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Wondering if this has happened to you.......
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by Aries54 on May 21, 2007
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Ok, I was cleaning my Sri Lanken Python (python m. pimbura) over the weekend. For the time being, while I was cleaning, I put him in with my adult pair of Indian Pythons. I walked away for about 5 minutes to go answer my phone, and when I came back, I found him locked up with the male! And yes, there is no doubt about it, they are both males. They locked up for about 10 minutes, then he got off and went and locked up with the female. I've never seen this type of behavior before. So,....like uhm,...........do I have a gay snake or something? LOL just kidding. But I am curious, I didnt know snakes will do that sort of thing. And from this now, I am wondering what the possible babies from the Sri Lanken X Indian will look like??
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by SwampY on May 21, 2007
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Ernst has documented several crotalids in male/male copulation.
A friend also had a pair of copperheads that were copulating on a regular basis. I looked at them and said "dude, that's two males"
He didn't believe me so we probed them and sure enough they were both male.
Chad
PS, I also had a pair of male treefrogs that would false copulate.
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by snakeguy101 on May 21, 2007
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interesting, i have heard of this behavior in monkeys, antelope, and geckos, but never snakes, probably a one time only thing but if it returns, post it
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by Aries54 on May 21, 2007
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Well, the thing about it is the sri lanken has done that to another snake of mine off and on before that was purchased as a male. When I saw them locking up, I assumed it was a female as I had never heard of such a thing as two males locking up. But now, I need to re-probe that one. It really will start to confuse you after a while. LOL. I guess the bottom line is,...I just have a REALLY horny snake. LOL
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