All this T pos T Neg is it or isn't it. Very interesting ,Technical ! But in practical application what does it all add up to ? Answers to trivia questions.

I understand that in today's sophisticated reptile market it's important to be able to explain why your animals are special using terminology that combines high school biology with the finesse of a lawyer and the slickness of used car salesmen. But in reality morph breeding is nothing more then putting this color snake in with that color and playing lets see what comes out. Like in school when you were small .

The water colors . You mixed your yellow with the blue and got green. Did it matter if you understood how each color in Munsell Color Tree system is represented by a distinct position on the tree.The Hue color value is represented by placement on the circumference, saturation by the horizontal distance of the color from the central axis, and brightness by the vertical position on the trunk. You just mixed your paint and put a little yard in front of the house. But this has a greater significance. We're talking Boa morphs and being able to validate the magic Albino word seems to be of great importance. But why ?

If ultimately a team of microbiological atom splitting technicians with a hundred degrees on the wall and no snakes determines thru a series of test so advanced that Dr Frankenstein himself would be amazed .That yes believe it or not these are albinos . What would change ? The animals would look, breed and act the same . The only thing that would change would be now you can say for sure that no matter how they may look they really are albinos and not some crappy type 2 hypo. Bottom line it's still the same snake by any name. I guess if staying busy doing all this advanced " Genetic Research " helps to keep kids off the street it does serve some purpose.

Ernie Eison

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