Colored right out of the egg

Yvonne G

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Very pretty. You're getting a lot of these this year.
 

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Going a little further….within these cells are “pigments”. These play a major role as to what you and I see in contrast to other animals. Pigments are responsible for reflecting or absorbing different types of wave lengths of light, which gives the appearance of what “colour” you see. A simple example would be viewing an item under sunlight vs. artificial light, which have different spectrums, thus when compared a different colour/hue we see.



We have 2 different gene lines of hypo , who interesting enough produce to different outcomes of carapace pattern. One female’s babies usually have spots ….






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As opposed to this ….


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