Re: Central Chinese Dion's Rat

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Posted by Patrick Alexander on August 04, 2000 at 21:21:26:

In Reply to: Re: Central Chinese Dion's Rat posted by Walt Deptula on August 04, 2000 at 11:02:22:

: Wrong again. An increased sensitivity to light exists whether or not the animal is in the wild or captivity.

Um. I never said it didn't. That an increased sensitivity to light is generally going to be a disadvantage to wild corn snakes I also agree. But I'll just say again that in captivity these snakes with an increased sensitivity to light seem to have a large advantage.

: When I originally penned "in nature", I was discussing the animals existence in the wild, not in captivity.

And yet you were discussing animals that are in captivity. This being my point. What an animal's existence in the wild would be is irrelevant to an animal that is not in the wild.

: Evidently failing to comprehend this, you responded by discussing the captivity issue.

The "captivity issue" is entirely relevant. You claimed that amelanistic snakes are genetically inferior, but I can think of no reasonable way of defining "genetically inferior" that does not take into account the environment the animal is living in. You specified that you were referring to CB animals, and "genetically inferior" can only have meaning in reference to the captive environment.

I perhaps should also mention that the "in nature" in the original post is ambiguous. The words "different in nature" are more often used to say that two things have different qualities, and this is indeed what I initially thought you meant. Oh well.

Patrick Alexander

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: : : Wrong again. An increased sensitivity to light exists whether or not the animal is in the wild or captivity. : Um. I never said it didn't. That an increased sensitivity to light is generally going to be a disadvantage to wild corn snakes I also agree. But I'll just say again that in captivity these snakes with an increased sensitivity to light seem to have a large advantage. : : When I originally penned "in nature", I was discussing the animals existence in the wild, not in captivity. : And yet you were discussing animals that are in captivity. This being my point. What an animal's existence in the wild would be is irrelevant to an animal that is not in the wild. : : Evidently failing to comprehend this, you responded by discussing the captivity issue. : The "captivity issue" is entirely relevant. You claimed that amelanistic snakes are genetically inferior, but I can think of no reasonable way of defining "genetically inferior" that does not take into account the environment the animal is living in. You specified that you were referring to CB animals, and "genetically inferior" can only have meaning in reference to the captive environment. : I perhaps should also mention that the "in nature" in the original post is ambiguous. The words "different in nature" are more often used to say that two things have different qualities, and this is indeed what I initially thought you meant. Oh well. : Patrick Alexander

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