I agree with your view on burmese and of course other giant python species. For many people it actually is the eventual large size that is what is appealing about a burmese or a retic. For the same reason many folks like St. Bernards and Great Danes and etc.



Not that I am in any way putting down the downsized, half-dwarf versions of the burms and tics. I'm not. There will be folks that like their considerably smaller sizes better and that's all good. Though I would be hesitant to refer to them as "dwarfs" when they are still half mainland blood. This can be unintentionally misleading since they will still grow to very large sizes and an unsuspecting buyer wanting only a tiny albino burmese can still end up with a gigantic snake in 6 to 10 years.



For me, I am still very excited to see what comes of mixing the existing burm and retic morph traits into the smaller dwarf sub-species just in terms of seeing what the differing dwarf species contrasts and patterns do to the known morph traits. Subtle differences in the dwarf specie's basic colors and patterns can greatly alter the existing morph traits and basically create something very unique and entirely "new".
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