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Posted by: VICtort at Wed Aug 10 00:34:53 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by VICtort ] I think it's natural selection, that the individual that is the best at getting food is more likely to pass on its genes through reproduction. Populations of mojave rattlesnakes are said to be almost exclusively lizard feeders and others primarily mammal feeders I am told. These populations tend to have widely differing venom properties as a result of this selective process, some venoms work better on reptiles some better on mammals. I would expect some kings to have selective factors that cause feeding behaviors. I often see some pretty spastic efforts by captive reptiles to catch/kill prey, I think they would have been selected out of the population in the wild. I would guess sleeping lizards are easier to catch than acive mice...perhaps that would be a selective force. Maybe an evolutionary biologist out there will set us straight? [ Hide Replies ]
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