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Posted by erik w on April 10, 2002 at 22:25:14:

In Reply to: Pure vs. cross breeding Why? posted by Doug on April 10, 2002 at 09:10:20:

well, i think some people prefer wild type animals, and other's prefer crazy morphs. IMO, if it is pretty, it has a better chance of coming home than if it is localy pure...BUT, i do appreciate that some people work very hard to maintain the integrity of particular localities and lineages. i will probably never buy a hybrid though, i have to draw the line somewhere.

think of localities and morphs as dog breeds: they are the same species, but radicaly different depending on how they have been bred, or how they havent been bred...why would anyone want a pure bred dog, when maybe a cross would be more attractive???

so thats my theory..

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• That Chris H. 04/11/02 (5)
  • Interesting analogy.....(ignore my screw-up above!) Chris H. 04/11/02 (4)
    • Comparing dogs breeds to snake species is a common mistake. (more) matt m 04/12/02 (3)
      • yes, that is what i said. erik w 04/12/02 (2)
        • above was response to Mr. Chris who missed your important point! n/p matt m 04/12/02 (1)
          • My point was.... Chris H. 04/14/02 (0)
• Thanks, comments, anyone else? Doug 04/11/02 (15)
  • Actually, inbreeding............ Kerby... 04/11/02 (14)
    • No, Possible-but not common. Locale equals as far as the animal can matt m 04/12/02 (13)
      • Totally disagree, but that's okay....... Kerby... 04/12/02 (12)
        • Understand premise, but don't see logic, hope this makes sense (more) matt m 04/14/02 (10)
          • My opinion.......... Kerby... 04/15/02 (9)
            • Re: My opinion.......... matt m 04/15/02 (8)
              • I never said "My opinion was fact",.......... Kerby... 04/15/02 (1)
                • Thank you for responding and for taking the time to clearly explain matt m 04/15/02 (0)
              • Drat, forgot about your example of blacktails, sorry, ignore above but matt m 04/15/02 (5)
                • I was referring to.......... Kerby... 04/15/02 (4)
                  • Oops, here is the pic......... Kerby... 04/15/02 (3)
                    • Oh yeah, thanks for the pic and the study results on the Blacktails matt m 04/15/02 (1)
                      • And "thanks" to you as well....... Kerby... 04/15/02 (0)
                    • Re: Oops, here is the pic......... Kerby... 04/15/02 (0)
        • Re: Totally disagree, but that's okay....... marco 04/13/02 (0)

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