I found this article really interesting, we often discuss what is a 'Chimera' and what affect it has on the ball python in question. Here's an example of human chimerism and this article explains how it affects her health and explains exactly what it is. I find it interesting that she has a split color through the length of her body, similar to some of the chimera ball pythons I've seen. Here's the article:
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/heal...259/chimerism/
It makes me wonder if a chimera ball python is always in pain as well?
Here's what we think is a possible chimera in ball pythons. I imagine it's impossible to breed this snake if it is indeed true chimerism, the DNA would be all messed up or if it does breed you would get one or the other genetic material, it's not possible to reproduce this in the offspring.
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