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natsamjosh
at Wed Mar 24 13:03:55 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by natsamjosh ]
>>" The park lost nine of the 10 radio-tagged snakes, including all eight females, but field surveys for several weeks following the cold snap found higher survival rates -- nearly 60 percent of 99 snakes spotted by his team of researchers were alive.
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>>Without expanded efforts to control them, he said, the snakes are likely to rebound in coming years. Only last week, his researchers documented a rare sighting showing that some of the survivors are well enough to engage in the propagation business."
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>>So, the survival rate is even higher than 10%...closer to 60% according to Mazzotti's findings. And the survivors are mating.
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>>Fascinating.
Not really. Without more info, it's meaningless. What would the survival rate be if you factor in the virtual certainty that a large percentage of dead pythons were eaten by scavengers? Then on top of that, factor in how many survivors have a terminal ri.
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- Dr Mazzotti comments on cold - USARK, Tue Mar 23 13:45:43 2010
- RE: Dr Mazzotti comments on cold - StephF, Tue Mar 23 14:58:01 2010
- RE: Dr Mazzotti comments on cold - Hiss_N_Herps, Tue Mar 23 15:14:20 2010
- Thanks Dr Mazzotti and Shawn Heflic - amazoa, Tue Mar 23 15:36:03 2010
- That's more like it! - brhaco, Tue Mar 23 16:50:02 2010
- RE: Dr Mazzotti comments on cold - CSRAJim, Wed Mar 24 09:03:26 2010
- Miami Herald on Cold/Pythons - USARK, Wed Mar 24 10:59:39 2010
- RE: Miami Herald on Cold/Pythons - StephF, Wed Mar 24 11:55:08 2010
- Perhaps you could do your own experiment - Calparsoni, Wed Mar 24 12:26:06 2010
- RE: Perhaps you could do your own experiment - StephF, Wed Mar 24 13:18:45 2010
- RE: Perhaps you could do your own experi - Calparsoni, Wed Mar 24 14:25:33 2010
- Agreed, as I wander OT once again. - jscrick, Wed Mar 24 15:54:56 2010
- RE: Agreed, as I wander OT once again. - StephF, Wed Mar 24 17:02:05 2010
- John... - brhaco, Wed Mar 24 17:26:10 2010
- RE: Agreed, as I wander OT once again. - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Thu Mar 25 07:01:23 2010
- Further... - brhaco, Thu Mar 25 08:12:30 2010
- RE: Further... - jscrick, Thu Mar 25 09:01:26 2010
- Well, - Jaykis, Fri Mar 26 20:39:10 2010
- RE: Well, - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Fri Mar 26 20:49:36 2010
 RE: Miami Herald on Cold/Pythons - natsamjosh, Wed Mar 24 13:03:55 2010  - RE: Miami Herald on Cold/Pythons - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Wed Mar 24 19:43:34 2010
- RE: mating ball with burms???? - Calparsoni, Wed Mar 24 11:57:54 2010
- my thoughts... - jscrick, Wed Mar 24 12:22:54 2010
- 60 percent of 99 were dead? - boaphile, Wed Mar 24 13:37:12 2010
- Environment & Energy Daily - USARK, Wed Mar 24 12:50:54 2010
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