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Quote[/b] ]Spotlight for the reflective eyes and you'll see alot more.
Actually, the first thing they told us about catching these was that they don't have eyeshine. Instead, you look for the shine off the ventral scales, which is more difficult to spot, but not too bad.
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Quote[/b] ]Did you notice an unusual abundance of spiders on guam? I hear with the lack of pradators around they are overabundant now
Not particularly, but we weren't really looking for anything but snakes.
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Quote[/b] ] i just cant see any way around it being inevitable as long as we are around like we currently are.
Improved biosecurity measures are one way to reduce it, along with preventing people from owning invasive species.
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Quote[/b] ]BTW as far as "the cure for cancer" it doesnt exist, cancer is not just "cancer" its abnormal cells, and different types can be way to different for the same drug to work on all. it should be "cures for cancers" if you want to get technical.
Yes, but some of the same uderlying mechanisms are at work throughout, including some of the same genes, and some of the same processes in the tissues. While all cancers are different, all are similar in some ways too.
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Quote[/b] ]as a highly active hunter and angler i am very pro conservation. however i know what man kind is. all you who want to make a difference i applaud you and will roll up my sleeves and help but in the greater scheme of things what is it really going to do?
Prevent species from going extinct. Every time a species goes extinct, it alters the course of evolutionary history, especially if that species is the sole representative of a larger taxonomic group. Evolution is replete with examples of minor groups happening to be around at the right time and place to have a major adaptive radiation and become key players in the ecosystem.
In the strictly long-term, nothing matters, because the sun will eventually expand to red giant phase and engulf the Earth, vaporizing it and everything on it. But in the meantime, we can try not to mess things up too badly.
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Quote[/b] ]should have let the seals die from the oil and purchased more land to be set aside from logging, would have been a wiser investment but it doesnt look as good as releasing a couple seals and ppl get a national pat on the back where signing over a cople hundred acres might have got mentioned in the regional paper. ppl are greedy and its not always money they are after
That's a complain I also have; spending conservation money on this or that media-friendly cause, when simply buying habitat and protecting it is much more beneficial.
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Quote[/b] ]But the real question: Do they taste good?
Nope. Snake generally tastes like chicken, but this species has extremely elongate tendons (which is why we sought it out), so it's be like eating a mixture of chicken and dental floss.
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Quote[/b] ]Nature's going to have to solve the problem for us. We just don't have the brains to do it.
Well, I'm doing my part: my fiancee and I are both vehemently child-free.
Mokele