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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2009, 09:54:42 PM »
Congrats!  looks like a nice hatching.

LOL... Boa's are born live... they don't hatch.  :P

Congrats on the babies...  :goodjob:

Not entirely true if you truely look into the biology of snake birth.  All snakes have eggs.  Most Boas are scientifically refered to as ovoviviporous.

Ovoviviporous is the correct scientific term for animals that carry the eggs internally and upon delivery of the offspring the entire shell structure has thinned to the point that only the thin mucous membrane remains from which the offspring emerges. Because no whitish shell structure is seen and the membrane is sometimes broken through by the time the baby is fully delivered by the mother, people often assume that these babies are born live.

If I remember correctly all pythons are what is refered to as oviporous.

Oviporous is the correct scientific term for animals that lay eggs with a shell from which offspring emerge. Not only do many reptiles fall into this category but also birds and even platypus are oviparous. The eggs of most reptiles have a leather-like shell that thins as the hatch date looms near. Some reptiles, such as turtles and tortoises produce eggs with hard shells. Eggs of reptiles come in all different sizes and shapes to best accommodate the size and shape of the offspring.


True live-bearing animals are called viviparous and the major difference is that no internal egg structure is present at anytime during the development of the offspring. Mammals are viviparous, as are some fish.


With that said by refering to birthing of what is commonly called a live birthing boa as a hatching is not incorrect, just misleading.   :peace2:

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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2009, 09:57:33 PM »
LOL... I'm not even going to quote all that stuff... Nobody needs to read that much twice.... wow, you really are a windbag... or do you just copy and paste from the internet? ...  :feedtroll:  ;)

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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2009, 03:35:30 AM »
Beautiful babies!
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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2009, 06:44:59 AM »
Congrats !!!, cant wait to see more pics of them !!!


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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2009, 12:14:10 PM »
LOL... I'm not even going to quote all that stuff... Nobody needs to read that much twice.... wow, you really are a windbag... or do you just copy and paste from the internet? ...  :feedtroll:  ;)

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..and the internet is known to be full of it, too!   :stirthepot:
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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2009, 07:01:55 PM »
 :kickass: congrats on the new clutch!! they all look great!!! :kewlpics: :10of10:

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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2009, 07:06:37 PM »
Okay I went crosseyed with all the info...gratz gratz! But....here is the  :newhere: question!   Since I am just beginning to breed this year...and all my babies come in handy dandy lil oval containers. (Yes..Eggies)  And they are a clutch.  What do you call a boas babies.  Since they are born live?   Litter, clutch, brood, progeny, umm bunch o' babies?

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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2009, 08:15:40 PM »
boas have litters since they do not lay and then incubate eggs
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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #18 on: April 29, 2009, 09:33:06 PM »
boas have litters since they do not lay and then incubate eggs
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Re: APRIL SHOWER'S BRING BABY BOAS
« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2009, 03:14:20 AM »
wow very nice caongrats 
0.1 het caramel albino
1.0 pastel het clown
0.3 het clown
1.0 ghost
1.0 pastel
0.1 het ghost
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1.0 yellow belly
1.1 het pied
0.1 pinstripe
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0.1 albino boa
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