Quote:
Originally Posted by jossh27
whats the likely-hood of two fertilized eggs fusing together in frogs? is this more common than i think?
|
The chances of it happening in any animal are extremely low, but you'll see it far more often in animals like frogs which produce a large number of offspring at once simply because of their great numbers. If you think about it, even if it was a 1 in a million chance for any animal(hypothetically), you'd see more chimeric frogs than dogs, because frogs are more prolific and will have many more millions of babies than dogs over time. I did say that I've never seen a chimeric frog before, but truthfully I would expect it to be as common as it is in salamanders etc. but probably goes unnoticed because of limited morphs in the frog world. I mean, you could pass by a chimeric common wood frog and not know it because it might look the same as any other.
As for breeding... Well, I always like to see people saying they don't have time/space/resources for breeding because it shows that you're really thinking about the consequences. But if you're passionate about these animals you'll probably be tempted
When one of my virgin female gecko's eggs candled fertile(just one out of many duds), I was forced into a position of having to set up an incubator and consider the fate of the baby(it's still developing in the incubator, got a couple months left), I discovered that this is something I really want to do. So I went and got a male for my girl! Gotta fatten everyone up before breeding though.
Threaded Mode