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at Thu Apr 1 23:29:41 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by amazonreptile ]
Genetic abilities are genetic abilities. The population ain't homogeneous.
>>"Same could happen here. The 1-10% that did survive are more cold tolerant than the rest and another deep freeze only kills a few. Not the result we hoped for." >> >>Resistance to a pathogen and resistance to suboptimal temperatures are two very different things, biologically. It's a relatively minor tweak to the immune system versus a major change in physiological parameters. I predict the survivors were mainly snakes that just happened to seek slightly warmer retreats than the majority, and will show little increased resistance to cold. >>----- >>Brad Chambers >>WWW.HCU-TX.ORG >> >>Breeder of: >>Green Tree Pythons >>Jungle Carpet Pythons >>Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons >>Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors >>Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas >>Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes >>Spider Western Hognose Snakes >>Albino Western Hognose Snakes >>Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes >>Southern Hognose Snakes >>Eastern Hognose Snakes >>Tricolor Hognose Snakes >>Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes >>Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes >>Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes >>Patternless Bullsnakes >>S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes >>Locality Desert Kingsnakes >>Albino Desert Kingsnakes >>Hypo Desert Kingsnakes >>Mexican Black Kingsnakes >>Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes >>Locality Mexican Milksnakes >>Spotted Mexican Milksnakes >>Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes >>Locality Alterna >>Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes >>Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes >>Cape Housesnakes >>Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos >>Locality Spotted Turtles ----- AMAZON REPTILE CENTER
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