Working on my picture skills and what better subjects than my new little Cyclones
Thanks
Bob McPhee
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Robert McPhee
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Few new pics of the Cyclones....
robertmcphee
Mar 07, 2008 12:02 AM
Replies (9)
BNixon
Mar 07, 2008 12:59 AM
I am surprised you didnt break the camera....those things are gorgeous!
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Brandon Nixon
Randall_Turner
Mar 07, 2008 10:43 AM
Those are beautiful. Keep up the good work with them.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
jscrick
Mar 07, 2008 12:18 PM
Get out the fire extinguisher for that first one.
Didn't you say there was NO Jungle in those?
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer
robertmcphee
Mar 07, 2008 01:22 PM
np
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Robert McPhee
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fgs
Mar 07, 2008 12:59 PM
Bob:
Great photos of some beautiful snakes.
Thanks for sharing.
Brian
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Brian Gundy
www.for-goodness-snakes.com
Craig K.
Mar 07, 2008 01:28 PM
Hope I get to seem some in person tomorrow. Craig
robertmcphee
Mar 07, 2008 09:54 PM
np
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Robert McPhee
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gmherps
Mar 09, 2008 11:24 AM
Bob,
What is the story behind these awesome snakes? What morphs were used to make them? sorry if this has been discussed.
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robertmcphee
Mar 09, 2008 05:09 PM
Thanks,
This is the short write up from my website...
These were first produced in 2005 from an aberrant male produced by Rich Ihle at Salmonboa.com and two normal females. He was bred to both females in the first year. I was very excited about the outcome of both of these breedings. There was total of 62 babies in the two litters. There were 48 babies were born with very aberrant patterns, many had some amazing colors. The aberrant patterns were Present in both the "normals" and the hypos.The results were duplicated in 2006 (same pairing). There were also a few cyclones created in 2007 (very small litter) with a different female. The Cyclone gene is yet to be understood in its entirety. I believe that it is working in a dominant way, which I hope will be proved this year (2007). This year I have bred the best two from the hypo litter in 2005. This pair represent everything that I want to see in a Hypo Cyclone. By breeding the siblings I hope to have a better understanding of how the genetics are playing out. In the next couple of years I will be able to explore the genetics even further as I breed the Cyclone trait that was present without the hypo gene influencing it.
Ill be able to add a lot to the description as I have a couple of more litters coming this year....
This will help me determine what is going on exactly....It is without a doubt heritable, now I just have to figure out exactly how. At this point it is acting in a dominant way, but it could be polygenic....
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Robert McPhee
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