Show science expert praises lizard as good mother an intelligence and devotion in the care 0 of its eggs equaling find and in sonic somo respects surpassing that of the nesting barnyard hen was attributed to the hie blue tailed skink a lizard common in this section by a curator of reptiles and amphibians nt at the american museum of natural history who told of experiments and research into the brooding habits ot of this and other lizards carried on at the museum although lizards are generally looked upon as cold natured creatures that abandon their offspring to the mercy of the elements recent exper experiments imenes show that the mother skink broods lier her hatch of eggs avith maternal solicitude unexpected in a reptile and will eye even defend thera against enc enemies rifles many times larger than herself furthermore it was shown that unlike the lien hen allatch will sit on chloa eggs with apparent satisfaction and full expectations the pie recognizes its own eggs by tasting thern and refuses to waste time on those hose of other families of lizards rio po mitter how similar new yorla herald tribune |