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Old 24-06-2008

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I love thorny devils! If I ever see a wild one its going straight to the top of my favourite reptiles list
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This must be one of the few places that you can see these guys, the diet of live ants would not be an easy one to provide them with evey day
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I loved the Alice Springs Desert Park! It's kind of like the Aussie version of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and both places are excellent.
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This must be one of the few places that you can see these guys, the diet of live ants would not be an easy one to provide them with evey day
It's easier than you might think.
If kept outside, it's just a matter of putting down some honey in the enclosure and waiting for the ants to come in. The devils will position themselves nearby.
If the lizards are kept indoors, then you get an old bit of termite mound, drizzle honey through it, place it near an ant nest/trail and when it's full of ants, put it in with the Molochs.
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@Hix: But you don't want to have an ant nest indoors, do you?
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@Hix: But you don't want to have an ant nest indoors, do you?
The ants don't last that long - only an hour or so!
 


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