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RE:my two cents

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Posted by: jarich at Mon Oct 24 08:56:36 2011  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jarich ]  
   

Sorry, just went back and realized I was comparing a whole mouse as food to McDonalds, which is admittedly a pretty loose comparison of nutrition. I read further down on the threads here and came across a number of similar threads about diet. It seems like many of the experienced keepers are saying that Daniel's study was very limited in time and place. However, it was limited to the area that most sav's in this country come from, so that seems valid. It also shows that these animals come from an area typically high in rodents (farmland/grasslands) and so if they were not specialized it would make sense that at any time of year, no matter how limited the scope, at least some of these animals would show vertebrate prey. Again, the fact that NOT A SINGLE ONE did seems to me the telling part.

I know this is an old argument, but thats how science goes. Learn, debate, repeat!


   

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