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Here is a picture of the head of an adult male L. m. thayeri who is currently in brumation in my basement. He's a nice looking animal, but this picture that I took with a close-up lens shows in detail the beautiful scale pigmentation and the "total-eclipse" pupils. It was an easy shot to make -- he was moving slow because his body temperature was around 50 F!

Very cool Tom. I love the detail. When will you be bringing your snakes up for good this season?

Craig
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God Bless Evolution.

nice shot showing the varying pigmentation!
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Todd Hughes

N/P

Thanks, Craig. Since they went down on Thanksgiving weekend, I figure around early-mid March should be sufficient. For how long do you cool your thayeri?

Tom

Tom,

I put mine down at Thanksgiving also. But I am going to begin bringing them up Valentine's Day. I did that last year and had good results. I like the extra few weeks the females get to feed and put on weight. I think it helped with fecundity last year.

Craig
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God Bless Evolution.

>>Here is a picture of the head of an adult male L. m. thayeri who is currently in brumation in my basement. He's a nice looking animal, but this picture that I took with a close-up lens shows in detail the beautiful scale pigmentation and the "total-eclipse" pupils. It was an easy shot to make -- he was moving slow because his body temperature was around 50 F!
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Nice shot Tom!!!
I love taking pictures of my snakes then viewing them on my 30" monitor.....I can see them ALOT better since they are sitting still in the photo....LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

Thanks, John. You are right about seeing the pictures on a large monitor. It's like fractals -- you see a new kind of beauty the closer you look!