Was there humor in there????????????

Your better mouse trap only COSTS more, but is not better, in fact, its worse. You see, anything that works, breaks. So such things as thermostats, fans, power outages, etc etc, all tend to be the reason for healthy egg failure. That dang hole in the ground could care less about those things.

About in the ground, hmmmmmmmmmmm you do have it wrong. Which is why I questioned that graph. In my area, the desert southwest. Mass temps in the ground are pretty high. For instance, there is a cave by me at 6500ft elevation. Its 72F year around. Another closer to me that's at 4500 feet elevation. its 82F year around. I am at 2450 ft and its still hotter.

A friend of mine from the northwest came over and we had this argument, he was under the false impression that the water that comes out of our hose would be cool, because of the mass. I told him he was full of crap. Well, one summer day, I hosed his arse down and he said, DANG that waters HOT!!!!!! yup it is.

The point, its not always cooler, and the question pops up, cooler then what?

Now for your thinking pleasure, most snakes, the vast majority, occur in warm climates, not areas that get cool or have winters. The vast majority means, both in numbers and numbers of species. For instance, we have something like 15 species of reptiles or more, just on my property. 5 species of rattlesnakes within a 1/2 mile.
Just for fun, I saw hogs in this place in mexico, just west of 4 springs, hahahahahaha Quattro cienegas,(sp) where its gets normally 110 to 125F daily, in the summer and does not have a winter, what would the ground temps be?

Also, your thoughts on dirt covering the eggs is a bit odd. What makes you think that? please answer, cause I do have a answer for your answer. Thanks

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