While both have very high mortality rates. Nature has no problem reproducing(recruiting). So a guess would be, over 90% mortality rate before recruitment in nature. And much higher then that in captivity. I bet less then one percent in captivity ever successfully reproduce, 99% mortality rate.

Now the real problem is, in nature the deaths feed and support an ecosystem. So deaths are needed. In captivity, its needless deaths, they are for no reason other then ignorance(not knowing better) or negleck.

In nature theres predators, and pathogens and parasites, with no doctors. In captivity, there should be plenty of everything and doctors. No excuses here. Cheers or in this case, lack of cheers

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• What has a higher mortality rate? - roadspawn, Sun Jul 2 19:47:52 2006
• RE: What has a higher mortality rate? - FR, Sun Jul 2 21:54:25 2006
• RE: What has a higher mortality rate? - mampam, Wed Jul 5 07:48:24 2006
• RE: What has a higher mortality rate? - FR, Wed Jul 5 09:03:08 2006