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    Something i have never understood.

    I know this sounds so stupid but its just come into my head, if there are thousands of ball pythons bred in the UK,USA and not their native country..
    why do they need all this high temps and humidity? why can't they live at normal temps?

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    I do believe there is some captive breeding going on in Africa, but it is probably more lucrative for them to sell the morphs to the US and Europe.

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    They haven't been in captivity long enough to evolve to that point. They're not domesticated like dogs or cats, they are still "wild".

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    Re: Something i have never understood.

    Quote Originally Posted by jinx667 View Post
    I do believe there is some captive breeding going on in Africa, but it is probably more lucrative for them to sell the morphs to the US and Europe.
    I mean like if the ball is bred in this country and like his parents and there parents were bred in this family how can they not adjust to our temps?
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    why would location change temp requirements? My body needs to be at 98.6 degrees just like people who live in alaska and people who live the middle east.

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    Re: Something i have never understood.

    I know it sounded stupid i just cant write it how i want to ask it i know what i mean in my head though lol
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    1) That kind of dramatic change requires much much more than a few generations.

    2) Their parents have been kept in temperatures similar to their native environments. We aren't selectively breeding for tolerance to cooler temps.

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    Well for one we keep them at the correct temperatures so how could they evolve to new temperatures? Plus when species evolve to new climates it is usually done extremely slowly as they migrate.

    All in all ball pythons have really only been bred in captivity for a few decades. I would expect something like that to take much much longer. Plus we would have to slowly over time turn down the supplemental heat, otherwise what is there to change to?
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    Re: Something i have never understood.

    Quote Originally Posted by SRMD94 View Post
    I know it sounded stupid i just cant write it how i want to ask it i know what i mean in my head though lol
    no matter what your core temp needs to be what it needs to be. people can put on clothes or take them off and we are also warm blooded and produce heat, so we can adjust to bigger swings in temp. snakes are cold blooded so they need external heat. Being born in warm or cold areas doesn't change anything.

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    Re: Something i have never understood.

    I get what you are trying to say. The answer is because you can't erase genetic make up, biology, instinct, etc. It would take much longer than the short amount of time that we have been captive breeding ball pythons for them to adapt to a different climate, atmosphere and environment than what they have been naturally born, or created to live, survive and thrive in.

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