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There was a thread below from the 9th talking about if there had been any studies on hognose feeding frequency. I am claiming that there are a few credible studies that give some insight on this, namely Platt's hognose natural history paper. There have been a couple of recent radiotracked hognose studies as well. Unfortunately I am on vacation right now in CO (of course, no where near where Westerns are native!) and don't have access to my literature. Once I get back to VA and settle in I will look all this up and report back to the forum. Not trying to start an argument either, I figured I collected all that literature for reasons such as this!

BTW: I am traveling up to Greeley tomorrow to talk with a researcher at UNC who has worked a lot with hognoses and apparently their venom. I'll report back on that as well!
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Which hognose were the studies done on. Where could I find Platts studies. Are they available online or would I need to go to a university library. Lastly, are you referring to UNC chapel hill or another one. There is a professor at Davidson just north of charlotte who is pretty well known for his work with herps. Im not sure if he has any studies on hognose or not. Do you know of him?

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>>There was a thread below from the 9th talking about if there had been any studies on hognose feeding frequency. I am claiming that there are a few credible studies that give some insight on this, namely Platt's hognose natural history paper. There have been a couple of recent radiotracked hognose studies as well. Unfortunately I am on vacation right now in CO (of course, no where near where Westerns are native!) and don't have access to my literature. Once I get back to VA and settle in I will look all this up and report back to the forum. Not trying to start an argument either, I figured I collected all that literature for reasons such as this!
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>>BTW: I am traveling up to Greeley tomorrow to talk with a researcher at UNC who has worked a lot with hognoses and apparently their venom. I'll report back on that as well!
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>>...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
>> Aldo Leopold (1938)
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>>"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
>>Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)
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