Quote Originally Posted by PythonWallace View Post
Morphs are natural occurances in nature. A lot of people seem to be under the impression that some genetics engineer created these mutation in an underground lab in New Mexico.


Plus, every one of them is the same species, sub species and locality. While some of them might not survive long in the wild, a lot of them would likely thrive in the wild, and some even more so than normal, wild type balls. Some morphs have colors and patterns that would make them better camoflauged in the wild, and some have feeding responses that seem to trump normals. While we are heavily involved in producing greater numbers of each mutation, I don't think they can be put anywhere near the same catagory as hybrids, or even intergrates.
I wondered if anyone was going to catch this. Every ball python base morph that is available can trace its ancestry to a wild caught specimen. When breeding morphs (even combos) there is nothing being done that can't occur in the wild. Although unlikely, it is POSSIBLE that there are wild bumblebees, spogs, axanthic spiders.... crawling around in the wilds of Africa.

Steve