Quote Originally Posted by KLG View Post
Strictly discussing the genetic engineering angle (although I'd be happy to discuss the religious POV), I personally think that specific genetic engineering for designer traits would rob us, as keepers, of the "magic" of hitting odds within a particular clutch. Would there be as much satisfaction in producing a clutch of 6 pieds out of 6 eggs from het x het as there would from genetically masterminding this to happen through controlled engineering? Absolutely not.

The fact that we never quite know what we could get when pairing animals up - and spending a season dreaming of what we could produce - is what keeps a lot of folks working with these animals to start with.

If creating color mutations was so cut-and-dried that anyone could have predictable results every time, it would strip us of the defeats & successes that intrinsically make genetic morphs so much fun (and a more than a bit stomach-knotting!!!) to work with in the first place!

Just my $.02.

K~
I couldn't agree more with you and apparently I can't give you another positive rep