no one was releasing bermese in the 80's. People only release animals as a last resort and in the 80 even a normal had some value and a pet shop would pay you for it and would jump at it for free. I got my first albino male and het female from Jay at PP. in 90 for $500 for a pair and a het was worth about $150 and a pos het about $100.

Almost every normal being proguced was was a biproduct of the morph industry and almost all were either hets or poshets.

Hurricane andrew was in 92 and by that time albinos were common my now adult was worth about $300 and a het was the same as a normal so if people were releasing them in the numbers that would be needed to establish a viable population some would almost certainly be hets and even a het to normal breeding produces 25% hets so it is certain that some albinos would be found even with there increased likelyhood if being eaten. Albino berms have no reduced survivability due to albanism and being more active hunters at night there color does not make them more obvious targets for preditors against the white sand and yellow grass of the area.

Rob

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