First off, they are very beautiful and I don't want to take away from their beauty and uniqueness, they are gorgeous.



But I disagree with the word paradox being used to describe them. What is so paradoxical about an animal that is a mixture of Pied and Ivory and it exhibits both traits?



Anthony ... are you saying that these animals came from YB x YB? And that neither one were known to carry the Pied gene? You state that the mother was a normal looking YB, but you don't say anything about the father.



David, what is so paradoxical if an animal that is a cross between a Pied and an Ivory has an Ivory head? It seems to me it would have one or the other, so having an Ivory head or a Pied head doesn't make it a contradiction, which is what paradox means.



When an Albino has a splotch of black, that is a paradox because an Albino is lacking in black pigment, thus black pigment on an Albino is a paradox. To say that every animal that exhibits some sort of anomaly is a paradox is excessive. And to say that an animal who is expressing a mixture of two genes is a paradox is well ... annoying.



I'm sure you all will want to jump on me for saying this so have fun, I just don't want newcomers who read this forum to be misled as to what constitutes the use of the term paradox.
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