Some of us are not arguing whether breeders successfully keep their kings in one cage or in groups. I said it many times as have others and it's been shown it works both ways. So when I post what I am about to write, please read as it seems some just aren't as they keep avoiding certain questions.

First off, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that kings "bond" in the wild and live in social groups, colonies, etc. Note I said in the WILD. In NATURE. Pairs are sometimes found as in a mating pair or several that have might found suitable shelter but this does NOT equate to groups bonding. Floridana for instance is more than abundant along the canals in the cane fields but this is because there is a high supply of food (rodents) and more than ample shelter (rodent tunnels along the canals). And this area is MANMADE. People refer to it as a manmade snake farm. Nowhere else in Florida can anyone go and find high numbers of Floridana. And the commercial collectors NEVER found 100 in one group as Bluerosy previously stated. Those collectors never came close to that number. They found kings along many canals across a wide area and were lucky to come up with 25 maybe in one day of searching. Even the commercial collectors today will tell you the same. BR said it's all about motivation to find them and well, there are plenty of motivations among people and money is not always what motivates. Those commercial collectors today base their livelihoods on finding snakes too so if BR's case was true, they would be finding kings in those numbers but guess what, they don't either. Nobody does.

So let me ask, where is this proof of kings living in dens, colonies, groups, etc. bonding as you FR and others claim? I have yet to see any supporting evidence whatsoever other than you just saying so. Remember, this has NOTHING to do with them in captivity. This is strictly a in NATURE question.

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