Read the paper again Young Master Post Whore. They discuss observed climbing behavior. I'd point out the sentence to you but I think reading the paper again may do you some good.Originally Posted by Mike41793
It doesn't say in that study they climbed trees to get the birds. It just says they found birds in their stomach. They collected the snakes from traps on the ground. It also said only 11males and 13females (I think those were the numbers) had prey items in them. Thats a pretty small sample size imo. I'd still like to see a picture or video of a ball python climbing a tree to get a bird.
It also says royal pythons found "in the rainforests of south eastern nigeria". Now im no expert on nigeria but when i hear rainforest i think of like the Amazon Rainforest. Very humid. Thats not a ball pythons natural habitat really. From what I know (which isn't much compared to some of you guys who have been playing the game much longer) they like a hot spot and a cool spot and the humidity around 50%-60%. A rainforest, shooting from the hip, probably has an average humidity of 80%-90%.
Idk, I just find that to be a weak study with not a big enough sample size. I also find it fishy that they're catching ball pythons in a rainforest. Now, prove me wrong, Skip...
Many of you are assuming this is the only study of it's type out there. Wouldn't it be a hoot if you were wrong?
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