Upside Down Egg Experiment

[jglass38]

You guys are killing me. I am not scared, but I have to go look and see if I have any other "not important" clutches(I say that loosely), as I think all babies are important. All of my fun stuff seems to be coming at the end of the season. I am not beyond learning for the better good, and I will let you guys know as soon as I find the special egg that will get turned at the 2 week mark. She tried to bluff the wrong cat. HAHAHA.

Hahaha...I don't want to be responsible for the death of a baby snake! I agree with her however that the true test is at or after the 2 week mark. Mad Scientist Muddoc...I like it!

[wolfy-hound]

If it comes out evil and with strange mutant mental powers and takes over the world, it wasn't my fault. Just saying...

[muddoc]

Hahaha...I don't want to be responsible for the death of a baby snake! I agree with her however that the true test is at or after the 2 week mark. Mad Scientist Muddoc...I like it!

If it comes out evil and with strange mutant mental powers and takes over the world, it wasn't my fault. Just saying...

Thanks for the great laughs Jamie and Theresa. I really do enjoy the experiments though, and I see Amy's suggestion as a very valid question. I am really going to try to find an egg to attempt that with. I'll keep everyone filled in as usual.

[muddoc]

Quick Update.

I just cut the first egg that was flipped immediately after being laid. It looks just as developed as the others with no problems. Guess what it is a Pastel.

As for the second egg, it is now on day 29, and looks just fine. I decided to candle it for the first time yesterday, and it looks as if it has righted itself. Also, it appears to be a Spider.

I think after my luck with these two flipped eggs, I might just start flipping them all. It appears that when you flip them, they turn into morphs. (Just kidding). I don't actually believe that, but it was neat.


Stayed tuned, as we are only about 2 weeks from cutting egg experiment number 2 with the Spider inside.

[JenH]

Thanks for the update!

Makes me feel better about my mojo x mojo clutch from last weekend. The 4 egg pile that was not stuck together, so when I grabbed her the eggs went everywhere. I candled them and put dark spot on top. They still look fine....

[BPHERP]

Even if there was no experiment, I would think that, given the random nature of where eggs are laid in the wild, there would be some shifting in the possible mediums they could be laid on, so then nature would account for this and adjust accordingly.

Thoughts?

Brandon

[TheReptileEnthusiast]

The beaches here in florida are combed regularly for sea turtle nests. Those that are presumed to have been there for 24+ hours are left alone and covered with screen covers to protect them. The ones that are discovered fresh(ie-the mother is still there) are collected to protect them from getting destroyed accidentally by ignorant beachgoers or taken by predators or poachers. This practice stems from the idea that reptile eggs were not meant to be moved.

I'm glad to hear that they can take a little moving. Thanks for the experiment, and I look forward to the future results.

[muddoc]

The first egg experiment snake hatched last week, but it has been busy around here. I thought I would come and post a pic of the Pastel that crawled out though. It came out of the egg in the lower left hand corner (notice the arrow on the egg shell. That was to tell me that the embryo was origionally 180 degrees around the egg.

[jglass38]

The mad scientist at work! Nice!

[dapike1979]

The mad scientist at work! Nice!

Sweet... Good Job/ EH!