The golden python is often referred to as "beautiful snake". Since its distribution in the world has become wider and wider, the two words "golden python" and "beauty" have a certain origin. If you look for its pictures in the search , there is a considerable part, it is a photo of it and beauty. Coupled with its special body color, it is even more "at first sight". But why is it not recommended to keep such a beautiful snake?
The beautiful snake with "albinism"
The golden python was first discovered by the Americans in 1981 as a new species. After 1983, it was gradually able to reproduce and mass-produce stably, and was widely distributed all over the world. is mainly distributed in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and northern Thailand. can be kept as pets in many countries in Europe and America. With its bright colors and plump body, it is not only good-looking but also has a little "cuteness", which is deeply loved by people. At present, the common golden pythons in my country are derived from three kinds of snakes, namely Burmese python, reticulated python and ball python.
Most of the common golden pythons now belong to and species that have been reared in captivity, and golden pythons grown in wild conditions can hardly survive. The living habits of the golden python are somewhat similar to that of the Burmese python, but the Burmese python is basically a wild individual, and there are fewer artificial breeding. This is because its antiviral resistance is stronger than that of the golden python. Even wild individuals can Guaranteed continued growth.
The captive-bred golden pythons come from sterile farms from birth and have poor resistance to bacteria from the outside world. In addition, "albinism" itself is a morbid state. Good protection measures, such as the food you feed and the environment in which you live, can easily be infected by bacteria.
The reason why the golden python has such a beautiful color is because this python has "albinism" , which produces an unusual skin, which is actually a "morbid beauty". The golden python belongs to a gene mutation in pythons. Other pigments are invisible. The body lacks melanin, and its immunity is much weaker than that of normal pythons.
And this kind of "sickness" makes the golden python lose its original protective color function, and cannot use body color to avoid natural enemies in the wild. The exposed body is easily discovered by natural enemies, and the "whitened" body color will be absorbed. death due to excessive UV rays. Why is
not suitable for feeding?
The golden python looks different from other pythons. In the impression of most people, pythons are strong and ugly, but since the golden python has a presence in my country, it has been deeply loved by snake lovers. sought after. However, there are very few people who keep golden pythons as pets in my country. There are two main reasons:
On the one hand, it is because the price of golden pythons is relatively expensive.
In our impression, the most expensive is the Mangshan soldering iron head. After all, the number is too rare, and this "scarcity is expensive" is also understandable, and although this golden python is now more and more successful cases of breeding However, it is still difficult to grasp its quality. After all, there are basically no wild individuals, and the cost of artificial cultivation is high. The price circulating in the market, the price of a golden python larvae is more than 1,000 yuan to more than 10,000 yuan, and the price of an adult golden python is much higher than that of a juvenile golden python.
The golden python, on the other hand, is too big to handle.
If you are not someone with professional knowledge, it is not recommended to keep the golden python. When it grows to a certain size, it is very likely to be attacked by it. snake". Normal golden pythons can grow to 5 to 6 meters, or even more than 7 meters, and the female body size is larger than the male body size. Generally, it only takes five years to grow to more than four meters.
It is worth noting that, after all, the golden python is also a member of the snake family. When the body reaches more than 4 meters, it may bite people. There have been many news of golden pythons entangling people.
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