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lampro-king
at Sat Mar 20 22:57:42 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lampro-king ]
As for rodent control,if my calculations were even close in my first post on this subject,than 300 rattle snakes eating one rodent per week each, for 52 weeks-one year would consume ???? (LETS PRETEND THAT THESE HAVE NEVER SLID DOWN A BURROW AND CONSUMED AN ENTIRE LITTER OF RODENTS)- Simple math 300 snakes x 52 rodents each a year equals = 15,600 rodents. Lets say tht 50% of these said rodents were females with an average litter size of 8 offspring.
thats 7,800 females having a possible 62,400 babies. Thats one awesome reason for people not to destroy predators such as the rattle snake. Because of the streamlined shape, snakes will always be the most effecient as far as natural rodent control, hand down. We should all take pride and satisfaction along with the determination of a pit bull in trying to protect what we love--our reptiles.
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