Are darker morphs more "aggressive"?

[iddah]

I did a little bit of research and Google'd around, some ppl do mention specific morphs as displaying more "aggro" than others, Mojave came up a lot in search results, but it's mostly mixed response judging from what ppl have written; some agree certain morphs /are/ more defensive or harder to handle, and some ppl say it has nothing to do with the morph, and rather, the /line/ the snake comes from/has been bred from.

I was just so intrigued by this rumor because I had never heard of it before or encountered when I first started doing research on bp's and after I got Solidus and started to interact more with local bp owners, "morph aggression" has come up often.

[BluuWolf]

Yeah, can understand a few genes being singled out to be more aggrsive sense I have heard things about spiders being particularly calm and tame (even though mine isn't but she's still just a baby noodle lol) and I'm keen to believe the majave thing sense the only snake I've ever been bitten by was a super majave, but he sure as beck wasn't dark XD

It's only the fact that all dark morphs were lumped together as mean that bugged me

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[Ax01]

Sounds like racial profiling to me. I never noticed a difference.

+1

[OhhWatALoser]

The myth originates with bhb saying it in their old snake bytes episodes.

[dylan815]

In my experience the morphs don't have a correlation to temperment. I've seen light colored BEL bp that are mean as heck and will take a bite out of you. I also have known darker snakes that are nice. My first BP was a very dark normal and hes never struck once. so i'd say its a "snake by snake" basis.

[ladywhipple02]

I'm of the mind that - like spiders - certain morphs can have a predisposition toward temperaments, but I don't know that there's enough actual data out there to prove anything at all. It's something that has REALLY interested me lately.

I've heard specifically (and experienced first hand) that het reds can be slightly nippier/more aggressive eaters. This was years ago with my experience - I asked the question if others had this and a few said they had.

[tttaylorrr]

i only have one dark snake, my Super Cinnamon, and if someone said to me "darker morphs are more aggressive" i'd probably reply "heck yes they are, Coffee Bean is a brat!"

but i only have one dark snake and just 3 years experience, so i have a limited scope and don't consider my ONE experience as fact. in fact my comment really doesn't help at all LOL.

[SDA]

Could it be why we don't see any jet black ball pythons is because the few breeders foolish enough to try were killed instantly once they hatched? I think there is something going on they are not telling us!

[tttaylorrr]

Could it be why we don't see any jet black ball pythons is because the few breeders foolish enough to try were killed instantly once they hatched? I think there is something going on they are not telling us!

wait, Coffee Bean does seem to be trying to murder me...IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!! HIDE THE CHILDREN!

[KevinK]

Could it be why we don't see any jet black ball pythons is because the few breeders foolish enough to try were killed instantly once they hatched?

Yes.

I had a friend who hatched a clutch once, first one out of the egg lunged out ......bit him the jugular.

He went down like a sack of potatoes, we tried to save him but he was long gone by the time the paramedics got there.


.....I inherited his Freedom Breeder racks though, so his memory is long forgotten