>>On a side note you really can`t equate alligators to burms for one thing the gator numbers are a direct result of the special protection they receive and not because of their ability to elude detection .

Yes, but remember that even with the massive hunting that went on, enough of them survived that once they received protection they were able, in a few decades to repopulate to a point where THOUSANDS of them are being killed each year as they make their way back into populated areas that are hardly like their original habitat. Burms in the everglades proper enjoy essentially the same level of protection, except for the handful of people out there searching for them.

>>There's hundred of photos and films involving nesting gator's that unlike the Burmese aren't staged shots.

My point was that using rearfang's logic, I should not believe you because I haven't seen those pics. What you say is now third-hand info to me. Besides, if I actually saw such a film, how would I know it wasn't shot at the gator farm down the road? It looks EXACTLY like the national park... Unless you were actually present for the shooting, you have no basis for saying they weren't staged, if I feel like being skeptical enough...and even then I have no way of knowing that you aren't simply lying to me.

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