I was about to reply with some snide, but mostly humorous remark about overbreeding for specialty traits. (Glad that nobody does that to Humans! At least not that we know of.) Then I saw what you had done. Got me!



I like to see the locale-specific breeding myself, for preservation of wild bloodlines such as Conjuncta & Nitida. (And, like that marvelous Splendida/Holbrooki intergrade above.) Certain wild populations of many animals may only survive in the near-term years because of captive breeding programs.



I know of a man with at least 11 breeding pairs of Russian (Central Asian) Tortoises. As the dictators of Uzbekistan & nearby Stans continue to allow their brisk sales & depletion, wild populations may not survive even a decade longer.



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Just out of curiosity, where are you located, and how many species of Kings have you?

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• My first hatchling of 05! - Nokturnel Tom, Mon Jul 11 23:38:12 2005
• RE: My first hatchling of 05! - scottofhouston, Tue Jul 12 00:03:36 2005
• its really dark so I can't make out - bluerosy, Tue Jul 12 00:10:31 2005
• It's a hyper melanistic reversed blizzard king - Nokturnel Tom, Tue Jul 12 00:19:23 2005
• Fooled Me, You Rascal - Ameron, Tue Jul 12 18:35:29 2005
• RE: Fooled Me, You Rascal - Nokturnel Tom, Tue Jul 12 19:01:28 2005
• Interesting Comments, Thanks - Ameron, Tue Jul 12 20:20:46 2005
• RE: Fooled Me, You Rascal - statchett, Tue Jul 12 23:29:52 2005
• RE: Fooled Me, You Rascal - antelope, Wed Jul 13 12:58:49 2005
• RE: My first hatchling of 05! - jlassiter, Tue Jul 12 18:01:17 2005
• RE: My first hatchling of 05! - thomas davis, Tue Jul 12 23:02:40 2005
• RE: My first hatchling of 05! - Nokturnel Tom, Tue Jul 12 23:06:19 2005
• RE: My first hatchling of 05! - thomas davis, Tue Jul 12 23:15:53 2005