Most people do not even have much more than a rudimentary understanding of over simplified,very basic genetic theory....every single thing that we currently know about genetics & apply to boa constrictors is derived from a fair handful of conveniently simple mutations that most of us like to capsulate into absolutes...the nature of these things is not bound by the "laws" that we put forth.the "rules" are based only on our attempt to describe what is happening,based on what we perceive to have happened before in other cases,which does not allow for the possibilities of anything new,or,previously unknown. I find it interesting that we now begin to see "possible Jungles",and,what I call "lesser expressive" examples of the trait that are presumed to be gene carriers...I remember raising the possibility of this a few years ago,and,several people quickly discounted it,"oh no,you'll KNOW the Jungles from the "normals"...it's always pleasant when things fit nicely into the convenience of theory,however the simple fact is that with variable traits you will inevitably see variability...

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• Here's what keeps my brother up at night... - Rainshadow, Wed Jun 15 10:55:55 2005
• YUP....... - ghireptiles, Wed Jun 15 11:00:36 2005
• DOH!!!! HHELLLOO!!! Phew.. that thing is too much for words!! more.. - bcijoe, Wed Jun 15 11:23:05 2005
• Question..... - mdc, Wed Jun 15 11:37:15 2005
• Outrageous! This came from 2 normals?? n/m - Ji_, Wed Jun 15 11:56:13 2005
• *LOL*...That's the... - Rainshadow, Wed Jun 15 12:19:06 2005
• I didn't know...... - mdc, Wed Jun 15 12:41:03 2005
• Harlequin x unrelated "normal".... - Rainshadow, Wed Jun 15 12:42:50 2005
• RE: I brought up the same question myself Matt....more - Locolizard, Wed Jun 15 13:04:35 2005
• RE: YUP....... - ecmorrell, Wed Jun 15 13:13:07 2005
• Hi Mark... - Rainshadow, Wed Jun 15 13:26:17 2005
• The eyes are great ... - EricNL, Wed Jun 15 13:27:39 2005
• Some thoughts...? - wetceal, Wed Jun 15 14:08:35 2005
• Very interesting! What a great project ... CONGRATS! n/m - Ji_, Wed Jun 15 14:12:10 2005
• Personally, I dont see how ANYONE could down talk this project! Again .... - Ji_, Wed Jun 15 14:18:39 2005
• RE: Hi Tim...more - Locolizard, Wed Jun 15 15:25:48 2005
• RE: I tend to agree with Celia on this theory....np - Locolizard, Wed Jun 15 15:28:24 2005
• Awesome! - StonedReptiles, Wed Jun 15 16:25:45 2005
• RE: Some thoughts...? - zenzinia, Wed Jun 15 17:21:07 2005
• A horrible example of a photoshop'd picture.............. - JohnLokken, Wed Jun 15 19:38:58 2005
• RE: Simply awesome Tim! Do you have pics of the parents you could show?? - ajfreptiles, Wed Jun 15 23:44:36 2005
• I agree with Zenzinia... - Rainshadow, Thu Jun 16 00:08:19 2005
• WOW THAT IS AWESOME~~~~ - BoaRepublic, Thu Jun 16 00:22:39 2005
• Hi Celia... - Rainshadow, Thu Jun 16 02:07:02 2005
• I TOTALLY AGREE! Who cares what they are...they're amazing & I want one! - LindaH, Thu Jun 16 09:57:02 2005
• More thoughts... - wetceal, Thu Jun 16 10:02:14 2005
• Another excellent post Celia... - Rainshadow, Thu Jun 16 11:01:58 2005
• Well... - Rainshadow, Thu Jun 16 12:15:08 2005
• Genetics aren't my thang, so I'm not even going to touch that, BUT .... - Amanda_Burke, Thu Jun 16 18:09:56 2005