>>I agree but disagree. If a snake gets out and breeds in the wild they have the SLIM possability of creating an isolated pocket of hybrids. Make a note that I said "isolated pocket" because unlike some organizations seem to think 1 snake will not ruin the world. let's put it into something tangable... Like the pythons in the everglades or the chameleons in florida. They escaped and bred. Now take like .05% of those and that is what you could expect to find if your snake escaped in the exact right conditions.
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Right.....Even when I am writing my posts, I think of scenerios like the ones mentioned that show the dangers and possibilities, but in all of these, so far, I still see no signs of hybrids taking over.
Yes, there are chances. I never once discounted that. There are chances and as things progress the possibilities may grow.
For now, I just don't see the numbers of hybrid corns getting into the wild to create problems.
Maybe I am naive.
Let's take a scenerio that could look at the other side, and it will be interesting to see if anything comes of it.
There is a breeder in Florida that breeds creamsicles and various other corn/emoryi mixes.
This still borders on intergadation to me but with the new taxonomy they are listed as different species so that would qualify as hybrids...anyway I digress..
His place was hit by one of the huricanes and many of his snakes were lost in the damage. Probably a significant number of "hybrids".
This could cause a scenerio where there is enough of a saturation to make an impact. I would really love to see what wild specimens may come out of that area in the next few years.
Maybe this could be the proof to show there are more immediate dangers then I see.

In all of this remember, I strongly beleive people should always represent their animals for what they are and although it was done in the past, I don't think people should ever release unwanted offspring into the wild.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
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