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wstreps
at Mon Sep 14 22:25:27 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by wstreps ]
I don't know of any confirmed cases of burms eating dogs. This could be because they come across each other so rarely under normal circumstances. My own personal observations, burms don't seem to be very interested in the scent of dogs or their movements. Burms will eat cats but... One of the reasons cats are so successful is because its almost impossible for a predator to catch one.
The feral Florida burms favorite prey is the cottontail rabbit. They do eat a wide range of prey items but most are VERY common animals that are consumed in small inconsequential numbers. Something that always seems to be left out when certain people start yapping about how burms eat everything.
Burmese pythons are not nearly the generalist survivors some are trying to present them as. The proof is, These pythons have failed to establish in areas within their native range near towns, cites and village's where no doubt hundreds and probably thousands have been accidentally introduced over hundreds of years.
Unfortunately all the BS that as one scientist put it "far right of the bell curve" nonsense will take presentence over the facts and realities surrounding these animals.
Ernie Eison
WESTWOOD ACRES REPTILE FARM INC.
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RE: Do Burms eat dogs? - wstreps, Mon Sep 14 22:25:27 2009