So could this also mean that, if there's likely to be a much larger number of dead burms out there, and seeing as they're so hard to find live ones any way, the population is larger than has bee reported?

I'm just playing the devil's adocate speculation game as much as anyone else here.

I do believe that most of the live non-native reptiles will succumb to respiratory infections and other illnesses in the next 1-6 months. We all know it can take a reptile weeks or months to die from some infections, and as they move slower, they might be seen in greater numbers in the next few weeks/months before the sightings drastically decrease as they die off. All guessing games, but I'm guessing that most either died or will succumb in the next handful of months.

Katrina

>>It's NOT as fascinating as you think as IT'S MUCH HARDER TO FIND DEAD BURMS THAN LIVE ONES. That is a huge flaw as the snakes I guarantee buried and hid under anything and everything to try to escape the killing temps while live ones warmed up are out and about. The percentage of dead could be MUCH HIGHER and no way to know exactly how many. I can assure you that the percentage based on what was found was highly in favor of live ones. I thought the testimony over all was better but still comparing found dead snakes to found live ones and using that as an accurate percentage to go by is fatally flawed. I'M A FIELD HERPER NOW AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND ANY FIELD HERPER KNOWS THIS...
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>>Tom Crutchfield
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