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chikkensht
at Sat Jan 17 01:22:07 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chikkensht ]
I hope you don't mind if I put half my foot in the door...
I don't necessarily think it is a bad thing...Nature loves variation, and if it works, it works. I absolutely love the angolans, and it's true; One should focus their efforts on breeding pure angolans which are by nature and captivity, rare as can be. However, those who have invested the time to create said 'mutts' should not be branded with such blame or accusation. They have devoted much time in their projects, and as I said, if it works, it works. If such variations (whether natural or fabricated) did not exist in nature, I don't think that we would exist. I feel that since this project has proven a compatibility between species, then by rights, it is not a bad thing. It's just when one fails to believe a proven potential in such a discovery, do we have aggitated debates on this subject. I trust that the only two companies that have produced the angolan ball have respected the rarity of the angolan pythons, and do not intend to 'mass produce' their efforts and hand them out to every novice and spontaneous breeder to make a quick income. I feel they have made a discovery which could be taken in the hands of either good or evil.
I do understand the whole contraversy, and I agree that these animals should not be made a substitute for a dwindling species. I DO feel that these animals should be celebrated for their variation and so with it, the discovery of their compatibility. So, yea...that's my take on it...please don't hunt me don't and threaten to rip my livers out through my nostils just because our thoughts are different...Take care, THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE!!
Best Wishes,
-A
>>Now we've got the Diamond x Jungle Carpet python syndrome occurring with a species that is infrequently bred. It is sad to see that people are too "cheap" to purchase an angolan female, so they opt for the cheaper male, and cross it with the 100 dollar female ball, and what do you know, some people got lucky. I don't understand why one would do this, I think that more people should breed PURE angolans, before any thought of hybridization should come about. Now there will be these hybrids floating around, that will then be crossed back to a pure angolan, and so on, so soon, a hard-to-find species will be replaced with "mutts" and impure specimens. Just look at jungle carpet pythons- there is a very small percentage of pure jungles being bred, most are an integrade of some sort, whether it be diamond influence, or coastal carpet influence. The same thing applies here; that one b_____rd was too cheap to afford a diamond python female, so he decided to go the cheaper way and crossing it to a jungle female, and voila! look at the mutts commonly offered for sale nowadays... Crosses don't even look as good as pure jungles or pure diamonds....so why do it??
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>>What's next? Is someone going to be too cheap to buy a female blackhead python, so instead they cross a blackhead male with a woma female?? I personally disagree with hybridizing species, especially species that are infrequently kept and bred. just my thoughts....
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>>bob
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Well... - chikkensht, Sat Jan 17 01:22:07 2004