Fitness trackers attached to wild bearded dragons have revealed a counterintuitive finding that challenges assumptions about animal survival. The fastest lizards were actually more likely to die than their slower counterparts, according to a year-long study that monitored 40 Australian central bearded dragons in their natural habitat. Researchers from the University of Melbourne fitted the … Read more
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