Inferno

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Originally Posted by Gooseman

think about how much money they've invested into the ingredients, then made a stab at a new cross in unknown territory instead of matching them up to make snakes they KNOW would make them money, and on top of that hit the genetic odds of even producing it... I mean... I think they've earned the right to be tight-lipped... besides... thats how the hobby grows. If they gave it away, they wouldn't have the $$$ to invest and create the next big cross, to finance the cross after that and so on and so forth.

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I understand that, that's why I took off the selfish part. Because companies do that all the time.

My comparison my not be the best, but Apple created something everybody thought was awesome, they decided to keep it secret and not let anyone else use their technology, and they crashed; meanwhile, IBM let anybody use their technology and they crushed Apple. And technically, they still are. I'm just saying, keeping it to yourself and puttin a huge price tag on it can hurt you in the end.

I'm preparing myself for the flaming as I type.

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Originally Posted by ctrlfreq

Look at it this way...you want to know whats in it, you can always buy one and reverse engineer it.

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how much they selling them for??

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Originally Posted by veedubz

how much they selling them for??

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How do you reverse egineer a snake is what i'm wondering. ;)

Edit: What does egineer mean? Engineer.

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Originally Posted by Skoalbasher

How do you reverse engineer a snake is what i'm wondering. ;)

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You would want to start with a male specimen, breed it to normals to reveal the component dominant and co-dominant morphs, breed those to the sire to expose component recessive morphs.

If you're lucky, you could figure out all the ingredients in as little as 2-3 years.

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Originally Posted by ctrlfreq

You would want to start with a male specimen, breed it to normals to reveal the component dominant and co-dominant morphs, breed those to the sire to expose component recessive morphs.

If you're lucky, you could figure out all the ingredients in as little as 2-3 years.

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I think I'll wait.. haha. That's a lot of work!

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Originally Posted by Gooseman

think about how much money they've invested into the ingredients, then made a stab at a new cross in unknown territory instead of matching them up to make snakes they KNOW would make them money, and on top of that hit the genetic odds of even producing it... I mean... I think they've earned the right to be tight-lipped... besides... thats how the hobby grows. If they gave it away, they wouldn't have the $$$ to invest and create the next big cross, to finance the cross after that and so on and so forth.

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Actually, a BETTER reason for keeping it secret would be if the ingredients are fairly common and already in many peoples collections. What would you rather have? A pretty rare snake, or a pretty snake that would be a lot more common if the exact recipe were widely known? I have my own theories and many other people have theirs. I'm working towards mine, and if I'm right, great... If I'm not, then I'll still have a lot of neat looking snakes.

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Originally Posted by KLG

I double dog dareya!!!! ;)

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I'll take on that challenge in May! ;)

how much do they cost, and where can i get one?

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Originally Posted by RBCpythons

how much do they cost, and where can i get one?

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A small fortune. At nerd!

K-I tripple dawg Dare ya to reveal one of the genes!

enchi woma yellowbelly------my guess