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Table 3 Duration of transiting bouts and intervals between bouts for free-living Burmese pythons

From: Accelerometry to study fine-scale activity of invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in the wild

 

Mean transiting bout duration

(h)

Maximum transiting bout duration

(h)

% time moving when transiting

Mean interval between bouts (h)

Max interval between bouts (h)

% time moving when not transiting

P42

2.1

10.1

67.6

25.9

137.3

2.3

P41

3.7

58.5

78.8

16.8

94.7

12.3

P51

2.4

11.4

66.7

43.9

232.6

8.5

P52

2.3

16.4

69.7

37.4

165.8

8.3

Mean ± SD

2.7 ± 0.7

24 ± 23

70.6 ± 5.7

31 ± 12

157 ± 57

7.9 ± 4.2

  1. Mean and maximum duration of transiting bouts (hours) and percent time moving when transiting, as well as mean interval between transiting bouts and percent time moving when not transiting for each Burmese python (Python bivittatus) during field trials in Everglades National Park, South Florida, USA