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markg
at Thu Aug 9 13:09:49 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]
Remember how all of those snake books for all of those years told about sexually-mature male combat "dance" in rattlesnakes, and now we know that it can occur in rattlesnakes of all ages, mature or not, males and females, and it is not just about mating? How could have all those experts have gotten it incorrect for so many years? Actually, some hobbiests figured it out some time ago but risked being made to look like idiots if they challenged the norm.
If I told you that there is a breeder who uses a slightly altered incubation temp for tricolor king eggs and gets proportionally brighter orange-red offspring that way, would you believe it? It is true. Any research to support that? Probably not.
Point is, I think we should value the hobbiests' experiences and data. It may not prove (TSD) or disprove something one way or another, but it can be a clue to better understanding as a whole. True, my wording that TSD works in P. ruthveni was not a good way to segue into the subject, because I have no clue about the biology of reproduction in snakes at that level. Bad claim by me, but still very interesting data by the breeder.
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Mark
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RE: Whoa whoa - markg, Thu Aug 9 13:09:49 2007