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flavor
at Sat Jul 28 15:35:17 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by flavor ]
Hey there Ed. Here are a few pictures for you to think about.
First, a female anery born here in 2006.
Here she is again just a few minutes ago. She has certainly changed. She has lost that light metallic look she had when she was born but there are still no traces of red or orange on her. Honestly, in real life, she's a little more gray than brown.
Here is her mother when she was in my care last year. From what I understand, she looked very similar to the animal pictured above when she was born. I'm not going to say she's the most impressive snake I've ever seen. But, I think you'll agree with me that there is no red or orange on this animal.
It's not that anerys turn into normal looking BRBs. They don't. But they do seem to lose that crisp look that they have when they are younger. I think what is going on is that as they age, more melanin is stored in the chromatophores. They darken with age.
What I'm hoping to do is combine the anery and hypo genes. We should see animals that don't develop red or orange and have reduced melanin throughout their lives. It would be cool if this morph (the ghost) held on to that baby anery coloration. I think it might.
Finally, just for [bleep]z and giggles, here's a pic of the 2006 anery with a stunning 2006 hypo.
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com
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RE: Still curious about anerythrism - flavor, Sat Jul 28 15:35:17 2007