here's why I have doubts about cb yearlings....

Posted by Dean Alessandrini on February 09, 2002 at 11:52:51:

In Reply to: Re: good points...more posted by dave f on February 09, 2002 at 05:29:05:

I attended the international herpetological symposium in 1998. The theme of the show was "wild snakes and captive snakes, are the similar" Several research projects involving comparing wild and captive snakes had been conducted and the results were presented. The experiments had included reactions of snakes (mostly rattlesnakes were used) but in naturalistic captive enclosures. The study snakes included captive snakes that were born and bred in captivity, captive snakes that had been wc and in captivity for about 1 year, and then newly caught snakes. To make a long story short, the newly caught snakes reacted to various stimuli as you would expect a wild snake to. They sounded off and showed threat display when they saw large animals like people and dogs, they spent their days thermoregulating and nights actively prowling and searching for food. The HID when they were resting.

the captive snakes, even those only captive for a year, were LAZY, stayed out of cover and out in the open even at night, and did not search for food. when dogs and people were presented, they did not even rattle, but simply investigated curiously.

The insticts appear to CHANGE to adapt to the captive environment.

Would they change back if released in the wild?
Possibly yes...but would it be before they were killed by a predator?

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: I attended the international herpetological symposium in 1998. The theme of the show was "wild snakes and captive snakes, are the similar" Several research projects involving comparing wild and captive snakes had been conducted and the results were presented. The experiments had included reactions of snakes (mostly rattlesnakes were used) but in naturalistic captive enclosures. The study snakes included captive snakes that were born and bred in captivity, captive snakes that had been wc and in captivity for about 1 year, and then newly caught snakes. To make a long story short, the newly caught snakes reacted to various stimuli as you would expect a wild snake to. They sounded off and showed threat display when they saw large animals like people and dogs, they spent their days thermoregulating and nights actively prowling and searching for food. The HID when they were resting. : the captive snakes, even those only captive for a year, were LAZY, stayed out of cover and out in the open even at night, and did not search for food. when dogs and people were presented, they did not even rattle, but simply investigated curiously. : The insticts appear to CHANGE to adapt to the captive environment. : Would they change back if released in the wild? : Possibly yes...but would it be before they were killed by a predator?

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