Complex question for Mr. Rete but Jobi has pequed my intrest so have at it.

This is a monitor question. Colubrids, my racers have faster reflexes than other colubrids they can see artificial light cycling at 60 Hz. My falcons also cannot perceive artificial light all they see is a flashing light at 60Hz. My captive hatched tropical racers do not care but my imports hate artificial light and my assumption is that they are used to natural light not flashing from their perspective.

I already know your usual spiel (Frank) about if mine are OK why do you worry. I worry because Some of my planned monitors are imports and some are captive hatched imports which I will not worry so much about.

Your question should be how do you know animals can perceive what you are talking about. The truth is I have hard data on my Falcons that have to make split second decisions at 265 Mph yes documented at 265.

My racers it is observation and success when changing the variables so an educated or uneducated guess. I know your intention is to keep the masses focused on the end game (helping the world understand reproduction in monitors) and that is where your focus should be as it is an anemic area. I am not the masses and I dig somewhat deeper when getting my feet wet.

My question for you is (and I know you know) are import monitors sub-adult or adult perceive a difference in light?

I already know all about the other stressors or can imaging the horrors the incur in transit try to focus on my actual question so I can try to understand more in the arena of lighting (artifitial) vs natural.
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