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Originally Posted by flinders

IMO fair dinkum jungles are 4-5 foot long.Athertons will grow in excess of 7 foot and so will cape yorks..

So are you saying that larger atherton jungles are not 'fair dinkum' jungles? I have a few atherton lines from different locales of the atherton tablelands. The larger ones (7 ft) come from the top of the atherton escarpment and the smaller ones (5 ft) from the side of the atherton escarpment in the ravines and rainforests. Both are 'athertons' and fair dinkum jungles.

Originally Posted by flinders

There was an adult male on RDU some time ago

If thats the one I'm thinking of, it was owned by Rex Stock and was damn fine animal too.

Originally Posted by flinders

I would have to say breeding different locals would make them hybrids.

Absolutely disagree with the above statement and totally agree with SnakePower below

Originally Posted by SnakePower

I Further to that, mixing locality breeding within a sub species, IS NOT cross breeding. It is simply mixing two different locality animals of the same species, usually to get a desired result. Nearly every major breeder in Australia has bred mixed locality jungles. This doesn't mean they don't have pure local specific lines as well!! Sometimes a Palmerston goes well with an Atherton, or a Tully with a Milla Milla etc..

Originally Posted by Jungle_Freak

instant experts are every where these days and getting younger and younger,

Roger that's hilarious and so true