Huh?



How can you make the leap to compare my breeding of "locality" animals together to the breeding of Cali Kings to Florida Kings.



Is there the possibility of "gene flow" from Cali Kings to Florida Kings in the wild? I think not.



You say you used to think like me - that's fine: I guess you have evolved past it.



Not me: I have become a "purist" and I will only breed locality to locality animals and by that I mean the SAME LOCALITY OF THE SAME SPECIES.



Call me a snob, call me whatever you want: I DON'T CARE. This reminds me of an interview I saw about Neil Young a couple of years ago. Stephen Stills talked about Crosby Stills and Nash touring with Neil Young. Neil got sick and tired of the other three not practicing and instead spending their free time having fun instead of getting ready for the show. Stills then said that Neil next just got on a plane and flew home and left in the middle of the tour - he was in it for the music only and once the other guys weren't in it for the music "he was gone" as Stills put it.



I am in this for my love of the snakes only. I don't care about breeding out albino's or "turkey sandwich with mustard" kings. Give me a break! I breed the stuff and sell what I breed and try to cover my expenses. I have met some pretty cool people along the way (like Crimsonking, Zee, Michael Coone, Phil Patton, Steve Craig, ZFelician, Seth Cheshire, Lindsay Pike, Brad Bauserman, Micah Stancil, Mike Bates, Justin Collins, Keith Hillson, and a bunch of others). You can take all of this other stuff and do whatever you want --- 'cause I think it is worthless.



You ought to go and get the kid's book called "The Emperor's New Clothes" because it sums up my thougts on morphs and mutants completely. One of the things I have always liked about North American colubrids is that the people associated with them (like the above mentioned) were so different than the whole Ball Python crowd!



Take it easy everyone...
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Peter Jolles

East Coast Colubrids

www.eastcoastcolubrids.com

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