"They CREATE the balance in their native range but here they are an EXTRA predator thrown in on top of the ones we already had that create the balance here.... alligators, crocodiles, panthers, bobcats, etc. Adding another one upsets the balance. "





In your balance equation your neglecting the fact as usual , that the natural balance has been gone for a LONG time and has changed many times. As Ive said in the past burms will be part of the next generation of balance that happens in the everglades.





Population control is NOT centered on the culling of juveniles as you say. Pythons have dozens of babies because they EXPECT most of them to die.





Actually it is.

They have lots babies because they EXPECT most of them to die. Exactly, All the baby's don't reach maturity if they did things would get out of hand. Its the culling of the offspring in nature that keeps the numbers in check not the killing of adults. The few offspring that survive to maturity are meant as recruitment's to replace the adults that will eventually be of no more value to the species. We were talking about tyhe effects of natural predation. When excess adults are killed then its no longer population control for the species its eradication.



Ernie Eison

Westwood Acres Reptile arm Inc.

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