Nothing is sad.
People keep/breed reptiles for colour/money/interest in natural history + 156 other sad/great/perverted reasons.
It is the individuals choice. Just because 1 person thinks something is "sad" does not mean others do, or does it mean it ACTUALLY is sad - you just think it is and that is your choice too. You're human beings!
Why not talk about something interesting like White-lipped pythons. Longqi says they are on Melville Island and the Torres Straight Islands - news to me...
I have to admit that I love The new colour morphs and base my snake choices largely on appearance...but I do see where people come from about pure genetic lines. I guess the important part is that these morphs dont escape and breed with the wild population.
i have issues with the amount of healthy animals that get culled in creating morphs, sure they can look great, but id feel like the worlds biggest hypocrite if i ever bought one.
I let someone else to explain. This is really exhausting.
Hormonal blue isn't really breeding for colour then... it's "hormonal" as in not genetic.
I believe it's wrong and lazy.
I have to agree even though it goes against the grain. One question: do you think there are so many reptile keepers and exotics out there now that the government authorities could not take a sweeping action and wipe out the exotics and prosecute the owners? It's something that has always been at the back of my mind.
refusing to buy them is my way of protesting,....
i dont see what being vegan has to do with having a problem with animals being deliberately bred then getting culled fro not being pretty enough.
have you ever bred any other than the run of the mill species that entitles you to make such comment?
I know there are lotsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss of corns and exotic GTP.
I bought a "run of the mill" Jungle simply because I liked the snake, and I liked the personality shown in my particular one too, I liked the idea that if I went looking for one in the wild, I'd find one just like him. I find a feeling of strength in that.
Wookie, you can't line breed for hormonal blue. Besides, what about all the males in a clutch?
We all know that. What was the question?
My thoughts-
Wild type/Locality type - will look like & behave like it's wild cousins.
Selective bred/Morph - will have certain colour traits highlighted & behave like its wild cousins.
Hybrid - man made animal that doesn't occour in nature & has mixed behaviors and adaptations.
My personal opinion is that it seems dissrespectfull to a species, that has evolved and adapted to its enviroment over thousands of years, to destroy all of that by crossing it with something totally different.
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