>>... the jackals and hyenas.



Just a couple thoughts:



1) I'd be glad to listen to an argument from you more provocative than, "we can if we want, we can if we want..." Do you think hybrids contribute to herpetoculture? Do you see any difference in the intrinsic value of a sinaloan in the wild, versus a "pure" sinaloan in captivity, compared to a hybrid? In other words, i'd be happy to listen to your arguments against some of the arguments I or others here have presented. Test my ideas. Show me where they're wrong. I've never denied people CAN do whatever they want. Hell, they can buy as many "pure" snakes as they can afford, and kill them all. I'm trying to offer qualitative arguments for whether or not some of the things herpetoculturists CAN do SHOULD be done--for the sake of the snakes, the sake of the hobby, and the sake of other herpetoculturists. I think those are reasonable avenues of discussion. "Can too, can too" doesn't contribute much.



2) am I a jackal? or a hyena? just curious. As for you, I suspect you're probably a nice guy, with a self-interest in hybrids, and a little too much resistance to hearing ideas that question that. I'd happily be proven wrong.

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