and to think that at the first level here they are less than $5. ea., no one is making any huge $$ until they hit the secondary markets...However, if there wasn't a demand, there wouldn't be the numbers imported either.

Was there any break down of just where they are exported to and the % to each nation? Do they command more $$ in Europe?

I have no clue.

Do you know just how the "farming" is done? Are the gravid females kept until they lay then turned loose? Are ANY babies turned loose? Is there some sort of protocol involved here?

I remember seeing hundreds together and that a huge % were male. Are they sexed and culled before export?I also remember seeing a news report of sorts a few years back where they interviewed one or more of the "farmers".

Wasn't there an article in Reptiles as well?

Those numbers are staggering.

:Mark
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