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Posted by: jones at Mon Oct 20 02:14:40 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jones ]

I would say that it probably is, in part, inherited. However, to study this in captive animals is missing the point. There is no way to tell if these animals would be fine in their natural habitat. I think this process simply eliminates animals that are not suited for captivity. Acaptive environment is so fundamentally different than anything they would experience in the wild that it would be impossible to isolate any other variable. Reptiles are creatures of instinct and seemingly nothing else controls their actions. Although I have no evidence for this, I would assume that this problem was even more common in the earlier days of captive breeding. This should be especially evident in an animal that has been bred in captivity as long and as much as corn snakes. I have to disagree that this is actual suicide and not just an inability to cope with captivity.
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Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - KirosReptiles, Sat Oct 11 10:45:00 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - joeysgreen, Mon Oct 13 21:11:30 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - KirosReptiles, Thu Oct 16 16:34:37 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - psilocybe, Wed Oct 22 12:25:19 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - psilocybe, Wed Oct 22 12:28:19 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - Kikai, Wed Oct 22 13:11:45 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - snakeguy88, Mon Oct 27 21:49:50 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - polaris, Tue Oct 14 08:21:03 2003

Wrong idea - try a health problem instead - rayhoser, Wed Oct 15 05:57:16 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - aratadude, Thu Nov 13 14:22:18 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - wintermute, Wed Oct 15 15:17:11 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - serpentinedreams, Thu Oct 16 00:27:39 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - Kikai, Thu Oct 16 09:21:27 2003

Thanks for replies; it was an interesting aside n/m - KirosReptiles, Thu Oct 16 16:39:26 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - deuce, Thu Oct 16 19:25:20 2003

RE: Suicide mechanisms in reptiles - jones, Mon Oct 20 02:14:40 2003

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