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FR
at Tue Aug 14 18:02:52 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
I am sorry I have no ideas about that and have not seen a problem(yet). The reptiles I study(monitor) have line of sight and smell home ranges. They do not move far.
Most have stayed in a very small area. The two types of rattlesnakes, willardi and lepidus, have never moved a distance greater then 200 hundred yards(in 15 years of data gathering). They have never moved from one population to another. We work four populations in very close proxsimity to eachother.
My other studies, gilas, torts, are very much the same. Diamondbacks do indeed practice a sligthly different mode, they move greater distances, but not that great. Hundreds of yards.(28 years of observation)
Of note is, the less you pester them, the shorter the distance moved. hmmmmmmmm how simple is that. The last three are not touched, and rarely move at all. The rattlesnakes are examined(data) but are not remove from site of capture.
In all cases, they follow scent trails and use memory. Easy to prove. Remove them and they are lost. An example, molest them in their home range and they know many shelters to seek. Move them out of their range and they have no idea where to go. Often not even trying. Sorry, cheers
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RE: New here and question for Frank - FR, Tue Aug 14 18:02:52 2007