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Observations do not just get published they have to be reviewed and even then are subject to much peer debate and sometimes even legal action such as the Rodda paper on burms taking over the U.S.
I can only comment on the species I keep because they are the only ones I research, I can tell you my research on emeralds is limited but my research on other "nocturnal species" such as reticulatus and other large constrictors is not as limited. What I have found is the garbage illusion of "terrestrial" and "nocturnal" does not fit red tail boas, African rocks, Burmese pythons or Reticulated pythons. I know of an herpetologist that has found them all periods of the day and night as well as doing everything from swimming to climbing.
But I guess these would not be the norm according to private keepers who have them in sweater boxes.
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when I was little I dreamed of giant snakes and dragons.... now I live with them.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: "Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming."
Jurassic park
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