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| btcc11 |
Posted - 29/08/2011 : 22:59:16
Okay, obvious statement I here you say!
You're completely right but I was thinking if your snake lets say butter morph escaped wouldn't it die much easier without the proper camouflage?
And if it did survive by chance what if it bred with other corns and there was a population of wild butters? Couldn't that potentially destroy corn snakes in the wild by making them more bright? |
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| btcc11 |
Posted - 01/09/2011 : 13:26:20
Oh I forgot the T, excuse my while I cry(I'm a bit of a grammar freak) |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 01/09/2011 : 09:06:46
quote:
Originally posted by btcc11
Wow I've learn so much these past two days :D I'm feeling like a snake expert :P
Are you sure????
quote:
Originally posted by btcc11
What? I used learnt correctly, that sentence wouldn't work with learned.
It was me that used learned incorrectly, hence my second post! |
| btcc11 |
Posted - 01/09/2011 : 04:03:38
What? I used learnt correctly, that sentence wouldn't work with learned. |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 31/08/2011 : 22:03:07
quote:
Originally posted by mikerichards
quote:
Originallleay posted by btcc11
Wow I've learnt so much these past two days :D I'm feeling like a snake expert :P
Theres another string to your bow!! 
And theres one for mine!  |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 31/08/2011 : 22:02:21
quote:
Originallleay posted by btcc11
Wow I've learned so much these past two days :D I'm feeling like a snake expert :P
Theres another string to your bow!! |
| btcc11 |
Posted - 31/08/2011 : 11:46:51
Wow I've learn so much these past two days :D I'm feeling like a snake expert :P |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 31/08/2011 : 08:47:47
albino doesnt mean its white, just that its lacking a pigment. Technically an anery is an albino too, sometimes refered to as a black albino. |
| btcc11 |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 23:26:27
I wouldn't know I'v never owned/seen an albino except for online, I'm wondering why they call them albinos because they're not completely white. |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 23:24:09
Also something you may notice, albinos and other less camoflaged snakes tend to be more aggressive, more defensive because they are easily seen. |
| btcc11 |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 23:15:22
quote:
and as for 'Corn snake morphs aren't natural' being an obvious statement, surely the opposite is true? base-morphs in particular certainly are natural! where do wyou think they came from initially? a test tube?
You're so right, I hadn't thought of that. |
| eeji |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 22:59:07
ahhhhhhhh now it makes sense! :D can you tell i don't do orrible corn? :) |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 21:45:56
eej, how can that not look like belly chequers???
but why aren't they called 'maize snakes'??  |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 21:33:24
when you see the old cobs with yellow, orange, brown, black chequers..........like they have in american movies......and presumably in america lol, NOT like the ones from the supermarkets here or from KFC! |
| eeji |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 21:20:35
i've always wondered why people think the cornsnakes belly looks like corn on the cob, I really can't see the resemblence |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 20:54:18
another possible reason for their naming is the ventral appearance (belly) of a wild-type corn resembling what we call a 'corn on the cob'
and as for 'Corn snake morphs aren't natural' being an obvious statement, surely the opposite is true? base-morphs in particular certainly are natural! where do wyou think they came from initially? a test tube?
all selectively breeding for double-, triple-, quadruple-trait morphs has done is speed up natural evolution. the chances of finding another morph to mate with in the wild is relatively slim compared to human intervention matching morphs at will |
| Spreebok |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 19:00:20
quote:
Originally posted by Sta~ple
... I do know why they are called corn snakes...Most corn I've seen is a shade of yellow.
Think it's because they were mostly (or thought to be mostly) found in and around the corn fields in north America (think it's north lol) where they would eat the mice and such.
Not as funny as the milk snake, which (As far as I know/have read) was named because people believed they would drink milk from cows udders |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 18:11:21
... I do know why they are called corn snakes...Most corn I've seen is a shade of yellow. Although the shade of the dirt does make more sense, didn't think of that XD plus with the op's example of the butter morphs, they would blend in better with the corn :P
I think I have dumb blonde moments. |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 16:05:20
Arent they called Corn Snakes because they are generally found around Corn Stores (where rodents are mostly found). They red and orange colours i imagine come red dirt in those regions (generally means high iron content)? |
| btcc11 |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 15:51:07
Blends in with the corn. |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 30/08/2011 : 10:04:14
I did write a big long speech but cut it, hope I don't sound dumb! Why are most the wild cornsnakes a reddy orange colour, I mean, is there a lot of plants and rocks in merkin land that are reddy orange as you often see wild photos of them in trees against bright green...to me it seems virtually any colour corn has almost the same surviual chance because of this. |
