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RossPadilla
at Thu Nov 29 19:23:48 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RossPadilla ]
On January 15th 2006, I decided to enter for the first time. It was really dry this time of year, nothing was green, but it had rained the night before. I found several boards laid out and some piles that looked to have been made by a bulldozer with other pieces of plywood in it. I spread a bunch of those out. It wasn't until I lifted a couple of small pieces of bark out of desperation, that I had found what I was looking for. A baby hypermelanistic Cal king! I knew exactly what it was and was really excited about finding it. Here's some shots taken from the field right after I found the king.
Here he was as a young adult.
Notice how the belly gets darker near the tail? This is only seen in some hypermelanistic kings from Long Beach.
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RE: Long Beach hypermelanistic Grease kings - RossPadilla, Thu Nov 29 19:23:48 2012