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jlassiter
at Thu Sep 18 15:40:40 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jlassiter ]
>>On the ex-situ side of the equation, IMO it's the vision (breeding objectives) of the human keeper that decides on the pairing of each adult pair in captivity and then how those porgeny are represented to others. I've seen some "mad science" in some respects that IMO is just that...MAD SCIENCE! On the other hand, some folks go far and away in their attempt to track what they have in an attmept to keep it together so to speak for what ever that's worth...
Even selective propagation and line breeding can produce 'different' appearing neonates not resembling founding stock that was kept pure and well preserved back to their capture.
Good post as well Jim. ----- John Lassiter
"Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part....."
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