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02-Nov-04, 08:27 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Sydney | | |
Hi all.
I was watching a snake doco last night and a guy was researching WA Tiger snakes. He wanted to track them so he assist fed the snake a jelly ball with a transmitter inside it. Wouldn't that disrupt the digestion of the snake? Or be poohed out soon after?
I've seen transmitters injected under the skin before but never done like this.
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02-Nov-04, 08:57 AM
| | | | RE: Snake tracking
not sure but maybe its just a short term tracker... he poos it out when the docco is done? so then the guy gets his transmitter back. |
02-Nov-04, 09:57 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Sydney | | | | Yeah well that crossed my mind Liberated but I'm pretty sure he mentioned that if he ever finds the snake again he will be able to recognise it due to the transmitter.
I'm not certain of that, but I got the sense it was a long-term thing. |
02-Nov-04, 01:06 PM
| | | | hmm, then i'm not sure ay. |
02-Nov-04, 01:20 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Sunshine coast, Qld, Australia Age: 20 | | | | maybe it gets lodged sumwhere
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12-Nov-04, 09:49 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: VicPark Western, Australia | | | | Tracking
Some small tracking devices have small(very small) steel weights attached designed to be swallowed then sit on the bottom wall of the intestinal tract, if they are heavy (a few grams only) enough they can stay within the intestines fr up to 6- 12 months.  |
12-Nov-04, 11:12 PM
| | | | RE: Tracking
thanks ochre. welcome to the site. hope u enjoy the info and good discussions.
cheers
pete |
12-Nov-04, 11:54 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: sth brisbane, qld, australia | | | | RE: Tracking
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not sure but maybe its just a short term tracker... he poos it out when the docco is done? so then the guy gets his transmitter back
| thats what it was he said after it next eats it will go with the next bowel movement, | |
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