Recent content by Flippie

Hi Bob I just used dogs, because everybody knows them so it's easy to explain, but you are completely correct that most of the problems dogs have, are because they were bred to have noses that are insufficient for effective breathing etc. What I should have said (was my bad I should have been...

Hi Johnny and Bob I'm still going to stay away from discussing it too much, because for my research I need YOUR opinions and I don't want to influence your thinking. But I will try and answer your questions and attempt (because there are just so many different variants and there is constantly...

Wow, thanks for all the replies so far everyone, I will try and answer some of statements and questions and post some info generated by my research later, I don't want to say to much that could possibly influence people's own opinions about colour variants.

Hi broncolcj What I've noticed with most colour variant animals is that the colour they eventually express is a colour that is already present on the "normal" animal at some point. E.g. black springbok are actually just all over their bodies the chocolate brown colour of the sidestripe on a...

Hi John The genetic "code" for colour variation is naturally occuring and Golden Gemsbok and Golden Wildebeest are known to have occured naturally in Namibia and Botswana respectively (although in small numbers) and black and white springbok have been recorded as far back as 1886 in South...

Hi Jaco, thanks for the welcome. I started a new thread (hopefully in the right place) here: http://www.africahunting.com/threads/a-hunt-for-gold-colour-variant-animals-to-hunt-or-not.16556/ about colour variants to hear what everyone thinks about colour variants. I try not to say too much...

Hi everyone, I'm Phillip from South Africa. I am a M.Sc. Zoology student at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, and I am currently doing my project on Colour Variants of African Antelope, such as Golden Wildebeest and Golden Gemsbok. Currently a Golden wildebeest is can sell for...

Hi Everybody I am from SA, specifically the Free State. I am a student studying for my Masters Degree in Zoology. It is about colour variant animals, and I hope that I can use this site to hear what you guys all think about them.

Just want your frank opinion

Just want your frank opinion