18 babies 8 eggs

I was checking out youtube today and found this. !8 babies and only 8 eggs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1STOy...eature=related

HOLY CRAP! I DIDNT EVEN KNOW YOU CAN HAVE TWINs

how come they all look dead to me? do they just not move much when they hatch?

I cant see the vid cuz Im at work and its blocked but WOW thats crazy. Ud have to have at least 6 sets of twins and 2 sets of triplets. Ive heard twins isnt that uncommon but triplets, amazing, didnt think 3 snakes could fit into an egg. Hope they all did ok

Wouldn't it be a bad idea to start yanking the hatchlings out of their eggs before they come out, especially with special twins and triplets babies?

Isn't it possible that the snakes hatched...got startled and crawled into a neighboring siblings egg? And then the video maker removed the empty eggs trying to fool the viewer...

Just a thought...I've heard of it happening with other pythons.;)

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Originally Posted by cassandra

Wouldn't it be a bad idea to start yanking the hatchlings out of their eggs before they come out, especially with special twins and triplets babies?

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Absolutely. They need to absorb the yolk from their eggs during the hatching process. To remove them would cut them off from the nutrients they need to survive as hatchlings until they start feeding on their own.

Robin

well the way hes pullin em out so comfortably leads me to believe that he has already removed them from their eggs at some point. i bet there were 18 eggs and he just doubled and tripled a few up.

Yeah, it could easily be faked.

he said there were 33 eggs in the clutch and 42 babies...