do ball pythons dig/burrow.

[Adam_Wysocki]

Can I plagiarize that, or do you want credit?

Either way Papi ... don't make me no difference.

-adam

[rabernet]

Well, since you like to call links to information posted on internet websites "evidence", you have the field study above and here's a second link to an article on a semi popular ball breeders website specifically discussing ball pythons and burrowing ...

http://www.8ballpythons.com/journal/...sburrowing.htm

That should be all the evidence you need.

-adam

I've heard of this breeder somewhere, and I think I may have run into him at the Daytona Reptile Breeders Expo - quite an interesting read!

[mmchoppers]

Well, since you like to call links to information posted on internet websites "evidence", you have the field study above and here's a second link to an article on a semi popular ball breeders website specifically discussing ball pythons and burrowing ...

http://www.8ballpythons.com/journal/...sburrowing.htm

That should be all the evidence you need.

-adam

hahahaha............hahahaha Ha

[Mendel's Balls]

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:...s&ct=clnk&cd=2


This link, specifically page 15 explains their use of burrows. Also has other good info. Their is also a video documentary of this study available on the net. Poor video/audio quality but it was interesting to watch...

Thanks for this link.

[wildlifewarrior]

Well, since you like to call links to information posted on internet websites "evidence", you have the field study above and here's a second link to an article on a semi popular ball breeders website specifically discussing ball pythons and burrowing ...

http://www.8ballpythons.com/journal/...sburrowing.htm

That should be all the evidence you need.

-adam

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~mike

[Smulkin]

I had to type this in from a book so excuse the inevitable spelling errors:



"Snakes are somewhat predisposed to tunneling by virtue of their small girth, and they probably owe their elongation and limb loss to an initially fossorial existence. Although many rather typical-looking serpents are secretive and live beneath surface litter, true burrowers usually have modifications that decrease friction and allow them to penetrate compacted soil. Specialized fossorial snakes often possess a buttressed skull to resist and absorb the forces of tunneling; fused head and body scales (as few as thirteen dorsal rows in reedsnakes [Calamaria]) to minimize friction; and a short tail, often tipped by one or more spines and used as a lever for pushing off. madagascan hog-nosed snakes (Leioheterodon), Shield-nosed Cobras (Aspidelaps scutatus), and other species with modified rostral scales use their snouts to open and enlarge tunnels, then scoop put soil in a loop created by retracting the neck laterally. Fossorial serpents are typically less than 30cm long although the Mole Snakes (Pseudaspis cana), Eastern Pinesnakes (Pituophis melanoleucus), and a few others exceed 2m."

Harry W Green
"Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery In Nature"
1997


That's the best I could do at this time.

[mr~python]

i would also like to say only 3 of the links you posted *kinda* stated they burrow. the last one said they use burrows. didnt say anything about them making their own.

if those rinky dink sites are concrete proof then i dont want to know concrete facts.

[MontyNSpike]

Last time I checked, I couldn't hear words that are typed on a website forum, so no, I don't like listening to the sound of my own voice, because on here, it can't be done. I can only see the words not hear them because I am not a ball python breeder like you who has an exponential amount of knowledge at his fingertips and brain cells. Another fact I know is that there is human error and opinons, which may or may not be correct, but I have a right to them just like everyone else. That being said, I'm going to agree to disagree with you Adam and others that just like to flame me for the hell of it, taking my words out of context and such and pretty much tearing me a new one. I know that one of the mods said that I shouldn't take it too personally, but how am I supposed to take it? Can an expert on this tell me? Thanks, until then, I gotta go feed my ball python some crickets and count down the days until he gives birth to a 2 headed jaguar checkered bald spider morph. Thank you very much!

[JLC]

Brian, I really don't think anyone is picking on you. They're just confounded that you are so stubbornly hanging onto the idea that you're right about BP's digging their own burrows. It defies understanding and therefore people will tend to get silly since they can't seem to make any headway with logic.

[MontyNSpike]

Alright, ball pythons don't burrow everyone happy now?