I agree with Yvonne and I think some of you should lighten up,and appreciate what is being done. They never said this was a scientific experiment. There is soemthing to be learned here and it's just interesting to see. If you just take it for what it is, you will see that if nothing else, the oil seems to have evened out the heat on the tortoise what the pics from the other experiment shows hot spots. Yes we new this was the case from these bulbs, but we didn't know the oil would even it out and to me that is what appears to be happening. Give them a break. At least they are trying to do something and share it with us all.
I would like to see how long the tortoise stays that temp and what the temp,would be taken out of the enclosure. I appreciate you taking the time and money to do this and sharing it with us.
I appreciate the kind words. It means a lot. I am just putting this out there people, take it for what its worth. I have like 300 more compare and contrast pics of this morning bask for both tortoises. From cool to fully heated. And i see uneven hot spots as a result of these lamps, and some of them even mimic what i should everyone with the grid heating pattern. I find it fascinating, despite it not proving anything concrete. It shows me a lot about them and how the heat up.