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Hurricane Motley

Silvergrin said:
Few things in life are guaranteed ;D . . .
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*rolls eyes @Silvergrin* :nyah: . . . :laugh:

Silvergrin said:
What does confuse me is SMR's explanation that merely having the nice dots isn't enough to qualify as "hurricane", but they have to have fairly light ground color with dark circles:See here

Is this the standard definition?
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I always thought hurricane refers to having unusually thick borders around the spots . . . not sure about being a specific color

blichtenhan said:
the hurricane pattern refers to the dark or light coloring immediately surrounding the dots on the motley pattern. . .
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Light also? I've only seen dark borders . . . interesting, have an example?
 
Here is a pic I took tonight. She is a late 08 golddust motley that I think fits the bill.
 

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sweet~nichole~marie said:
I always thought hurricane refers to having unusually thick borders around the spots . . . not sure about being a specific color



Light also? I've only seen dark borders . . . interesting, have an example?
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This is what I call a hurricane snow.... I've been told he isn't because the color was white..not dark....

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Old_School said:
Mind if I throw in a pic of my Hurricane Motley Butter
Here he is:
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Nice snake!! but please, do not let me see it in person. I might take it!
 
Dee, I'm not sure . . . it is hard to tell with the snows, sometimes, but I don't see a pattern like in the golddust mot that Eli posted above . . . but then, I am still learning *LOL*
 
Hurricane is just a variation of motley and is found in several morphs. It's harder to distinguish in homo amel morphs. The snow pictured is not a hurricane motley because the interior of the saddles are not faded out. Don Soderberg has a prime example of a hurricane motley snow on his sight. http://www.cornsnakes.net/photogalleryhr.php
 
i dont think the golddust fits the bill. To me it just looks like a great golddust molty. Its a looker either way!

BTW your link the the snow didn't work. The pic on his page wouldn't come up.
 
Yeah, good call. Apparently I can't link a specific photo but if you click on "Corns - 69 morphs" then scroll down to motley he has examples of amel, anery, ghost and snow hurricanes.
If anyone thinks the golddust motley I pictured isn't a hurricane I'm not going to argue, really. I think the cut off line for what's considered a hurricane is pretty hazy so I personally wouldn't stamp anything hurricane motley unless it's a prime example like Old_School's. That's why I said I think it fits the bill. I was trying to convey that's it's more my opionion then a cold hard fact. If someone wants to say she's a hurricane, that's cool. If someone says she's just a motley, well that's cool too. As long as you admit she's prettly I'm happy either way. :)
 
Eli173 said:
Hurricane is just a variation of motley and is found in several morphs. It's harder to distinguish in homo amel morphs. The snow pictured is not a hurricane motley because the interior of the saddles are not faded out. Don Soderberg has a prime example of a hurricane motley snow on his sight. http://www.cornsnakes.net/photogalleryhr.php
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Ok, that is an amazing example! You can really see the hurricane pattern clearly. Thanks for that!

Here is the direct link to one of the photos

http://www.cornsnakes.net/photogall...ate&framewidth=1270&frameheight=31&res=&wOpt=

And I would call your golddust a hurricane . . . and a beautiful snake!
 
Hurricane patterns

The golddust motley is a hurricane motley, but it is not as obvious as the butter motley. The snow is not a hurricane motley. Don has some great examples, and he also shows examples of what are not "hurricanes" on his picture page, if you are not quite sure what we are talking about with this hurricane pattern, spend a few more minutes over there. Deciding if a snake has a hurricane pattern is usually not that debateable, it either has the pattern or it does not. Thanks,
 
Rafael: I don't think yours is a hurricane mot . . . the spots don't seem to have the shading around them that I associate with hurricane mots. Lovely snake, though!

This is my anery mot that I think has the hurricane pattern. Notice the dark shading, especially around the spots to the right of the 1st pic:
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