>>The only point I am trying to make is that I would pay $700 for a nice Ultra Granite Mex Mex or Super Striped Ruthveni and would never pay that much on a Hybrid Mexicana......NEVER.....

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>>Yeah a few would agree with you ON THIS forum. But I have sold some pretty high dollar "grail" hybrids for some big cash.

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>>Don't be fooled by the peope on this forum. Cash talks and everything else walks. Besides. Those $700. colubrids will be down to $150. in a couple years. With hybrids they just keep going as one intelligently breeds combos together. With new recessive traits AND DIFFERENT SPECIES, the skies the limit every season.

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>>JUST THINK ABOUT IT!





I just don't like the "awe factor" market for them.....

Kinda like the folks that think it is "cool" to have Burms, African Rocks and Anacondas.......



I do know what you've done with the hybrids in time you worked with them......and I've seen MANY myself......The only problem I've encountered time and time and time again is misrepresentation.....I dislike liars, especially when it comes to animals.......



I argue the fact that "looks" aren't everything when defending purity then I also argue the opposite when the "new" taxonomists are trying to reclassify the animals I work with based on clades are nuclear DNA they don't know how to use correctly just yet.....In that case I'd rather go with "looks" or phenotypical expression......



BTW....why isn't there a plethora of hybrids at reptile expos?

I've been to lots of them across the nation and they are certainly the minority.........
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