>>Does that include publishing papers saying that Pythons could inhabit the southern third of the U.S.? We didn't write that but USGS did...Does that include lying by ommission while telling people a python ate a rat suggesting without saying the Pythons are responsible for the rats demise? We didn't do any of those things...

First, Tom -- do you want to be as weak as your opponent, or do you want to be STRONGER than your opponent? You shouldn't use the mistakes of your opposition as an excuse for your own failings.

Second, that USGS paper was limited in its use of data, and overused by others -- but that doesn't mean what it actually said was wrong. It simply didn't take into account nearly as many considerations about habitat and so on as it could have.

Third, there is no lie in noting that pythons have been found with rats in their stomachs. The pythons certainly did cause the demise of the rats they ate.
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (TBA)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
2.6 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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