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chuckhurd
at Sat Jul 25 11:25:58 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chuckhurd ]
I think you are very close to what I believe. I am not of the mindset that a python and a rattlesnake came from the same ancestor, but I would go as far as to say all rattlesnake species and sub species came from one rattlesnake. Likewise, today’s copperheads, cottonmouths, cantils, ect, came from one ancestor originally.
It is important to remember that species and sub species ect, are all man made ideas. It called science, but it is always subject to trends. Few years ago the trend was to separate everything. 2 sub species of Timber, 3 sub species of cottonmouth, and 5 sub species of copperhead. Now days, the trend is to group them back together. So, what was “science” proven by “evidence” a few years ago, is now considered wrong. Many now say there is only 1 species of timber and 2 cottonmouth and 2 copperhead. If the trends continue, perhaps next someone will say, ok….the copper and cotton are not 2 difference species, they are a sub species of each other. I have already proven that they can breed and the offspring are fertile, so it is not a far fetched idea.
Chuck Hurd Serpentology
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Yes, i think you are very close - chuckhurd, Sat Jul 25 11:25:58 2009