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Could anyone explain to me what a sockhead is.

I'm pretty sure it's what I started with with the pueblans and even just received a super cool female sockhead. So I have a sense.

BUT: I'll see pics where snakes will be described as sockheads, but don't fit my notion.

Someone gimme the working definition!

Any illustrative pics would be awesome.

I think one is shown at the begining of the movie american pie. LOL.

Yeah,...I see TONS of snakes that aren't anything like what they are supposed to be, and the people don't have a clue what they are talking about either...LOL!

A good "sockhead" specimen stands out BIG-TIME from a normal one, and is very distinctive.

This isn't mine, but it's a good example of a "sockhead" Pueblan milk.

Some splendida's(desert kings) can also have a very distict sock-type nape as well.

I also see so-called "extreme" hypo's for sale that are nothing more than regular hypo's too. It really pays to know what things really are, and what you're looking at in this hobby for sure.

best regards, ~Doug

~Doug

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Doug L

Yeah Doug, I agree, that is a killer specimen!,...I think it's one of Don Shores animals that someone else had on their site.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Thanks much! That pic definitely illustrates what I think a sockhead looks like: AWESOME!

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I gotta agree with Doug.
"Buzz words" are all-too-often used inappropriately to sell stuff.
Though I reckon there's varying degrees of "sockheadedness."

Tim

Here's a crazy little thing that I produced a couple years ago:

Third Eye

That's a cool looking example too Tim!

~Doug
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Nice milk Doug and it is one of the crew. Thanks for posting it. Don

That's too funny Don!,..I thought I recognized that nice sockhead..LOL!

later buddy!, ~Doug
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Normal and an extreme sock. Regards to Judy Carne and Goldie Hawn

Mike

Wowsers. Awesome. I really like the sockhead "look". But what seems to occur with them is reduced red (something I DON'T like).

Are the two traits wedded together--i.e., sockhead and oreo/halloween?

On a side note, there was a PBS special called Botanical Desire on last night. The tulip part really seemed to mirror what snake enthusiasts do. I'm going for sockheads.

>>Wowsers. Awesome. I really like the sockhead "look". But what seems to occur with them is reduced red (something I DON'T like).
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Good observation.

Some of the cleanest, reddest Pueblans I have seen had very even, more narrow bands. And then when I see a nice sockhead, the red color is either marginal or greatly reduced.
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Mark

Not always,
L8r

>>Not always,
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Mark