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Posted by matt m on April 12, 2002 at 02:07:19:
In Reply to: Re: Pure vs. cross breeding Why? posted by Roy Stockwell on April 10, 2002 at 23:29:15:
: Being in this hobby over two decades now, I will try to explain.
: Many of us old timers still consider most reptiles to be "wildlife"
: Yes.. I'll say it again...."Wildlife"!!
: It's a priviledge to work with wildlife and not a right, so as such, we try to accept some degree of scientific responsibility for the specimens
: we hold captive. We also try to preach this gospel to the new comers but unfortunately it
: is falling on more and more deaf ears.What looks "cool" and what sells seems to always win out.
: Herpetoculture today, is full of hypocracy. Morphs of some species
: seem to be tolerated,and almost celebrated. Even some purists that preach ,selective breed(inbreed), and have and propogate the dreaded mutant
: albinos..why? because they're pretty,but we justify this by saying they at least do occur naturally.(whitewaters & Limburg coastals)
: Everyone seems to draw the line at a different place, depending on their own moral views.
: But if it's OK to cross locales, then why not cross species too, and breed rosies with Sand & Rubber boas, then what, maybe Candoia?
: Where would it all lead??
to such a commonly asked question(by new guys)
Matt M
: After a few decades, people will have snakes with no valid recognizable taxonomy and providing reproductive
: failure doesn't occur, at the very least, the appearance of the offspring will be completely unpredictable.
: Some of us just think it would be a shame to reduce creatures that have evolved so beautifully over milleniums to just mixed
: up jumbles of aberrant DNA.
:
: Just my mixed up viewpoint and aberrant ramblings (;o)
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