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    Looks like something off color splash to me...like you black/white the sides..


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    Re: paradox?i don't know...

    Quote Originally Posted by satomi325 View Post
    Regardless if it is photoshopped, extreme loss of pigment similar to the photo does actually happen......
    X2 There's a thread on this site about a spider that went from normal yellow to all grey within a few sheds. I'd search it, I don't recall what the title of it was.
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    I agree there is cases of snakes losing their color due to lack of nutrition, but its just weird that theres a doral stripe of color. and all the color would fade.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pigfat View Post
    looks like something off color splash to me...like you black/white the sides..


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    Re: paradox?i don't know...

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    I don't understand this statement is the pic altered or something? Or did this truly happen?
    this is true, what i meant was don't take it serious, maybe some people think it is a photoshop work and start argument or something.

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    I can understand that some who have never seen this phenomenon before would believe that the picture must be photoshopped, but based on my personal observations, I'm quite sure it is not. It's happened before, and the picture shown has all the same "markers" of such a change, as opposed to the actual altered picture that pigfat shared.

    I've heard several different theories about why this change happens, but so far as I know, no one has any real answers. Could be nutritional. Could be hormonal. Could be chemical. One story I saw, a ball python was put into a bag for a trip to a herp show. During its stay in the bag, it relieved itself, as they often will. When its owner got to the show and opened the the bag, they found a completely bleached out, silver and black ball python.

    One thing I'm fairly certain of, is that it's not genetic. It will probably return to its normal coloration...could be quickly, in the next shed or two...or it could go through a very gradual change back. Fun to watch, but not something you can breed for.
    Last edited by JLC; 09-20-2012 at 09:51 AM.
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