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althea
at Thu Nov 12 23:15:16 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by althea ]
Like any animal, individuals in a species can have "interesting" temperaments. Example: Bred a pair of corns five times. Every clutch produced docile, even tempered hatchlings. Except for the last clutch of five. One little female came out of the egg feisty--bit, pooped, squirmed, flung herself every which way but loose--it was kinda' quirky and amusing as a hatchling.
It wasn't so amusing when she reached 49 inches. She was one of the meanest, most aggressive snakes I've ever had the opportunity to work with. The nasty handling behaviors continued her entire life, except she added loud hissing and twisting herself in a person's long hair to her repertoire. Her siblings all grew up to have calm temperaments. Go figure.
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