Recessive Genetics - Het Percentages

To me the distictiion matters......maybe not less truthful, but certainly less ambiguous.

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Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls

To me the distictiion matters......maybe not less truthful, but certainly less ambiguous.

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Matters how?

Ok, so now you agree that it's not less truthful ... cool, I like when people see things my way. :D

Now lets tackle ambiguity.

Isn't "ambiguous" a very subjective term? Something that is ambiguous to you, might be perfectly clear to someone with a more education, greater wisdom, higher intelligence, etc. Or something that is crystal clear to you, might seem a little ambiguous at first to one of your young high school students.

Since what is and is not ambiguous can be so subjective over a population of many people with different levels of experience, education, intelligence, wisdom, etc ... who gets to set the standard for what is and isn't ambiguous in the ball python community?

The ball python world is great big place with lots of different people ... it's certainly bigger than you, definitely bigger than me, bigger than this site and everyone on it ... like I said before ... 50% het or 50% possible het ... in the end, it doesn't matter ... sooner or later, the snakes will sell … Jo and Mike will have a few bucks in their pocket and they’ll have had an awesome start on the venture into the world of ball python breeding! ;)

-adam

Well, if I am looking for a snake to breed, I want hetero snakes, not homo snakes, right?

As for the issue of people being confused that het is a state, on or off, true or false, 0 or 1 ..... If someone doesnt know that much then they probably shouldnt be looking into buying a het anything, and should educate themselves/research the topic.

I believe that any educational, beginner, or explanitory document should spell it out, 50% possible het....

At the point that someone is selling a snake, 50% het should be explanation enough. People that are looking to buy snakes should have done enough research to understand what a het is, and realize that there is only one interpretation for this.

Would it be easier if everyone threw in possible as well? Yup, at least for new/somewhat new people. However, when typing it out 50% het and 50% poss. het, you are looking at an additional 90% keystrokes! :)

Okay, being that I smacked Adam down earlier on in this thread :P , I'm going to have to say I agree with him on this point. I was a little confused with the "50% het" expression when I first got into this hobby, but I doubt if it would have made more sense if it was stated as "possible". I think after you learn the basics, it's pretty clear and it doesn't matter how they state it in the ad.

If you want to get picky about the specifics, you could easily get your panties in a bunch over the terms Lucy's, Pieds, and Ghosts. There are much more accurate ways of describing these animals, but the people that are in the market to buy these animals should already know what they are and what they mean. :soapbx:

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Okay, being that I smacked Adam down earlier on in this thread :P

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That's a Dagger! :P

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

That's a Dagger! :P

-adam

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:rofl: That's how I slide... no, that's not it... skip? Nope... bounce?

Ah... ROLL!!

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Originally Posted by xdeus

:rofl: That's how I slide... no, that's not it... skip? Nope... bounce?

Ah... ROLL!!

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Must be a west coast thing? ... Are you OD'in on the granola again? :P :carrot:

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Must be a west coast thing? ... Are you OD'in on the granola again? :P :carrot:

-adam

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Probably, but it could also be my hemp boxers are riding up on me again. :b0x0rz:

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Probably, but it could also be my hemp boxers are riding up on me again. :b0x0rz:

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I heard that if you smoke hemp boxers it can sometimes be a #@%$ty high??? True? :P :gj: :tongue2:

-adam