I'm glad someone got it.... Sorry I just don't see the point to hybrids, sure it might be a cool "conversation piece" but I just can't see jeporadizing the gene pool by artificially creating these "mutts" and then to further breed them with each other or other species is even more puzzling - but I guess I am new to this and should just sit quietly! As far as I know, Burmese can produce upwards of 50 eggs so potentially from one hybrid mating 50 "bat eaters" could be produced? Where do all these animals go? These ain't little "jungle corns" that can live their whole life in a shoebox rack! And the way Burmese and other giant snakes are passed around when people tire of them, it would be easy for "mixed breed" snakes to be represented as purebreds and there goes the gene pool!Especially when they look so similar to regular Burms like that animal that was pictured (are you sure that is a hybrid? ) At least Albinos, Greens, Granites etc. are all still pure Burmese and will readily produce normal offspring if not carefully mated to the right partner.

Hey, just my 2 cents, don't anyone get their panties in a bunch - Dumergirl

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• Batcatcher, Reburm ,Reticalease or what ever you want to call them pics - bloggs, Sun Sep 21 11:23:14 2003
• "Bat eater",... Cool looking snake,.... - BrianSmith, Mon Sep 22 06:18:12 2003
• RE: "Bat eater",... Cool looking snake,.... - bloggs, Mon Sep 22 13:27:31 2003
• RE: "Bat eater",... Cool looking snake,.... - BrianSmith, Mon Sep 22 14:30:43 2003
• RE: "Bat eater",... What to mate her with - DUMERGIRL, Tue Sep 23 11:08:52 2003
• Hummm........or maybe not N/P - bloggs, Tue Sep 23 13:22:41 2003
• there's a movie in that. n/p - Gary D., Wed Sep 24 07:43:08 2003
• Well, that certainly was the dumbest post ever... - JDP, Thu Sep 25 08:46:25 2003
• Sarcasm to prove a point.... - longissima, Thu Sep 25 12:33:25 2003
• RE: Sarcasm to prove a point.... - dumergirl, Thu Sep 25 21:57:04 2003
• There's a lot more to it than just one aspect, in my opinion,.. - BrianSmith, Fri Sep 26 15:53:15 2003
• RE: There's a lot more to it than just one aspect, in my opinion,.. - longissima, Fri Sep 26 16:25:43 2003
• RE: There's a lot more to it than just one aspect, in my opinion,.. - BrianSmith, Fri Sep 26 16:36:37 2003
• I couldn't agree more! Great post. n/p - longissima, Fri Sep 26 16:58:50 2003
• Hey, thanks a lot. n/p - BrianSmith, Fri Sep 26 17:43:05 2003