interesting idea

newticus · 09-29-05, 09:44 PM

A friend of mine just showed me this. I guess it's not really about cresteds but it does have a R. ciliatus entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

It's an online encyclopedia that is trying to encompass all currently existing encyclopedias, and then anything else any one can think of. It is made and edited by people on the net. So in a way it is like our forums, where if someone writes something that is wrong or not fully correct there are other people to help make it as correct as possible, a form of peer-reveiw ^_^.
It's not restricted to only things by fact, there are controvercial, and political articles too.
In my personal veiw this is one of utopian ideals of the internet and is a great idea

so go check it out, and add more info to the articles you know about

Phoenix · 09-30-05, 03:18 PM

Reading from that website, I found this on the Crested article:
"This species of gecko was thought extinct until it was rediscovered by a team of biologists in 1994"

Is that true? Or did they just mean extinct in the wild?

DragnDrop · 09-30-05, 05:46 PM

It's true. They were thought to be extinct, none left anywhere other than preserved specimens in jars. They've only been in collections for a bit over a decade, that's why we don't know many details about them like their life expectancy for example.

The trouble with the Wiki is that it's only accurate if the contributors really know what they're talking about. It can be edited to correct mistakes but how would you know if the info you picked up from there is correct or has been changed since you looked? I still prefer an encyclopedia that's done by people who really know their stuff, not amateurs. Just look at the care sheets and websites online that are done by people who know nothing but sound like they're experts.

Phoenix · 09-30-05, 09:42 PM

Thats so neat! Sad but neat! So all the cresties we talk about are under ten. How odd. :S

I also would suggest taking Wiki with just a few grains of salt. May be free but it may be wrong too!

DragnDrop · 10-01-05, 08:23 AM

My first cresties are '96 models hatched from WC parents. They are still breeding regularly and producing fertile eggs just like the younger ones. At least I can say that their fertility lasts longer than 9 years, unlike some other species who stop way younger than that. I really would love to know at what age cresties stop. If their 'raging hormones' are any indication, they probably never do