Okay so I actually pulled Bennett's book of the shelf. First off I have to wonder how closely you read or if perhaps it is a bit beyond your level of comprehension, which would be sad as Daniel seemed to write this book at a level that a third grader could read and understand it. The few things I quickly noticed while just glancing through it would be the paragraph on the top of Page 16 which correlates to the point Frank was trying to make about brumation and latitude and elevation that you fail to see especially when you think they actually brumate. some of the diet info is a bit different than I remember but not much. I reference to the lower pie chart on page 20, are amphibians some sort of new invertebrate I was not aware of? what about the lizard eggs in the chart on page 21? does it depend on what stage of development the eggs are in as to whether or not they are considered invertebrates? You know the more I look at those charts the more savannahs look like opportunistic predators/scavengers that eat whatever they can catch or find which is what we have been trying to tell you here all along. On that note I would like to point out the section on pages 58 and 59 where even daniel Bennett dosen't seem to have a problem with feeding rodents to savannahs but seems to have a dilemma with whether or not to feed live or dead. As I was looking through this book which is incredibly easy to read I notice that a lot of the husbandry advice on here is amazingly similar to what frank and others have been saying for years. Almost to the point that I wonder if he silently co-authored the book.

One final thing I would like to mention from your posts btw is your mention of African land snails, you mention it would be difficult to raise them. It is not difficult to raise any kind of snail but it is highly illegal on the federal level to raise African land snails. any USDA agent will freely volunteer that info if you are foolish enough to ask them.

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