>>You are very correct. Now my question to you is..... How many people out there would meet your expectations? I'm sure that you will agree with me... there are many persons out there saying they consider themselves as knowledgeable as a "properly' trained herpetologists, which we know is bull. There are numerous people out there with tons of knowledge from information gathered but not many of maybe, your caliber or that of Peter Kahl or Herpetologists Dave and Tracy Barker.

The problem is, its so hard to tell who knows what they are talking about anymore. We have people selling nicaraguan boas as cay caulkers, and many people don't know the difference. Those of us who do know the difference can easily point out the difference between the two, but its up to the person selling the boas to change the ad.

I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable as Kahl or the Barkers, but it would be nice if I knew what they knew!
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• Completely Unscientific Assumptions...................... much more............ - Hoppy, Fri Feb 18 07:41:27 2005
• exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of the - CE, Fri Feb 18 08:04:43 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of the - PBM, Fri Feb 18 09:02:31 2005
• RE: regarding locality bred boas and their usefulness in science... - g.gartner, Fri Feb 18 12:33:54 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 16:02:51 2005
• well maybe I should read a few books and then perform open heart surgery - CE, Fri Feb 18 16:32:25 2005
• RE: well maybe I should read a few books and then perform open heart surger - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 16:37:20 2005
• RE: well maybe I should read a few books and then perform open heart surger - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 16:59:39 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 16:53:22 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 17:01:48 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 17:16:03 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 17:39:17 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 17:57:31 2005
• RE: exactly!!! everybody wants to be a true herpetologist without any of th - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 18:49:43 2005
• RE: what constitutes a herpetologist? Plus, issues of scale in the great boa debate! - g.gartner, Fri Feb 18 18:53:22 2005
• Chaoscat.... - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 17:33:00 2005
• RE: Chaoscat.... - chaoscat, Fri Feb 18 17:52:09 2005
• Chaoscat.... - chicagopsych, Fri Feb 18 20:41:03 2005
• Dang it, Jim, why did you have to go and.... - sonoranreptile, Fri Feb 18 08:05:39 2005
• great post!.......more - chicagopsych, Fri Feb 18 09:58:51 2005
• I'm het for, "My Mom." Proven genetics...roflmao - snakepimp, Sat Feb 19 20:48:31 2005
• I am not a Phd, but ... *PIC* - snakepimp, Mon Feb 21 09:35:06 2005
• RE: I am not a Phd., but ... I do have poor punctuation. n/p - snakepimp, Mon Feb 21 09:36:10 2005
• I agree 100%, but your clear, pure logic is probably due to you being into - tcdrover, Fri Feb 18 10:04:30 2005
• Both agree and disagree - callmedaddie, Fri Feb 18 13:30:27 2005