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Is " frozen sperm / egg" in the future for BP's ???

mingdurga Jul 21, 2005 10:30 AM

If it's good enough for human's, is it feasible for that very special male / female that you want to reproduce
in large numbers and eliminate the X factor?
Or is cloning another option in the Herp Future?

Mike

Replies (4)

mingdurga Jul 21, 2005 10:33 AM

Yes, wrong pix posted ! ! !

Jonas1 Jul 21, 2005 08:51 PM

I have heard about electro ejaulation on gathers. And why not?
Selling snake-sperm just like they do on horses, cows and pigs.

wlinville Jul 21, 2005 09:44 PM

I dont think we will ever see this, it would cost more than its worth, and anyone who has the money has the snakes. With that same note, they would also greatly devalue their snakes. Cows are different, they get eaten. If you sell a bunch of the genetic material, you know (hope) the market wont flood real fast in a few years.

Hmm, then again I could be really wrong here.

MarkS Jul 21, 2005 10:47 PM

I doubt it, I haven't even heard if artificial insemination has been succsesful on snakes. Wouldn't make much sense to keep anything on ice until you can get that problem worked out first.

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