>>Ahh yes. Now you have reduced it to remote versus inaccessible as if a single collection attempt by a human at a remote locale would be sufficient to modify behavior forever. Yeah right! Care to split that hair further?>>



Remote and inaccessible are very different. I am not splitting hair. You are conflating two entirely different types of localities.



Besides, who says a single instance of natural selection cannot be effective? Remember, natural selection acts upon existing variation. If there are x number of snakes at a locality and n of them have, by chance, the inherited behavior of favoring deep inaccessible crevices, then a single collector acting once (and acting illegally because of his disregard for bag limits) can possibly remove all of the individuals that do not have such behavior.



>>Not disproven since I am sure that that crevice any snake retreats to feels very secure after any attack whether or not it occurred at the edge of the crevice or away from the rock. After a lifetime of attacks, any adult has probably learned that exposing itself as little as possible is safer.

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>>Rick Staub



You are assuming facts. We do not know whether the injuries were sustained while the snakes were out in the open or whether they were inside crevices but still exposed to predators. Perhaps you can offer some evidence that the injuries were most likely to have occurred while the snakes were inside crevices.

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