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11-12-2024, 11:38 PM
#1021
Re: Snakes and Stones
I picked up a few more uranium glass dishes the other day.
Below is a quick shot of one of them with my Spider Ivory from photo #362.
I made sure to limit the UV exposure of the snake to <5 seconds-as the light bothers both of our eyes...
The top stone is green aventurine (India).
The one on the left is some sort of local granite (MA, USA).
The one on the right is a fragment of a geode (KY, USA).
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11-13-2024, 12:14 AM
#1022
Re: Snakes and Stones
Someone mentioned that the stones in the image above are not glowing, but, reflecting UV light.
That is a reasonable assumption, but, short wave UV light acts a bit different than long wave 'black light'.
Shown below is what it looks like when I am picking out UV reactive stones (@365nm):
It is pretty obvious which ones don't glow, and they all do not look 'blue/purple'.
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11-13-2024, 09:43 AM
#1023
Re: Snakes and Stones
Photo #435
Natural iron stained granite from Massachusetts USA, with a 66% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albino.
I produced a lot of these ball pythons this season. More than any other genetic combo.
Sometimes I have to wonder what happened...I missed the double recessive...did I make a mistake somewhere?
I started with two clutches of 100% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albinos.
1 clutch with 2 males and 3 females
1 clutch with 1 male and 4 females
To avoid in-breeding: I crossed my 'most likely double Het' male from the first clutch with the females from the second, and the single male from the second clutch with the females from the first.
-The first male bred with the 4 females and did not produce a single Lavender Albino. Statistically there is 1:4 chance that he would have produced a Lavender Albino if the female was also Het for this gene. Given the number of eggs available-this proves that he is not an actual Het. As a result: this converts all of his non-clown offspring from the 4 clutches into 66% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albinos (since it is still possible for the female to be carrying Het Lavender Albino).
-The second male *did* produce Lavender Albinos (+66% Het Clown), however the odds of producing a double recessive using strictly Hets is 1:16-and he failed, but, not because of genetic background, but, because it was just an unlikely event.
While I did miss out on Clown/Lavender Albinos this year-I did prove one of my males to be a Double Het for the next (which is very useful).
In addition: Earlier in the year I had purchased a breed age Super Blade ball python that is both 100% Het for Clown and Lavender Albino. This separate bloodline will allow to me ignore any inbreeding concerns for the next generation, and reinforce my probabilities for the 2025 season.
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11-14-2024, 11:43 AM
#1024
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11-15-2024, 12:15 PM
#1025
Re: Snakes and Stones
Photo #437
100% Het Piebald with an odd stone. The stone looks like banded obsidian, but, it is not.
It came in a box of petrified wood from across the USA...but, I'm not so sure that is what it is. Mohs hardness of 7 (e.g. harder than a steel nail).
Looks a lot like the banding I see on clam shells, but, it could just be a natural geological structure.
I will update this thread if someone from the rock group can identify it...
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11-15-2024, 12:45 PM
#1026
Re: Snakes and Stones
Interesting. Definitely looks a lot like a clam shell.
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11-16-2024, 11:25 PM
#1027
Re: Snakes and Stones
Originally Posted by Homebody
Interesting. Definitely looks a lot like a clam shell.
Yep, but, just a geology thing.
A member of the rock forum ID'd it as Ohio Flint (from Ohio, USA), and I totally agree.
The patterning combined with those ugly splotches and creases in the stone are the giveaway.
Photo #438
These are 'Brazilian Agate Nodules' that I tumbled. Impossibly pitted.
Agates are supposed to have banding, and these don't...so I guess that makes them Brazilian Chalcedony instead of Brazilian Agate.
This 66% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albino ball python was also 100% dedicated to biting me.
I had to put one of the stones on his tail for the photo to keep him from closing the distance between us.
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11-17-2024, 12:23 AM
#1028
Re: Snakes and Stones
Originally Posted by Lord Sorril
...This 66% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albino ball python was also 100% dedicated to biting me.
I had to put one of the stones on his tail for the photo to keep him from closing the distance between us.
Hey, whatever works!
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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11-17-2024, 02:06 PM
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11-17-2024, 02:30 PM
#1030
Hang in there, Dreamsicle! Hopefully time will fully heal this unfortunate one.
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