06-07-2010, 05:11 PM | #11 |
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It goes with the territory of selling CITES listed species I supppse. Its something that gets lost in the apparent plerhora of tortoises available, they're amongst only 5000 species of animal (3000 vertibrates) in the world for which its felt trade restrictions need to apply to prevent a detramental effect on the species.
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Ive seen a lot of what if's on this subject, what if the chip moves, what if it packs up. Ever seen wild tortoises with limbs missing or cracked carapaces, they're bloody tough, I'm sure they could handle a chip insertion perhaps more than one if required. My understanding of this technology is that the chips are passive, a reader gives them enough juice to send its data. Theres no battery life involved so any failure would be mechanical. Unless the tortoise walked under a magnet I suppose Last edited by Kirkie; 06-07-2010 at 06:31 PM. |
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Ahh well, I hink it's a good thing. Microchips over paperwork, technology over bureaucracy. It's the 21st century, they can do amazing things with micro technology these days. The other night I saw a documentry where a submarine and it's crew were shrunk to a size where they were able to be injected into a human body! At least I think it was a documentary, it looked quite dated.
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I have just been informed this was in fact the 1966 science fiction film "The Fantasic Voyage" starring Donald Pleasence and Rachel Welch, a work of fiction.
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Fantastic Voyage... quite dated. Not a documentary.
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I wasn't actually talking about the health of the tort but rather the loss of data when the chip packs in. they fail all the time jazz, in computers, washing machines, tellys, cars, phones.. I can't see they will work any longer because they are in a tort. if a tort needs a new one every time it packs in it could need about 20 in its lifetime
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With the current over 10 cm scheme , I retain a specimen specific certificate which has the microchip number of the tortoise in question. I'd assume that if a chip fails and is replaced you'd apply to DEFRA/animal health for an updated certificate with the new chip number. I haven't had one fail yet so I'm not 100% on that.
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how can a chip fail? It is a hard wilred device.
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