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rtdunham
at Thu Nov 4 15:46:06 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rtdunham ]
The end of the thread below is asking about why the terms changed. Steve Osborne had a particularly colorful (but not extremely light) hondo morph years ago that he marketed then and is marketing now as a super hypo, to distinguish them from "regular" hypos. So it seemed confusing to call mike falcon's new and different type by that same name. Since the difference seems to be that mike's are extremely light in the dark rings, the name "extreme" hypo was proposed here on the forum, and the consensus seemed to be that that was a good idea. Mike Falcon approved the suggestion, btw.
I'm gonna post a few more pix separately.
and as for someone's--was it you, adam?--sorta joking remark that soon somebody will refer to an extreme hybino? I've already gotten one such email, asking about a snake someone hatched. I had to say i didn't know what the grounds would be for such a conclusion because if melanin's 100% eliminated, how could we tell if the hypo gene on the snake was reducing it a lot (extreme) or a moderate amount (the typical hypo)? Maybe someday we'll know how to do that too. And maybe it will matter, in subtle ways i don't yet perceive.
terry
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 new thread continuing EXTREME hypo discussion - rtdunham, Thu Nov 4 15:46:06 2004
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