No need for any apology whatsoever. There are varying opinions, and those that have stronger opinions for "purity" (and yes I use that term loosely as that is yet another much-debated topic)I view as just extremely passionate about "natural" processes & trying to responsibly keep what we have under captive conditions as specific as possible (save for the un-natural selective breeding process for better pattern/colors/etc).



As for the ones that could care less about all that and just "dig a [bleep]in' lookin' snake", well, it is what it is quite frankly and the mentality I still can not seem to comprehend. But there is that camp as well and some just won't change their viewpoint & simply look at a snake (& presumably any animal for that matter) solely from an aesthetic perspective and nothing more.



My strong opinion is across the board, and although I am not one of the herp academics that tries to "reign supreme" and be a know-it-all-which-means-my-words-are-the-rule type, I have to piggy-back on what Terry Dunham said most wonderfully before. It's just about the respect for WHAT THEY ARE, and not what they could be mixed and made into.
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Jerry Kruse

www.zonatas.com





And God said, "Let there be zonata subspecies for all to ponder..."

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