Monitors for Lacies? (Not sure if Heaths are actually out there, though??  )
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09-May-08, 08:30 PM
|  | hazzy wazzy Subscriber | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by serpenttongue  hazzard, of all the wild Lacies i've seen (which isn't many) i have found them to be close to creeks/rivers. Have you found that the Lacies you're studying stay within a certain distance of permanent water, or are they moving off into drier areas?
Also, have you seen any juveniles out there, or mistaken Heath Monitors for Lacies? (Not sure if Heaths are actually out there, though?? ) | It is said that their is heathy's out there although if there is they are extremely rare. Yes plenty of juveniles have been seen by Jason on various trips, and i think he has even trapped a few.
Well in this country it's hard for them to be that far away from water. Warragamba is on one side and the Wollondilly on the other. Having said that 1 monitor has moved a fair distance away from any main water source, but as the crow fly's we are talking 3Km at most.
It will be interesting when this data is overlayed on maps.
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09-May-08, 08:37 PM
|  | Pineapple Inhabitant Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Bikini Bottom | | | | I'm fascinated by your photo of the suspected congregation mating site. These 'caves' dont look like geographical features but more like something that has occured over eons due to animal activity. But why would they have congregational mating sites? I've heard of congregations in reptiles for hibernating and laying eggs but not for mating. Are you sure they are no hobbits in there!
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09-May-08, 08:40 PM
| | hazzy wazzy Subscriber | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spongebob I'm fascinated by your photo of the suspected congregation mating site. These 'caves' dont look like geographical features but more like something that has occured over eons due to animal activity. But why would they have congregational mating sites? I've heard of congregations in reptiles for hibernating and laying eggs but not for mating. Are you sure they are no hobbits in there!
Bob | No idea Bob, however there has been considerable lacey activity in them and we saw at least 2 near them. That's a photo of 3 of these structures, there are about 6 or so holes there that go right under the rock face. There were scratch marks and fur in most of them. Maybe they just like to live in a gregarious situation, I'd doubt that, but who knows. At worst it's a new trapping site where we should get a few. Then the data might tell us.
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09-May-08, 09:47 PM
| | Pineapple Inhabitant Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Bikini Bottom | | | | Perhaps a remote control car with a video camera taped to the top could investigate whats down there! (or plumbers equipment).
Possibly ?salt licks, bush fire retreats, food traps, summer homes for those in the 'shire', who knows?
This is a fascinating area of study. Thanks for sharing |
09-May-08, 10:12 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: mornington peninsula,vic Age: 32 | | | | great post,like serp,lacies are one og my faves as well,really looking forward to some female data,are u still going to track them over winter,i reckon they will still move a bit overthe winter,after a cold night,they will bask the next day if the suns out,like diamonds,but stick close to there retreats i guess,but still would be interesting as to what they do,is there any chance that that many hole spot is like somewhere they just feed on the original hole makers,that looks like a fantastic spot regardless if they live there or not to get some good data,keep up the great work |
09-May-08, 11:18 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender:  | | | | that was awesome to read...thankyou for sharing hazzard!
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09-May-08, 11:25 PM
| | | | do the lacies go back 2 the same spot 2 mate each year ? | | |
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