"Not a lot of people like being corrected and many choose to ignore the findings or ideas of others and just continue along their merry way while continuing to misinform many others which becomes a vicious cycle."

I interned in a zoo's reptile department for a while, and during my time there one thing was made clear. It's better to admit you don't know, than to spread incorrect information, and if you accidentally tell someone something incorrect, you apologize and make corrections. I tend to do this naturally, but really took to it in the zoo setting, as I find there are often many misconceptions to clear up.

And there are so many ridiculous things out there about snakes that I'd rather ditch my "pride" and admit my mistakes than risk having one more insane story spreading out of control.

While I doubt that would happen with genetics...it's still good to actually have accessible and correct information out there.

I agree there should be more topics on stuff like that. I myself would love to know why amelanistic is better than albino. And for those of us just starting out with breeding, any info on genetics is invariable helpful. I find most of us starting out are in credibly underinformed.

Example: I had no idea that anery/axanthic was a simple recessive trait until I asked Greg Bennett about it while inquiring about his 100% het pair (which I'm in the process of buying). All I knew was that the albino was simple recessive, and I'd read somewhere about anaconda being co-dominant.

Ha. Here I go, rambling again. Anyway, I agree with what you said, and I hope we can get more discussions on stuff like this in the forums.
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