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10-Oct-07, 03:32 PM
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does any one know if yawning is contagious in animals like it is in humans because yesterday i saw two of my blueys yawn then a few seconds later one of my water dragons yawned then the same thing happened today with my beardies one yawn and them the rest of them yawned just wondering |
10-Oct-07, 03:37 PM
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your results say that it is now you jsut need to repeat the experiment 
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10-Oct-07, 03:43 PM
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Don't ask me how or why etc, I just remember it from a study I read a few years back. It stuck with me as its a pretty weird thing.
I somehow doubt you have compassionate lizards but you never know.....
It may have had something to do with oxygen / carbon dioxide levels etc.
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10-Oct-07, 05:38 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Sutherland Shire Gender: | | | | i once saw a man do what i thought was a yawn from about 50 metres away, from the back, and i then yawned. all he did was stretch his arms up slowly, but i thought it was a yawn.
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