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RE: Well, as a matter of fact...

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Posted by: Mike_Rochford at Fri Oct 9 17:59:18 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Mike_Rochford ]  
   

I'll echo some of what flherp said.



I'm pretty confident that most burms out there now were born out there and have probably never been in a cage.



I can understand your skepticism. You don't have to believe me but I can assure you I have no reason to lie about this. There were several biologists involved in tracking this animal and a couple of pilots that fly the plane so it would have to be a very organized lie if it weren't true. The pilots don't care about any of these issues... they're just pilots. And if you were to ask them they would tell you that it's true. Then there are the Miccosukee Indians who knew the snake was there and said they wanted it removed. I guess they could be lying too... but why would they care? Here's a picture of the day we captured and removed the snake:







I'll address the issue of restraining the snakes in the other thread where it was initially mentioned. In short, it's necessary to hold them like that.



Mike



I'm aware of huge numbers of Timbers wintering in the same "ancestrial" den generation after generation. But these animals are born there. An interesting study would be take 2 adults from the same den breed them in captivity and then release their offspring 20 miles from the den. Hopefully there are plenty of capable den sites between the release point and the den of their parents.

In my mind if these are "released" Burms why are they traveling back to the ENP. Their "ancestrial" den is an aquarium in little Johnny's room in Orlando.

It took my cat 2 months to travel 8 miles back to my old house.

Obviously 4 1/2 months is longer than 3 but still 30 miles.

Snakes typically take the path of least resistance which swimming would be but I still can't see it. With everything that has happened and been said in FL over the last year I can't be blamed for my skepticism.

Here's a scenario. Two days after the release a biologist returns to the site. Within moments he comes across this snake.

Frustrated he grabs in by the head and wrestles it into a dog kennel. Drives to the original place of capture and releases it.

In mind more plausible than an adult python in a suitable habitat that "chooses" to travel 30 miles back to another place.


   

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