1 clutch...2 awesome paradox babies! Paradox Phantom Ivory and Paradox Ivory!!!

These 2 paradox beauties were hatched from a Phantom Yb x Ivory pairing. Talk about nice seeing two equally stunning paradox siblings pipping side by side!!! Paradox Phantom Ivory and Paradox Ivory, Tough to even try and decide which one I like better.

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Idk what a paradox is but its freakin cool

Congrats! I love white paradox snakes!

Oooo lucky!! How to choose... they are both cuties!

Paradox is a term given when a known presentation is interrupted by another presentation of color that should not be there. For example, these Ivories should present as all-white snakes, but they present patches of black and brown colorization. Albinos can also sometimes present with a paradox, areas of black and brown colorization on a snake that is specifically bred to present none of that colorization at all.

One theory on paradoxes seems to be that these snakes are chimeras - 2 embryos with different genes that fused into 1 during very early development, causing a single animal to develop with 2 sets of DNA, which both present as they "should"... but on a single animal. Another theory is that it is simply a mutation within a somatic cell early in development, causing daughter cells to also carry the mutation, which presents as the paradox coloration in the otherwise standard presentation of the animal. SCIENCE​. Nobody knows for sure.

These are gorgeous!!! Congrats on such stunning little ones :bow::bow::bow:

wow, nice!!

if it where mine babies I would keep both if I could if I had to choose 1 I would keep the higher with one

Congrats! Very nice!!!!

Very nice, congrats! I'm partial to the lower white one myself.

Totally amazing! Odds gods were looking for you, haha. Healthy too! :gj: :gj: :gj:

Thanks everybody! I can't wait to see what they will look like when they shed out :-) I doubt it will make it any easier to let one go lol