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junglepython2
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Hey guys...
Excuse me again for my ignorance....
As it was said before, the main risk is the shortage of pure breeds, which would make native animal the dearest ones available on the market... (it is the case in some other countries)
My next question is:
Can you buy an hybrid without knowing it is one? I mean, is there any physical evidence that the snake is an hybrid?
Why would someone sell an hybrid as pure anyway? It cannot only be a question of money, but I can't imagine it is in the sole goal of destroying the pure native fauna...
I can understand the "I want to have it first" reason why people would create hybrids, but can they just sell them as pure just because the creation failed and the snake isn't as beautiful or unique as expected?
I agree that an hybrid should be sold as what it is, not pure, basically because the buyer might want to breed pure hatchies, plus it is only fair to know what you're buying...
I don't know if I made myself clear, excuse my poor english... but this whole hybrid thingy starts to confuse me and draws a dark picture over the breeding of snakes... After all, can we trust anybody, even the most famous and respected breeders...?
Cheers,
Yann.
A lot of hybrids look identical to pure snakes especially if a hybrid has been crossed back to a pure snake then the offspring will be 3/4 of one snake and 1/4 the other with further crosses it becomes harder and harder to tell and often impossible.
A lot get sold as pure because they are generally worth more, unless a hybrid throws out something unusual, they are pretty cheap and most people won't touch them other then for a kids pet, which a pure snake is just as good for. A lot of people would also buy a snake not knowing what it is and then later on become labelled as a pure snake when it's not.