Your absolutely right .....as they are not " clones" from the parent, but two gene sources. Unlike growing ....a clone from a mother plant - it will have the same color , size, structure , prone to the same dieses as the mother plant. And actually one of the fun things about selective breeding tortoises and or just on a whim ....ya never know what your going to get . Yes your Rambutan produces some amazing babies to say the leastI'm not sure if it is only selective breeding. There are usually plenty of variations within my clutches, some with little color and some with an abundance. You can selectively breed for the reduced color and for the phenom color. Best example in my herd is Rambutan. Spectacular color and she produces some real colorful hatchlings. Within the same clutch, she has produced some not so brilliantly colored hatchlings.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/update-siblings-why-genetics-are-fun.90356/
Did somebody say blacky? These aren't cherry heads. But the one specifically on the very top is a pretty black Redfoot, I get nothing but these from the parents too. Pretty cool I think. The colorful ones are nice but always fun to see a variety. Allegra and Jeff I'm sure can show more representations within the cherry head clad.
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