Re: What do you know?

Posted by Dave Beamer on November 10, 1998 at 21:05:22:

In Reply to: Re: What do you know? posted by Ric Blair on November 10, 1998 at 01:39:09:

I agree that the answers to those questions do not require a degree. I do however suggest that snakes in captivity are different from those in the wild and that while these questions can be answered for snakes in captivity it is probably much different in the wild. I recently attended a conference where this was demonstrated many times with many species. How do you know that the neonates forage underground? How do you know they eat insects, small lizards and small snakes? How did you observe them eating these items if they were underground? I don't know why you think your observations would be shunned by biologists. Have you ever submitted any of your observations for publication in the Natural History notes section of Herp Review? I can hardly imagine them be turned down. You might be surprised how your contributions would be recieved. In addition your observations could then benefit the animals to an even greater extent by facilitating researchers working with their populations. I have never once suggested that hobbyiest have nothing worthwhile to contribute, I do suggest however that they rarely do which is even worse.
Dave Beamer

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: I agree that the answers to those questions do not require a degree. I do however suggest that snakes in captivity are different from those in the wild and that while these questions can be answered for snakes in captivity it is probably much different in the wild. I recently attended a conference where this was demonstrated many times with many species. How do you know that the neonates forage underground? How do you know they eat insects, small lizards and small snakes? How did you observe them eating these items if they were underground? I don't know why you think your observations would be shunned by biologists. Have you ever submitted any of your observations for publication in the Natural History notes section of Herp Review? I can hardly imagine them be turned down. You might be surprised how your contributions would be recieved. In addition your observations could then benefit the animals to an even greater extent by facilitating researchers working with their populations. I have never once suggested that hobbyiest have nothing worthwhile to contribute, I do suggest however that they rarely do which is even worse. : Dave Beamer

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