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BTS Capital of the World (Split from Weird Question)

Postby Katrina » Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:59 pm

Jeff wrote:Another Canadian. :kw:


Just you wait... Canada will soon be the blue tongue skink capital of the world! Just give Mel and me some time... :twisted: :hehe:
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Postby Linnea » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:02 pm

Katrina wrote:
Jeff wrote:Another Canadian. :kw:


Just you wait... Canada will soon be the blue tongue skink capital of the world! Just give Mel and me some time... :twisted: :hehe:


just you wait.......there is another snow-rich country in the world that is recruiting 8)
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Postby NennaMeerkat » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:17 pm

Don't count the US out either! We might be slow getting on the BTS bandwagon but you can bet once we catch up we are gonna pass all of you up!
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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:18 pm

NennaMeerkat wrote:Don't count the US out either! We might be slow getting on the BTS bandwagon but you can bet once we catch up we are gonna pass all of you up!

But we are the BTS capital of the world...
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Postby Fatal_S » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:19 pm

ML... Australia much?
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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:24 pm

They don't have gigases though
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Postby NennaMeerkat » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:41 pm

Even though I dun want to I have to agree that those Aussies got the US beat. BUT we are quickly becoming the next best thing ;)
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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:43 pm

Can Aussies get these?
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Postby Fatal_S » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:47 pm

Ignoring Australia and Indonesia, you guys only think your great because you're the top of the English-speaking BTS market. Germany/Japan/China/Indonesia. Just because people aren't on our English forums doesn't mean they don't exist. And they have some bloody rockin skinks.
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Postby NennaMeerkat » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:48 pm

Hey I admitted that the US was probably behind on the skink bandwagon!
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Postby Fatal_S » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:50 pm

I wouldn't say behind, you're definitely among the tops, but not as great as ML seems to think. Sadly the US killed off/exported so many of their unique skinks.
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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:51 pm

Fatal_S wrote:I wouldn't say behind, you're definitely among the tops, but not as great as ML seems to think.

:shock:
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Postby WanderingChai » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:55 pm

This MAY be getting a little off-topic... :roll:

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Postby NennaMeerkat » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:57 pm

Oh come on WanderingChai it is fun! It's all friendly banter. And I am not up on the "history" of the US and skinks. Any documentation I could read about this killing off and such of our cool skinks?
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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:58 pm

:uhhhh: Jeff started it...
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Postby WanderingChai » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:59 pm

xxmonitorlizardxx wrote::uhhhh: Jeff started it...


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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:01 pm

Or was it Kat... But I like Kat. She might give me a merauke... :mrgreen:
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Postby Fatal_S » Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:26 pm

NennaMeerkat wrote:Oh come on WanderingChai it is fun! It's all friendly banter. And I am not up on the "history" of the US and skinks. Any documentation I could read about this killing off and such of our cool skinks?


Did you know the USA used to have representatives of all 4 types of shingles? Lowland and highland blotchies. Red, yellow, silver & green Tanimbars. Easterns with eyebands were easy to obtain once. Even Westerns! There are still a few of these in the USA but it's nearly impossible to find them and most aren't being bred. And I mean I only just found out there are albino BTS in the USA. There's definitely rare skinks hiding in private collections under the radar, but they may as well not exist to the everyday enthusiasts. In most cases if the keepers didn't have the animals die off they sent them overseas to increase the chance of offspring. Most people didn't recognize the value of the animals and thus they disappeared quickly. It's only through the dedicated work of a few amazing keepers that we really have CBB skinks at all. And there are some amazing people trying to bring back the super rare species. If you want the history take the time to talk to the amazing keepers who've lived through the US's foray into the BTS world.
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Postby Jeff » Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:38 pm

Just my opinion. Many of the people in the U.S. Who have possessed the most awesome BTS over the past 30 years have been more concerned about making money than working with the skinks. We have definitely lost a lot of incredible animals as a result, but on the flip side, we are still allowed to keep every species other than adelaidensis as long as they are acquired legally. I have a feeling that in 10-20 years north America may move ahead of the other "non-Australian" hotspots for BTS. Only time will tell.
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Re: Weird question

Postby Katrina » Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:43 pm

xxmonitorlizardxx wrote:Or was it Kat... But I like Kat. She might give me a merauke... :mrgreen:


Oops - yeah, it was my comment that started all this. I'll split it into a second thread so that we don't completely derail the original thread! :D
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