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StephF
at Thu Mar 25 16:14:47 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by StephF ]
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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- 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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RE: Miami Herald on Cold/Pythons - StephF, Thu Mar 25 16:14:47 2010
