Posted on 03/11/2021 11:55:35 AM PST by nickcarraway
A snake breeder who accidentally bred a ball python with the shape of three smiley face emojis on its body said he sold the designer reptile for $6,000.
Justin Kobylka, who has been breeding snakes for two decades, said he was attempting to breed ball pythons for the color combination of bright golden yellow and white when he ended up hatching a snake with three yellow smiley faces on its scales.
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The breeder said the snake was born after about eight years of working to breed pythons for the color combination.
Kobylka said he estimates about one in 20 of the snakes he bred for the color combination would have a smiley face, but the snake is the only one he's ended up with that has three faces on its scales.
Kobylka said the "emoji ball python" sold for $6,000.
Not a snake person at all, but...THAT is very cool!
I see Halloween pumpkins.
Will that change as the snake sheds its skin?...................
What a dumas! Some guy just sold a computer generated JPEG image for $70 million and this sucker sold 20 years of work for a measly $6k.
I’m guessing the buyer is going to make a tidy profit with all the designer hat bands and other fashion accessories he’s going to cut out of this.
Kaboom cereal
I always like to have smileys on a snake that is crushing the life out of me.
At least it might cheer you up as it crushes the life out of you.
An orange marker could have saved the buyer a bundle.
“Some guy just sold a computer generated JPEG image for $70 million”
You think that’s impressive? A few years ago some guy photoshopped a birth certificate and ended up becoming President of the United States of America!
A python of color.
Pinky ping.
Boas make better pets then pythons. Boas are less ill-tempered and less likely to bite. They are great for scaring off door-to-door solicitors by actual test.
“At least it might cheer you up as it crushes the life out of you.”
Ah memories, wonderful memories. I have a good friend whose wife was a practicing psychologist before she retired. I suggested an unconventional treatment for her severely depressed patients, the “big hug” to be administered by a qualified python. Odd, she never accepted my suggestion.
I’m convinced most of the “art” world is a cover for something nefarious. Probably simple money laundering most of the time but there’s plenty of other possibilities I wouldn’t rule out.
One of Orson Welles last films was called “F is for Fake”. It’s a half documentary half parody (and sometimes hard to tell which is which) of the art world. It also stars his longtime mistress.
Those are not “smiley faces” . . . those are “I will gladly eat you” faces. There is a difference. Not a one of them are smiling - they are grinning evilly, yea?
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