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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 131418" data-attributes="member: 27677">Yes, slow feeding response was something that just came to mind, it may be a bad example. More relevant might be something like inefficient absorption of nutrients due to a congenital deformity, or any number of unseen and unnoticed congenital deformities that would not noticeably effect a specimen in captivity. They might be outweighed by a higher tolerance to extremes in humidity or other factors resulting from poor husbandry. As you say, all speculation unless someone were to do some very in-depth experiments and analysis.</blockquote>