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I find myself ansering many more questions here than posting so I thought I would throw out some food for thought. I was checking out the python classifieds when I came across this one:

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=7&de=332358

This is a "Leopard Burmese Python"; what $#%%^?!!!!! All it looks like to me is a slighly oddly patterned NORMAL burm....that sells for over $K!! Holy Cow, this hobby is out of control. It seems to be much more about keeping snakes for the money (and seeing them as an investment) rather than the passion of just keeping one for the sheer joy of interacting with an inredibly beautiful animal. Anyone willing to pay that kind of money for a normal burm must be....er, well, I'd like to have that kind of money to just toss around! No disrespect to the breeder of this "rare" morph but I couldn't stop laughing when I was looking at this picture of a normal burm selling for $1250.....man, I need to start naming all of the abandoned burms t hat come into my facility and clean up! Nah, I'll just continue to just keep them because I love keeping them. Cheers,

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
Lake Forest, IL
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

Rob, although I think it's a bit of a stretch to call this one a normal, I certainly wouldn't pay what they're askin' for it. Then I come from the Ball forum where designer morphs are THE thing, and I wouldn't pay 50G for ANY snake. I just have a hard time justifying spending that kind of money on something that, although it may be pretty, is still just a snake and takes no more special care than a normal. The hobby has truely gotten to be more about money.

Quig

Could be worse...they could be asking 100k for a cross breed...LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Quote: Could be worse...they could be asking 100k for a cross breed...LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

I don't know if you know about it or not...but there is a hybrid up for sale for $100K. The Albino Hybrid Burm/Afrock, High End Herps has it.

It's the first animal for sale on the 2005 Price List...

highendherps.com/wst_page6.php
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Corbin

Is it just me or do you seem really stupid?!

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Yea...I knew about that