that wierd "morph"?

that is a real good question. i have never seen one in the wild before. and yess i have been in that region before :)

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Until someone finds a colony of scaleless snakes that are thriving in any environment, I will consider them as flawed individuals.

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That is a very poor concept to decide if something is just a "flaw" or not. I would almost guarentee there are no designer morphs in the wild, much less a whole colony of them, but they aren't just considered a worthless flaw are they?

As far as the comment about albinos not being able to survive in the wild, with alot of species that rely on their color to hide them from predators, an albino would have a much lower chance of making it, but some do manage to make it.

if a pieball is considered a morph, than why can't this thing. pieball are juse a flawed pigmentation in the snakes skin and now people breed them like crazy cuz people think its beautiful. i can;t consider this snake a "flaw" if a pieball isn't.

If im not mistaken every morph, exept the combos have bien found in the wild.

I don't think all "super" forms of co-doms have been found in the wild.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

How can you say that the scale-less condition isn't just the next evolutionary step for snakes ... maybe "scales" are a "flaw" on the road to a better form?

Not an argument, just a thought. ;) :D

-adam

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I thought about this thought when I read this.......http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/200...ogs.php?page=1

A probing question in a nice post. Though I'd add quote marks to the word "better" also.

Interesting article, and pleiotropy is an interesting concept that I never would have considered. I always assumed that organisms would just "lose" certain functions when no longer used or necessary.