What does all the numbers in the description of the snakes mean.....like 0.1, 1.1, 1.2 and so on?
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What does the 1.1 and such mean?
whatever1234559
Sep 15, 2005 05:13 PM
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goini04
Sep 15, 2005 05:40 PM
x.x.x= M.F.Unkown
It's telling the sex of the animals. At least I am pretty it is.
lol
Chris
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Chris Law
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whatever1234559
Sep 15, 2005 06:19 PM
How many different sexes are there to a snake? I only know of two sexes.....guess I need to go back to school.......LOL.
candb
Sep 15, 2005 07:06 PM
1.0 would be male - 1st digit
0.1 would be female - 2nd digit
0.0.1 would be unsexed - 3rd digit
rhallman
Sep 15, 2005 07:10 PM
It refers to the breakdown, by gender, of a group of 2 or more snakes. For example if someone had 2 males and 5 females of San Diego Gopher Snake it would be written as 2.5 San Diego Gophers. If gender is not known then the third number after a second decimal is used. Let us say you have 7 Common King Snakes, 1 is male, 2 are female and 4 are unknown. You write this as 1.2.4 Common Kings. Make sure you at least use the first two digits and if the third digit is used then the previous two must be present. 1 male and 1 female may be written as 1.1 but 3 unknowns must be written as 0.0.3, likewise a lone female would be written as 0.1 or I suppose it could be written as 0.1.0.
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Randy Hallman
