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That is NOT to say for color,but genetics. Just figured to ask as these have been popular enough to be bred to this point,Thanks,Jeff

Hey, go back to the milk board!(LOL)
actually, Jeff, I would hate to hell to see anything even remotely similar to what has happened to corns and balls happen to ETBs. They are simply too perfect as they are IMHO and do not need any genetic manipulation. Thats not to say a high white or high yellow isn't appreciated, but the day I see ads for ETBs hetero for this or that will be a sad day for me.Of course, there is big money and reps to be made so its gonna happen....I dont mean to stir things up but have you ever seen a hondo morph that is as nice as a true locale coastal milk? Is there anyone who REALLY likes the way an albino python or boa looks or is it JUST the money and novelty? Maybe I just up on the wrong side of the bed today.

I have been in the hobby for 15 years or so and I have seen and kept just about everything at one point or another. Morphs bring INTEREST which brings $$.It is my interest of anything NEW simply because mother nature just doesnt make that many NEW things anymore.And as far as milks go, I do think some of the captive bred Hondos look better than the wild caught Hondos certainly! Its in the work,the refinement of qualities by dedicated breeders that enhances the natural beauty.I may not want to buy a new corvette,but taking one for a test drive is ALWAYS fun! Jeff

Jeff, I first joined the New York Herp Society in 1966. Back then an albino was an extremely rare natural event. Even breeding any python or boa was reportable in the newsletter! Keeping an ETB alive was a major accomplishment. What has been accomplished by others in my time has been truly amazing. BUT, the future to me looks a little scary at times. To breed snakes to enhance their natural colors is one thing, but to deliberately produce freaks that lack certain genes for this or that pigment just doesnt sit well with me personally. Snakes are wild creatures not domestic animals or dogs. I believe we should respect the process of evolution. Its bad enough most every human on this earth wants to kill them and does so with every chance they get.. why should we who love them most f#&* around with their genetics? just my 2 cents and not meant to insult anyone, especially those who have done so much to advance husbandry over the years.

With all due respect producing the same thing over and over and over again is NOT a challenge anymore.I have been breeding for 15 years and a member of the original Mass herp society since '75.I think complacency and boredom sets in to every keeper after a certain amount of time and morphs and abnormalities and the possibilities of something,anything NEW keeps interest better than "normals".That is NOT to say that they are in any ways better than the originals,just different.It would also go along way in explaining why at 37 I am still dating 19yr olds,lol. A.D.D!! Jeff

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I was looking for genetically linked traits,thanks,Jeff

Patternless and eyespots have both proven to be genetic traits in emeralds. There's also a handful of exciting proven morphs in the amazon world. And lots of 'unproven' stuff from both. The best is still in the future as far as corallus is concerned.