You seem to be taking my comments personal. I did not start this thread saying anything about you and whether or not you did anything wrong. I started this to make the point that documentation is only as good as the documentor and the believing of it is only as good as people believe those that did the documentation.



My comment about the speckles and trip alternates came from your comment about how "normal" marked specimens in the wild must have some sort of advantage and that is why we normally see them. The oddball marked specimens are not seen because they do not make it in the wild. If no one is finding a wild Hueco with trip alternates your hypothosis would indicate that we are not seeing them because they are not making it in the wild. If they are not making it in the wild then sooner or later they would deplete the population enough over time that they would not have a viable genetic strain to reproduce. That is different from your examples because we do not kill off those with the syndroms you named so their genes stay in the pool and are passed on to next generations.



Again, I am not debating whether you or DJ have ever unknowingly or purposefully tried to snow job anyone. I am only pointing out that there seems to be a question of trust and that will be up to each individual's experiences with you or DJ. As far as the Huecos with the significant speckles and trip alternates, too bad there is not enough data to be positive. Everyone will just have to rely on their own conscience to make whatever decisions they make about them. Just do not expect everyone to make the same judgements and treat your customers the way you would want to be treated.



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