>>>Am I the only one that thinks that it should be respected that this is someone elses animal who might not want pictures of it all over the internet, especially if it is in his classroom? Most likely its just a normal cornsnake, as far as education goes that would be the only appropriate kind because it is the only natural variation.

Well, of course that's a possibility, but if he DOES get permission once he has the camera in hand, there certainly wouldn't be anything wrong with it. In anycase, it's not like it's a naked picture of his wife or anything..LOL! it is just a pic of a cornsnake, and could be any cornsnake in the entire world. The teacher himself probably couldn't tell the difference between his, and thousands of others even if he was to see it posted himself, which is HIGHLY unlikely.

And the snake doesn't necessarily HAVE to be a normal phenotype either, especially if he's exposing the class to inheritable genetics. The cornsnake would surely be more interesting than just reading about some boring everyday fruit flies and a Punnett square. In any case, if I was the teacher, I would WANT to know what the heck I was showing my class, normal or otherwise. Maybe the teacher couldn't give a rat's behind about knowing what type it is too, but it certainly isn't like the guy is plastering embarrasing photos all over the net.

This is just my opinion, and don't think it's a big deal at all either way......... My naked wife, or girlfriend might be a different story though!.LOL!


best regards, ~Doug

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