Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
No, the thing about snakes getting lost was "just" something that I've heard from a biologist that is critical of the relocation of adders that are encountered near human habitation. To paraphrase him, it's as good as killing them.
in a documentary I saw where they were relocating gila monsters away from human habitations, the rescue people were saying that the gila monster's ability to survive decreases drastically the further they're removed from their original location, even if it is identical territory
they were saying that as much as a half a mile could be a death sentence