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RE: unknown black rat morph

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Posted by: DMong at Fri Feb 22 12:30:05 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]  
   

When you say that they develop melanin as they mature, do you have any photos of these adults? They seem to "look" like amels from the pics you posted,with ZERO dark pigment(now anyway), and pink eyes.

I suppose it's also possible to gain more dark as well as you mentioned, but I wonder if it is TRULY melanin, or maybe tyrosinase involved here. Some good clear "full-body" shots of these youngsters, AND the adults would really come in handy.

Very interesting either way!


~Doug
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