I gotta defend slangenbroed's animals. There seems to be a lot of skeptisism about his animals, which I completely understand. When I first saw buffs, I was not fully convinced he had a new gene. Of course, there is no way to be 100% certain now either.
Just a few weeks ago I went to see these animals first hand. I'm not going to discuss breeding practices, or even the results. What I want to say, is to my relatively untrained eye, his oranges appear different from amels. Different enough to allow me to say there is another gene influencing their coloration. These animals dont just happen to be different looking. The oranges are what convinced me, not the buffs. Some are going to say, "then what about the buffs, what are they?" The only way to know for sure is to look at the breeding record, and even then it might be difficult. :shrugs:
I won't discount the idea that caramel is involved, but I honestly don't see how.:shrugs: Neither adult buffs nor adult oranges appear like adult caramels and butters. It is possible that buff, or some other gene that is effecting oranges, is on the same locus as caramel of course.
I can tell you, that image is NOT photoshopped. Jan was very passionate about his animals, and believes in this possible new gene, and wants others to see them in a good light. I believe, from the hour or two talking to him about his snakes, that he wouldn't photoshop an image to push them forward.
Thats what I can say for the possible buff gene. there are plenty of other factors involved. But i do think there is something new here.
Jan, hope you dont mind me posting this.
