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pyromaniac
at Fri Sep 24 09:10:49 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pyromaniac ]
I think this 1% survival rate is in reality an impossible thing to know.
To do this count right, one would have to fence in (over head, too, for hawks and other birds)several very large habitats all the same with the same ratio of predators to prey, same water and other resources, etc. Then one would have to count every single snake and every single predator (don't forget parasites!) Also the weather for each habitat would have to be the same. If there was a road going through the habitats, one would have to have the same amount of cars with the same type of drivers (both those who would on purpose drive over a snake and those who would avoid hitting it)....in other words, the variables that would impact the accuracy of such a study seem overwhelming.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
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