On 5/26/2017 11:31 AM, Ray Keeler wrote:
Great! But can they be taught to survey? ... but how would they hold the
compass and light let alone sketch ... oh well.
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From:swrcav...@googlegroups.com [mailto:swrcav...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Lee H. Skinner
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 9:34 AM
To: Texas Cavers; New Mexico Cavers
Subject: [SWR CAVERS] Coordinated hunting of bats among snakes
Cuban boas apparently coordinate the hunt:
http://gizmodo.com/coordinated-boa-attacks-are-a-horror-you-didn-t-know-ex-1795540299
Lee Skinner
No, but they can be used instead of tape when stretched out. Five
6-foot snakes (carried in a pail) can be used to measure up to thirty
feet and can be an integral part of a Cuban cave survey team. The snakes
have stripes at exactly one inch intervals. Snakes bred for
high-intensity bio-luminescence make reading the stripes easier.
However, after the measurement is made, the snakes tend to disperse in
search of bats, requiring the entire survey team to round them up.
Lee
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