>>...There is value for some herpetoculturists to start working with hybrids or at least intergrade sub species crosses and producing some of your own. There is so much to learn from them and ..it is easier to spot charactristics on something that maybe a cross of some type. Since hybrids are here this is the smartest way to combat them. And that is learn from them and that you can also enjoy them. They are snakes after all. Work with what makes you happy.

In the spirit of my response to Frank about five posts higher in this thread, let me paraphrase what you've said here:

"There is value for some art students to start working with fakes and producing some of their own. There is so much to learn from them...since art fakes are here this is the smartest way to combat that. And that is to learn from them and that you can also enjoy with them. They are (all art) after all. Work with what makes you happy."

An art student can "copy" or attempt to replicate a genuine work of art, as an exercise, and perhaps learn more about materials and lighting and brushwork and the rest--and then DESTROY the piece when the exercise is over. On the other hand, herpetoculturists can create hybrids but are very unlikely to then destroy them. There's a world of difference. To take up Frank's challenge: "do something about it". Maybe those making hybrids should work together to forge and promote a policy mandating end-of-experiment extermination. Or maybe a policy arguing hybrids should be sold only when microchipped. That would eliminate entirely any future ignorance of an animal's origins, as a result of intentional misrepresentation or accident. Just food for thought...

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