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Old 12-May-08, 12:56 PM
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Here's just one example
http://www.ratsnakes.com/Eclimacophora.html
Don't get me wrong I'm not for one second saying albinos in the wild would have a survival rate anywhere near that of a wild type but they certainly do survive to adulthood.
Crystal Palace Reptiles in London apparently recently had a wild caught adult albino Ball Python.
VPI in America had several wild caught albino Blood Pythons.
Quote from Bob Clark
"In 1981, I saw a wild-caught albino Burmese python featured in a National Geographic article on animal dealers. I had to have that snake. Really, it kept me up at night for months. I knew I wanted it but I also knew that this was a desirable animal that others would like to have as well. A few months later, the snake showed up on the price list of noted reptile dealer Tom Crutchfield. Eventually, after a long, difficult period of negotiation, I was able to get the snake on a short loan. I bred the snake to a normal female and hatched a group of heterozygous offspring that became the founders of most of the albino Burmese pythons available today. In 1986, I hatched the first few albino Burmese pythons. I've said many times that this animal changed my life."
Also from Bob Clark
"The albino retic project took longer than most because the original albino, an adult male, did not acclimate quickly to captivity. This snake did not feed voluntarily for two years (to the week) from its arrival in the country! "
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