Touchy subject that i need some light shined on....

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Field work and first hand accounts like Justins and others that have been to West Africa, captive observations, and experimentation all play a part in how we know.

As tempting as it may be to watch a couple of internet videos and justify keeping two ball pythons in an enclosure together ... that's not science

Yes I did read Justins post and no I am not ignoring it. I was surprised by it though... thought he would have seen some instances where males and females were found together because that is after all how those cute little babies we all love happen.

Mike,

Just an FYI ... breeding is a seasonal thing for ball pythons ... during the breeding season males and females are together for a short period of the year to make all those "cute little babies" and then when breeding season ends they go their separate ways and want nothing to do with each other.
-adam

I was there from November 2000 to Aug 2001. Right through the entirety of the breeding cycle.

No I never saw more than one bp in a hole. That doesn't mean there never is. I wasn't digging for them during laying season either... I was there for other reasons...

Sorry Adam, but for obvious reasons I think the video evidence of this occurring in the wild should not be so easily dismissed.