In my boredom just now, I started reading some old posts about people importing balls directly from Africa. From what I can tell, the sellers there are going out and collecting eggs to hatch. Once the eggs hatch they sell them to people in America through all kinds of back channel and secretive connections. I also see that they have females there in captivity that are basically baby making machines.

With all that being said, why would anyone want to import these balls when they are basically doing the same thing that breeders are doing here? Is it just the huge retailers doing this? I know Underground Reptiles is known for importing. How popular is this trade these days? I’m planning a trip to Africa and I would like to know how “open” this whole trade is. Is it something that is protected by people with machine guns? Lol

PS- I have no intention of trying to enter or partake in this trade. Just curious.


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