Posted by:
Joe Forks
at Tue Oct 25 11:20:45 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Joe Forks ]
I should mention I'm NOT surprised at all you find Vines utilizing that habitat. It's not uncommon to find all sorts of arboreal and semi arboreal species utilizing other habitats that don't fit our previous understanding of those species.
Bottom line they are using the habitat, and they are using it for one of their life events such as feeding, drinking, breeding, thermoregulation or any combination of those events.
IMO it is natural for any species or population that is healthy - or not being decimated - to spread out into other areas. In some cases the habitat may be similar, in others it may not. In some cases the animals can be successful, and in other cases they can not.
It is as you said, the animals are not defined by the literature or simply what we know about them. Quite the reverse, the literature and what we know about the animals is defined by the animals.
Forky
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