Ethics of Hybrids

[Shaun J]

Is this a burm x ball hybrid?

Yup...

[_BoidFinatic_]

Yup...

That is so cool! I found that on yahoo images. I wonder what its adult size will be.

[stangs13]

Holy snap!!!


I thought the genes didnt ketch!!!! Gotta bio on it?!

[Shaun J]

Holy snap!!!


I thought the genes didnt ketch!!!! Gotta bio on it?!

I wonder how the guy got them to breed...

[JLC]

Is this a burm x ball hybrid?

Is this for real??? Here's what bothers me with this picture: It's albino! Does this mean the burm albino gene and the ball albino gene are compatible? Did someone really use a valuable albino bp in this sort of experiment??? OR...are there more than one generation already produced and raised to breeding maturity in order to produce a compatible albino-gene pairing? I'm not convinced of anything by this picture.

[Shaun J]

It looks more of an albino burm than an albino ball. BUT what I think happened was some idiot bred an albino burm to a normal ball, and bred back the het babies to the father and made these.

[JLC]

It looks more of an albino burm than an albino ball. BUT what I think happened was some idiot bred an albino burm to a normal ball, and bred back the het babies to the father and made these.

Well, that's what I was asking....which means there is an entire clutch/generation of mature burm/balls out there somewhere and no pictures? No story?

[RedDevil]

Are you sure that it isn't just a regular albino burm? I'm really not seeing anything too unusual about it.

[Shaun J]

Are you sure that it isn't just a regular albino burm? I'm really not seeing anything too unusual about it.

The head looks like one of a Ball Python.

[Dread]

It would have to be an incredible wizard and photoshop to fake this snake picture. The facial scalation is definitely not a normal burm, though the pattern is very similar to an albino burm.

And in terms of risking a valuable albino ball python... if you have the time and resources and mind for investment, breeding a het or even an albino ball to a burm has a relatively low capital risk!

Also, it shouldn't be surprising that if progeny could be produced that the albinism trait would be located on the same locus (the traits are compatible). A very cool snake... but where's the story!?!