pyramiding in torts

[earthpig23]

anyone just read the interesting article in reptile magazine? The article showed some study on pyramiding and protein intake alone may not be the culprit. The author did a study on slightly diferent humidity tricks such as humid hides and has avoided pyramiding quite well in the younger torts.

[kenster]

read, no. But I looked at the pics...does that count?

Yeah it was a pretty interesting read that is for sure, and the pics were nice :wink:

[sircat]

I'm saving the new one for while I'm freaking out on a plane in a bit over a week

[Alias47]

I haven't read it yet...but I will...I swear...

Got caught up in the article about the yellow tailed cribos...

[Alias47]

Oh, yeah...

Rach...flying is one of the safest modes of transportation...

Nothing to fear...really.

Besides takeoff and landing...it is a great excuse for a nap!!

[sircat]

thanks alias...but words don't matter when you're on the wrong side of the statistic

[Alias47]

You will be on the RIGHT side...
Here are the stats from 2000
http://www.bts.gov/publications/transportation_statistics_annual_report/2001/html/chapter_06_table_01_142.html

I don't know if this will make you feel better...
But dying in a car is 59.4 times more likely than dying in a plane crash...and that doesn't include motorcycles or big trucks.
And getting hit by a car while walking down the street is 8.2 times more likely...
You are more likely to die in a boating accident or riding your bicycle...

And the only reason plane crashes rank so high...is because they carry so many passengers...the number indicated is probably 2 crashes...out of MILLIONS

"Probability of being killed in an airplane accident vs. other causes of death:
Your chances of being involved in an aircraft accident are about 1 in 11 million. On the other hand, your chances of being killed in an automobile accident are 1 in 5000. Statistically, you are at far greater risk driving to the airport than getting on an airplane. However, the perception is that you have more control over your fate when you are in your car than as a passenger. Experience shows otherwise considering that over 50,000 people are killed on the highways every year.

Negative Bias
Media coverage would suggest that such events happen daily. Studies have shown one would have to fly once a day every day for over 15,000 years in order to statistically be involved in an aircraft accident! Yet stories of aircraft accidents are between 150 to 200 times more likely to receive front-page coverage than other more common causes of death. Consequently, fearful flyers develop a negative bias toward flying. That is, they will bias their perception to notice those events and experiences that support their fears. Those fears become validated by the continual bombardment of information related to airline safety following an accident. Who can forget the horrifying coverage of the airplanes flying into the World Trade Center on 9/11 replayed over and over until the major networks agreed it served no purpose to replay the events?"