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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 154345" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>The GROUND does indeed have humidity is conditions, but as we all know, humid air is far denser then dry air.</p><p></p><p>Basically an air-water mix sinks under pure fresh air. Once you get into the tops of the trees, which is where these guys live, it's a dry heat.</p><p></p><p>They drink water that pools within puddles on leaves and eat a variety of insects both flying and flightless in nature.</p><p></p><p>Excess humidity causes fungal infections in the book lungs that are virtually impossible to see and they die suddenly (SADS) Even if you did see it and catch it early, there's nothing you can do except correct the conditions and hope it goes away or pray for a moot, which discards the old book lungs.</p><p></p><p>Sudden</p><p>Avic</p><p>Death</p><p>Syndrome</p><p></p><p>Just give them a big elevated waterdish & they can drink as much water as they want & do so without those lethal fungal infections.</p><p></p><p>Moisture dependent fossoral or terrestrial species obviously have adaptions or better immune systems to avoid such problems.</p><p></p><p>That's why a T stirmi living under a tree is moisture dependent but a pink toe living in the top of the very same tree will be killed by humid air.</p><p></p><p>By the way, anthrax is a fungal long infection that kills humans. Humidity caused fungal infections are the tarantula version.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 154345, member: 26980"] The GROUND does indeed have humidity is conditions, but as we all know, humid air is far denser then dry air. Basically an air-water mix sinks under pure fresh air. Once you get into the tops of the trees, which is where these guys live, it's a dry heat. They drink water that pools within puddles on leaves and eat a variety of insects both flying and flightless in nature. Excess humidity causes fungal infections in the book lungs that are virtually impossible to see and they die suddenly (SADS) Even if you did see it and catch it early, there's nothing you can do except correct the conditions and hope it goes away or pray for a moot, which discards the old book lungs. Sudden Avic Death Syndrome Just give them a big elevated waterdish & they can drink as much water as they want & do so without those lethal fungal infections. Moisture dependent fossoral or terrestrial species obviously have adaptions or better immune systems to avoid such problems. That's why a T stirmi living under a tree is moisture dependent but a pink toe living in the top of the very same tree will be killed by humid air. By the way, anthrax is a fungal long infection that kills humans. Humidity caused fungal infections are the tarantula version. [/QUOTE]
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