Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[infernalis]

20 years in a 10 gallon tank It's like those holding cells in Viet Nam.

A common misconception is that regulating food will keep the animal smaller, Heard that more than once from buffoons who try to keep Pythons and Iguanas small.

""I broke down at last and got live minnows for my babies and all except for one ate - yippee""

Now there is some good news

[Stefan-A]

I'm fairly sure that it does result in stunted growth both in mammals and reptiles. Maybe we're not thinking about the same thing here?

[infernalis]

Stunted growth, poor physical development, sickly, and so forth.

The falacy is derived from fish, "they will never grow beyond what the enviroment allows"

Yes Stefan, We are talking the same thing, it sickens me and it happens every day.

I would love to stuff these PEOPLE in a 10 gallon tank and give them one slice of bread every 3 days to stunt their growth!

Now that would be amusing.

[Stefan-A]

Stunted growth, poor physical development, sickly, and so forth.

Yes Stefan, We are talking the same thing, it sickens me and it happens every day.

No, we were talking about different things. Your focus seems to have been on the fact that it's a stupid thing to attempt, I was thinking about whether or not it works (not if it's a good idea). Or am I wrong?

I would love to stuff these PEOPLE in a 10 gallon tank and give them one slice of bread every 3 days to stunt their growth!

Now that would be amusing.

I'd get bored too quickly. Why not beat them with sticks and see if candy comes out of them?

[infernalis]

No, we were talking about different things. Your focus seems to have been on the fact that it's a stupid thing to attempt, I was thinking about whether or not it works (not if it's a good idea). Or am I wrong?

It works only to a small degree.

Think of this, take two identical human twins, one is fed the ideal diet, the other bread and water for a period of 20 years.

both may reach 6 feet tall, one healthy, one skinny....

The healthier one may reach an older age due to having proper nutrition for it's lifetime, the other more susceptible to disease and will be weaker.

And in my mind if it worked, there would be mini animals all over, a python the size of a garter would sell gangbusters in the pet industry, or Green Iguanas the size of an Anole?? Easily worth a lot of money.

That's why breeders are always attempting to create miniature or dwarf animals, however they use genetics rather than starvation to reach this goal.

Are we on the same page yet?

[Stefan-A]

Are we on the same page yet?

You tell me. I hear what you're saying and I agree with the point you're making, but it was not the point I was making.

[infernalis]

You tell me. I hear what you're saying and I agree with the point you're making, but it was not the point I was making.

Then please elaborate.....

[Stefan-A]

That's why breeders are always attempting to create miniature or dwarf animals, however they use genetics rather than starvation to reach this goal.

Take a group of animals, keep them on a diet that just barely keeps them capable of reproducing. Continue it for a few thousand generations.

[Stefan-A]

Then please elaborate.....

What's there to elaborate? My concern was whether or not it would result in stunted growth.

[infernalis]

Isn't that a form of evolution??

And yes, My feeble little mind thinks that will work..

Hasn't history already answered that?