Why does everyone need to be so concerned with what everyone else is doing? Why is it always the purists and morph haters doing the attacking? Those who are interested in morphs don’t attack the purists for wanting boring wild types even though (as Gavin Bedford has suggested with his recent questions) our animals have literally zero conservation status. Why is it wrong to have an interest in this and for wanting to be able to see the real results of theoretical concepts?
For some people genetics is a fascinating subject and for those of us who are interested in reptiles then obviously reptile genetics are going to be the most fascinating. Tesla, I’m guessing you’re having a go at people who would be considered to be at the forefront of Carpet morphs like Larks in Aus or Precision Reptiles and UK Pythons in Europe. These guys have a strong understanding of an incredibly complex topic and it shows now that they are finally producing exactly what they said they would years ago when their projects were in their infancy.
Have any of you sat down to try to understand what would come from pairings involving relatively simple double recessive morph or incomplete/co-dominant? Not only can it be difficult to wrap your head around but it would also be a nightmare trying to prove the possible hets and double hets that come from them. Half the people on this site don’t even understand how to produce albinos so it’s not surprising that people ask these questions, especially with the number of possible mixed morphs around now. While I can see the point the OP was making about researching, I would also consider asking questions on the internet a form of research. It would be quite a good way to research too, if the people who know the answers were given a chance to respond rather than people just attacking because they don’t like something.
I think it would be completely feasible for someone to buy a morph because they like the look of it and then a couple of months/years down the track to start wondering what sort of babies it could produce. If I were in that position, my first thought would be something along the lines of “where can I go where there are lots of knowledgeable people that I can ask a question of and have the best possible chance of someone who knows the answer responding?”
But hey, maybe I’m just a sucker for not assuming the worst of people straight away...