5 day old embryo (WARNING!!! GRAPHIC!!)

Well one of the three giant eggs I got from one of my girls on the 7th died. The egg was starting to collapse and getting discolored and the veins had pretty much disappeared. Instead of just throwing it out though, I decided to cut the egg open and see what was going on. The fluid was very milky and cloudy and in some spots almost looked like a lightly cooked egg white. I found the embryo and took some pics of it and thought maybe some people would be interested in seeing what these baby snakes looked like at 5 days into incubation. I'm thinking the egg died on day 2 or 3, but waited till now to be 100% certain.
Anyways, here are the pics of the poor little guy/gal....:(
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P6120803.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P6120804.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P6120809.jpg

Was it twins?

Nope, no twins in this one, just the single embryo inside. The other two eggs are doing fantastic though, super strong veins and healthy looking eggs, maybe there will be a twin in one of those!

Very amazing, thank you for sharing, and I'm sorry the little egg didn't make it. Good luck on the others for healthy hatchlings!

Wow, that is crazy. Very cool to see, in an educational way.

Sorry about the loss - but super cool to see!

It is pretty amazing to see how much they change in just 50 days. Thanks guys, I figured if I was going to lose this little baby, it may as well serve a purpose and help further our knowledge of their development.

Sorry for the loss but it's interesting to see how much has developed in just 5days! Thanks for posting!

Thank you for posting this. Unfortunate circumstances but very interesting none the less.


Gavin

Sorry for your loss..... But that last picture is awesome.

Definitely something you don't see everyday.

Weird how that whole blob looks like the head of a BP...

Sorry for your loss! Very interesting to see, however, so thanks for sharing the pictures.

eeesh...too interesting to look away....my goodness...never seen anything like that....thanks for sharing, I think;):O

Sorry for your loss--thank you so much for a fascinating photo!

Sorry it passed , but interesting to see.

Sorry for your loss! That just proves life begins at conception!

Really sorry that it didn't make it, but it's an incredible image. Thanks for sharing it!

It sucks that you had to lose an egg, but I really appreciate you going to the trouble of posting the pic for us to learn.

AMAZING pic!

I can make out ribs, spine, and what looks to be a head (brownish ring on the upper left part of the embryo

I labled what I saw in the pic, can you guys see what I saw?

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2702/snakeybaby.jpg

Very sorry for your loss, but thank you for sharing. That's very neat to see!

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Originally Posted by MikeV

AMAZING pic!

I can make out ribs, spine, and what looks to be a head (brownish ring on the upper left part of the embryo

I labled what I saw in the pic, can you guys see what I saw?

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2702/snakeybaby.jpg

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Yeah, I see the same. Looks like it was corkscrewed in the image. Poor thing. It's a shame it didn't make it to term.

Wow. That's an amazing picture, thanks for sharing. Although I wish the circumstances for you to share hadn't come up, obviously.

thanks for these pics always was wondering