The genetic similarity between a California king and a Florida king is probably way more than 99.9%. I would bet the same genetic similarity between a Cal king and an anaconda. Having the albino gene bred into the Florida affects “virtually” nothing as a percentage of DNA. All snakes are quite alike at that level. That is way too scientific for anybody thinking of freezing every hybrid out of concerns for the integrity of the planet. What a radical statement. If you are going to take hybrids out of the hobby, you might as well wish to take humans out of the hobby. Captive animals are our subjects and we will selective breed them to the limits of possibility. That is what humans do. Snakes, dogs, chickens, fish- get over it. I hope you lend your voice to the real threat to your naturally occurring favorites and oppose the destruction of habitat. As pointed out in a previous post, some have already been lost forever and continue to exist only in the captive community. That is surely the ultimate fate of all of the others. First they will become threatened, then protected (you won’t be able to own one) and then extinct. The captive bred creations will be all that you are allowed, and still able, to keep. Hope we can all be friends, we will come to need each other someday. Like today.

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