Read the article again:

"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."


There were only 10 radio tracked snakes. Do you really thing that 10 snakes is an adequate sampling from which to extrapolate overall survival rates?

At this point there are NO OFFICIAL results, so we all have to go on what is merely anecdotal at this point. The information is what it is.

The larger the sampling, the more accurate the results. My guess is somewhere between 10 and 60 percent survival rate.

Cheers.

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