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serpentinedreams
at Mon Dec 1 17:20:41 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by serpentinedreams ]
Not to ruffle feathers or nothing but this is realy based on speculation more than fact.... and this I belive is why...
You know it is almost impossible to say with any real certanty if most of the locale specific animals in the country are legit. It is not only exporters from Indonesia and importers in the us who may find it easier to make a little extra cash by saying Dwarf, but the collectors themselfs who may bend the truth allitle. These people do know that there is a demand for certain animals and will use it to there advantage. Say a reputable breeder gets them and sells true CB offspring as such and such it realy seals the deal. Not to mention Joe Schmoo who might be stuck with a crappy Y/H and finds himself stretching the truth a little to make a sale. This phenominon is quiet common as with all of the DWARF and Psudodwarf animals, plus most sought after locales. So be very careful what you belive. I have been offered quiet a few Bali Y/H retics in the past most of them were offered as CB, and yet nobody could tell me who breed them. One person did say he bought his from Clark. Personaly I never did buy any of the animals because of the fact most likly they are not Bali animals. At least the Jampeanus aniamls are highly distinctive. With that said even Notah told me he found his breeder in a Pet store of some sort wich does raise even more questions. IMO they are the real deal after obtaining a few, however ive never been to Bali, so who knows? If I ever get there ill have to check out Herpafauna indo and see for myself if they are actualy breeding them or just hatching them there. Either way, it is almost impossible to say if Puget sound reptiles produced pure bali, bali crosses, or maybe they were just thai animals? Hopefuly sombody will do the reserch and see if Bali animals can be clssified, so that we can have reliable scale counts and other fingerprints of the locale. Anyway thats Just a few thoughts Ive had, feel free to disregaurd this post as it is mostly a conspiracy theory, however I would still advise caution... - Shaun D
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How do we know??? - serpentinedreams, Mon Dec 1 17:20:41 2003