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Here is the pic of the 2001 striped bloodred that is the mother of this year's hatchlings - more pics to follow

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Richard Hume
Rhume@optonline.net

Richard,

Great achievement you made on this project. I really like the almost patternless anery. I have a question for you. Are the bellies typical Bloodred belly with the creeping red? Or are they plain Stripe belly? And does the color of this female in this picture resemble her true colors in real life? On my pc her colors are far from red. In Bloodred Stripe I am expecting the most amazing red corns out there. I know Bloodred is actually only a pattern morph but 99% of all Bloodreds are very red. Most stripes are also very red or at least more red than the average corn like this normal Stripe from me in this picture. I the reason I am working on this project is pure for the color. But to be honost I would be disapointed if they all turn out like your female. Please do not take offence in what I just said since I have the greatest respect in what you achieved.

Marcel

>>Here is the pic of the 2001 striped bloodred that is the mother of this year's hatchlings - more pics to follow

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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

Marcel,
When I started this project in 1997, my intent was to create a striped bloodred, which I envisioned as a striped red snake. The first generation produced hets for striping and blood, the second (in 2001) produced a striped blood, which is a red snake (you have to compare it to a normal stripe, which is essentially an orange snake) to see the difference. But as she matured the stripe has faded and she has become a predominately red snake, and each time she sheds she gets redder. However, now that there is a subsequent generation born this year (offspring to the first 2001 striped blood) I now see in this breeding outcome the unanticipated effect of the combination of bloodred and striping genes, which has created wildly divergent patterns and colorations so that each animal is different from the other. Apparently there is some strange effect this combination produces as you breed successive generations. The next step will be to breed two of these animals together in two years to see how that plays out. How will these hatchlings look as they mature and go through color and pattern changes, and what will their crossing produce in two years? Time will tell.

Here is another pic of the 2001 animal.

Rich

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Richard Hume
Rhume@optonline.net

Richard,

The pictue doesn't work.. Can you post it again?

Marcel
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

Let's see if this works.

Rich

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Richard Hume
Rhume@optonline.net

Now this is a much better picture. This one show lot's of red Thanks for sharing.

Marcel
>>Let's see if this works.
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>>Rich
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>>Richard Hume
>>Rhume@optonline.net
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield