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06-18-15, 01:41 PM
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Re: 30 Years of Reptiles - First Boa
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Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785
I'm...really doubtful a dictionary definition supports what you're saying. They can get facts wrong, and say that snakes are poisonous rather than venomous. Although the words grammatically are interchangeable, biologically venomous and poisonous are different.
Not to mention the definition almost guaranteed to be taken out of context.
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But, I just linked a scientific study, with sources, that states the snakes they're discussing exhibit indeterminate growth. Who are you saying got the definition wrong?
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They exhibit indeterminate growth through their (potentially long) life (Andrews 1982),
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06-18-15, 01:45 PM
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Re: 30 Years of Reptiles - First Boa
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But, I just linked a scientific study, with sources, that states the snakes they're discussing exhibit indeterminate growth. Who are you saying got the definition wrong?
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That is one sentence taken out of the rest of the article. The article studied animals in the wild with periods of famine, and even said in the main article that prey availability affects growth. They may be considering the potential to grow their entire lives as having indeterminate growth, or maybe I misunderstood some points, but as I discussed above what I read was very different from saying they have indeterminate growth.
What happens when a snake has plenty of food throughout their lives, with no period of famine?
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06-18-15, 03:38 PM
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Re: 30 Years of Reptiles - First Boa
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What happens when a snake has plenty of food throughout their lives, with no period of famine?
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Such a long term scientific study couldn't be done in the wild as nature doesn't have a buffet of endless supply of meals at regular intervals. I get the point you're trying to make, see both sides of the coin and compare results but such an environment couldn't be done in the wild and conducting a long term study with captive animals, to get a animal base of enough animals would be extremely hard to coordinate as you'd be dealing with many different private keepers.
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