Wow!....

Tony, I wasn't really aware of anyone breeding the two in captivity, but always wondered why I never saw any of this man-made combination since it is so often wondered about their being the actual natural participants that comprise temporalis.

I can't really say that I'm a big fan of producing that particular cross, as I can see a strong likelyhood of them being offered in the hobby as such by some, or being mistaken for the "real thing" by some, etc...know what I mean?....that certainly wouldn't go over too well with many. I'm sure YOU would not do this, but I can certainly see how it would happen as they became introduced into the hobby. It's just like the way anything else's genetics gets "leached" into the snakes in the hobby. I'm sure you will agree,....honest representation of offspring only goes so far in this hobby, and it realistically ends as soon as the animal(s) leaves the original breeders table,....after that ANYTHING's possible, especially when you multiply each offsprings potential of creating more by many folds.

I certainly hope you don't think that I'm trying to give you a morals lesson here by ANY means, but we both know how the dynamics of this hobby works, and how things progress.I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, and probably have very similar views. Many of us "milk-heads" seem to be much more aware of crosses, hybrids, and certain man-made intergrades that have potential to throw wrenches into things than many other folks in the hobby. One thing that can't be denied is that many snakes that are bought, will be bred to something,...the question is to what?, and so on, and so on.........

One of my favorite analogies that makes an extremely valid point is....."you can't take them back once they're out there". I think many would agree that it's a statement that's hard to argue with.


best regards, ~Doug
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