Well people (herpers) in Florida have been mixing corns for decades. What a lot of people think is pure in there newest corn morph truly is not. Look at people like Andy Barr who has so many damn things going on with the corns he sells even he can't tell you whats pure. and he is not the only one in florida. Go to the Tampa show and talk to the locale small breeders and you would be surprised what some oif them will tell you. It only makes sense since the Floridians pick these corns up in there back yard. I believe there are pure animals and impure. I don't care for ones I am not sure of . I amm 100% locale specif or nothing at all . There is no inbeween with me. It just does not make sense. That is why I only keep the emoryi albinos . The pure emoryi is a newer fad and one that can be at least traced as being pure locality. If you check with todays top corn producers who boast their corns are the real deal you have to step back and think where were these guys 10-15 years ago? There was a completely different crop of breeders back then and knobody can justify that their newest "Pewter hypo obliterated zig motley" is pure. I have been around the game for 35 years and any old timer can tell you the corn snakes have been mixed for years. WHERE DO YOU THINK ALL THOSE HYBRIDIZED CORNS WENT TO? Do you really believe they just died out and became extinct in the hands of breeders?? Check the post above where there was documented that the corns were hybridized back in 1930 . There is also a lot of intergration going on in the wild.

Bottom line most people who want you to believe that there are pure and impure corns are the ones selling the supposed pure ones in big numbers. While that may be a stiff generaliztion you would have to be a agnostic to believe otherwise. Take the kisatchee or creamsicles bred into things. Do you really trust that what you are getting is pure. Truth is we just don't know for sure anymore.

As far as your arguement that a corn that has emoryi blood in it is okay but a corn with honduran in it is not okay is a pure prejudice.

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