Worlds First: Hatching The most beautiful Snakes!
Channel: Wild Marik
Date: 18/04/2024

We hatched a rare morph of the spotted harlequin snake in South Africa, a once in a lifetime opportunity. We initially caught the mother, but then I noticed she was Gravid. I knew I had to hatch & release her babies for both the record & to ensure 100% hatch rate.

This video is just a documented journey of how we found this snake to her laying eggs, hatching the eggs & releasing the babies. Harlequins have been hatched in captivity before & this specific phenotype, but its the first time it has been filmed & posted to youtube. 

After 2 months the babies finally hatched and it was so amazing! We had to gather some measurements, size of the babies & eggs as this could be valuable information for herpetologists. After that we had to photograph them so we can see the natural genetic variation within the cluch, this way we can see what are the chances one of the rare morphs will hatch. Only 1 out of the 6 looked like the mother while the rest were a mix of the typical morph & the mothers. This was such an amazing experience. 

Shoutout to @KevinUlett for incubatin her eggs, couldn't have done this without you! 

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