blood x ball python?

I was searching the ever-valuable Net for pics of blood pythons, and came across this. Seems that blood pythons can be bred with ball pythons.
I am not sure how I feel about this, since giving it some thought. Blood pythons are from Sumatra and Borneo, which are both islands. So it's doubtful that the two species would ever meet in nature. It isn't natural for the two to breed, but apparently it can happen. I guess it's like breeding a horse and a donkey to produce a mule.
What do you guys/gals think of this? I am not really sure of my opinion on it; I think that it is surely unnatural; but then again, our keeping herps as pets is pretty unnatural too if you think about it.
Here's a link with pics of a blood/ball cross.

http://www.chondroweb.com/DrFrankenstein/BloodBall.htm

Interesting. I like the pattern, but I wonder..well I wonder a lot about these snakes. Most of them seem to have more of the blood head structure while one that has more of a bp head structure. I wonder how big they will end up getting and if the bp head one will be smaller overall, or if it will have a "harder" time eating later.

I don't think I'd want one though, I'd be afraid of it having all sorts of odd problems due to the cross.

Sweet! I'd liek to get one!

Nice looking abominations I have to admit - though not at all a fan or one to condone these crosses in light of the huge geographical isolation between them.

I've seen them in person...they're pretty cool but I can't help wondering why someone would want to screw up a perfectly good blood, when the end result isn't a drop-dead wow snake.

K

I do like the way they look, but it seems kind of strange..

Neat looking... but that kinda gives me the willies.

yeah something about them is just unsettling to me. they look kinda nice i guess, except that that head does not belong on that snake. i personally just don't really like the whole crossing and mix matching of different animals thing to begin with though.

yea i remember hearing about that on kingsnake a while back!

I really like it, though im not a big fan of hybirds.
BUT THOSE EYES ARE AMAZING lol.,
i wonder what the temperment, size, and girth
and obviously price

no different then a mutt if you think about it I wonder if it's smarter and lives longer.

Yeah I see "hybrid" snakes the same as a mixed breed dog or something similar. As long as there isn't any adverse health problems to the mixing, I'm fine with it. They look cool, but they don't look much different from the ball python or blood python...just an in between kinda thing. I wouldn't really want one unless I just wanted it for the sake of having the blood ball cross. If I wanted something that looked like that, I'd get a ball or a blood. No need to have both in one I guess, lol. If it looked extravagant however, maybe I'd want one a bit more. :)

It has the pattern of a Blood Python, with the colors of a Ball Python. They look O.K, but I wonder what the size of them is. How much do they cost, does anyone know?

Much much much different than a mutt. Often the genetics are incompatible enough you won't have offspring that can viably reproduce and could host a myriad of other geneticly induced abmormalities, weaknesses etc. To draw the mutt parallell you'd need something in the order of a fox crossed with a hyena (stilla bad parallell)

Which isn't to say they aren't cool looking - those blood balls are. It just doesnt sit well with me at all.

Mmmmmmm Multi-pass..............Love the Avatar Smulkin......

Good god! I love that. I want one, with no intention of breeding. I think it looks awsome, and so long as there are no genetic problems that will causes health issues I am all over that like white on rice. I think it looks super cool. Just, wow

I think that they do, in fact, look a bit creepy. I was kinda wondering about the breeding mechanics in this whole thing; namely, how does a relatively slender ball python breed safely with a big fatty of a blood python? :)