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Why is yellow harder to remove than red?

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Posted by: snakecandy at Sat Jan 10 11:16:52 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by snakecandy ]  
   

Here is the thing that I don't understand... I have boas but I have been able to own an axanthic ball or two in my "crazy owning ball python days". Don't worry I am no longer on the dark side and have seen the light and I am using the force properly now. All joking aside though...



Both snow BP and snow boas have some degree of yellowing to them. In BP you even have 3 strains of axanthic and all of them have some yellowing to them. In BP it's not red it's yellow... or at least it appears that way to me because the snows are not totally white.



I am just wondering if they shouldn't all be called hypoaxanthic since the underlying colors when you remove the black leaves some residual yellow in the many layers of snakes and other reptiles.



At least in the boas you have removed ALL of the red in anerythristics but I have yet to see an animal besides a leucistic (and not all of those) that is solid white.



Just my rambling...




   

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