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This little fat hog was out and hunting early mourning, in air temps of 56F. Which is the coldest in the field temps to date.
I observed one individual crossing the road at 54F and another at 58F. All early mourning events.
Of course, in the fall, the mass temps in the ground are much warmer then the air temps. In the spring, the mass temps are much colder then the air temps.

This lite colored hognose was found 5 days earlier in the same area as the brown one. Just showing some natural contrast.

Wow Frank,

That top pic shows a snake that has more red than nearly all of the "reds" in the classifieds. That lite one is spectacular though. Recessive, co-dom, dom or poly, I don't care, that snake is just purdy! I hope you have a few of those.

Also, that sand looks like beach sand from nearly anywhere on the atlantic coast. The the sparse, grassy growth is similar to the low, nutrient starved, herbaceous vegetation that we find in the alkaline, calcareous fens that supports much of the bog turtle habitat in central new york. Do you see white, chalky, marle deposits in the pools in this hog habitat? I know that you were provided with a textbook definition of alkaline soil by your stalker, but the true, revealing clue is the way in which the vegetation reacts to alkaline soil, as the minerals "lock-out" the nutrients and cause stunted plant growth, such as your pics have shown. Anyway, thanks as always for the in-situ and habitat shots.

Will

Actually, the above one is not even close to what I have seen and NOT picked up. hahahahahahaha I found these two four days apart and they would have been a sexual pair.


The small one being the female. Next year, I may take on some of these as projects. As soon as I have room.

Wow, from just what I have seen you recent posts, if one were to take those animals just a few generations, with rigorous selection, we would have fire-engine red mexicans. Sa-weet! Get to work young man!

Will

Yup, only that is what you will be doing. If I find more, you will be line breeding red hogs. hahahahahahahahahahha But then I have not seen any red ones, I don't count the one with the white one, red or even reddish. Again the vast majority are greyish, brownish based.