How fast can a skink run?

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How fast can a skink run?

Postby Phantom » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:36 pm

I am curious as to how fast a skink can run if it really wanted to or if it gets spooked. I am also curious, is there such thing a "lap skink"? Meaning on that just sits in your lap and you can pet him like a dog?
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Postby Zbiz » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:11 pm

Blue Tongue Skinks are as lap dogish as you can get when it comes to lizards. My baby which is only 3 months old falls asleep in my hands half covered by his blanket (a small towel),while i watch TV every night. I just gently rub his neck and head and hes out like a light. Hes still a baby and they mellow down as they grow older.
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Postby Zach » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:17 pm

Fast if they wanna be! I've seen tanimbars run right up a tree....

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Postby Phantom » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:19 pm

Zach- Those little arms are capable of that?

Zbiz- he falls asleep when you pet him? Thats adorable
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Postby kris21 » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:38 pm

One of mine falls asleep in the pocket of my jacket, guess coz its nice and warm in there. They also like to sleep up near my neck probably for the same reason.

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Postby Funda » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:41 pm

Same here! Its so cute :love:

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Postby LittleFoot » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:22 am

LittleFoot likes to drape himself across my chest while I watch TV, or his new thing is to plop himself on the book I am reading and take a snooze. He has such a personality.
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Postby Jenn » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:12 am

They can be very fast, especially the keis!
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Postby mewzic-7123 » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:43 pm

very fast, some times i cant catch him, but how come nobodys actually recorded the fastest running?
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Postby KyleWeiss » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:16 pm

Rollie can move. He ran after a sparrow in the grass, but no luck.

He also loves to "lap nap."

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Postby aggiegirl » Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:00 pm

They can move pretty fast when they want to---especially the babies! They can also "disappear" pretty quickly into the grass. And, until I saw it with my own eyes, I didn't realize how those short, stubby legs could be used to climb. (I can't imagine a bluey climbing a tree though!!! That is something I would love to see---but I doubt my Northern could ever manage!)
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Postby Phantom » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:15 pm

Wow, I am surprised. I thought those little arms couldn't do much, guess I was wrong.
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Postby MartinsPerson » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:17 pm

They can be quick little buggers!
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Postby Leigh » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:08 am

Mine likes to play creep mouse with me, turn and turn back ,he's moved a metre but is as still as a picture, repeat step one and he's gone two metres, they are little buggers some times, heh .
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Postby KyleWeiss » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:36 pm

Honestly, Phantom, it's a lot less "arms," and much more body with the blueys. They kind of get help directing motion one way or the other (sideways or forward) but the snaking action is pretty strong with these guys.

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Postby JWSR » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:57 pm

65 MPH. (on flat terrain, that is, and with a good tail wind.) :roll: :noknow:
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Postby Lucifer_Spades » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:14 pm

JWSR wrote:65 MPH. (on flat terrain, that is, and with a good tail wind.) :roll: :noknow:



Yeah, maybe with a sail or jet pack strapped to it's back. :lol:
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Postby Phantom » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:34 pm

Lucifer_Spades wrote:
JWSR wrote:65 MPH. (on flat terrain, that is, and with a good tail wind.) :roll: :noknow:



Yeah, maybe with a sail or jet pack strapped to it's back. :lol:


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Postby KyleWeiss » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:43 am

:thinking: Though you might be closer than you think... direct size ratio-to-speed, say if a car were a skink's size and in a race, I'd think it'd be quite close... at least for a while.

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Postby bluetonguemad » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:12 am

lol, the skink in the aquarium here ive seen do a really quick (and i mean blindingly fast speed) of about half a km an hour, less than half a mile an hour, this thing was so slow it was funny
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