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Originally Posted by cris

Quite simply one is naturally existing and the other is man made. There seems to be some sort of mob mentality with reptiles that they should be kept as natural as possible except when it comes to albinos and other "morphs" that make heaps of cash
From a conservation point of view, a natural looking snake has some value as an example of something like what you may see in the wild. Designer snakes lose this IMO whether they are man made hybrids, "morphs" that wouldnt normally survive in the wild or just line bred traits that wouldnt ever exist naturally.
I personally see a place for designer snakes and natural looking types. Another thing to keep in mind is that no multigeneration CB snakes are truely natural.

Interesting thoughts cris. I must admit its a bit crazy that humans think 'well its ok in the wild..but definetly not ok in captivity.' I can understand their reasoning and used to blindly follow it as well, but when you think about it, what does it really matter. Plus, as you say, no multigeneration CB snakes are truely natural. How could they be with all this swapping around of locales and breeding certain lines and most importantly not allowing the weak and not so optimal snakes to die and perish as nature intended, but instead breeding from them; all this just diminishes the trueness of the CB lines when compared to wild snakes.
I wonder if it will go like dogs and how mongrels are more healthy then 'pure breds'?