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RE: Gravid for 8 months?!

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Posted by: Warren_BOoth at Thu Aug 30 21:00:32 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Warren_BOoth ]  
   

The answer is sperm storage. Boas are not very good at, hence the slug count, but can do it. I have shown it in pitvipers with durations up to 5.5 years. Basically the female ovulated much later after mating. If you had of housed them together longer you probably would have gotten a healthy litter.

Warren
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Dr Warren Booth / Director USARK
North Carolina State University
Department of Entomology

   

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