Quote Originally Posted by Ben Biscy View Post
imo, hybridization is the TRUE power of man's idea of selective breeding toward a predetermined goal. true breeding and inbreeding create stagnated breeds (look at some of the dog breeds, or better yet, the spider "spin" syndrome). to ensure vigor and health/resistance/resiliance, one must introduce new genes.

i'm not saying the bp should be replaced, but i am saying a new "breed" can be created because man decided to make his version of the perfect snake (kinda like how dog breeds are created...).
Your comment invariably goes against everything that natural selection embodies.

What you are referring to is not correct in your description. Yes, inbreeding can cause weakness, this is why we "refresh" blood lines, with the same species.

I do not believe humans can "choose" any better than nature itself, and nature chooses survival of the strongest gene's by several different methods.

If constant hybridizing of species was the best route overall, don't you think that nature would often be crossing species, in the shortest amount of time, to constantly stir the "gene pool"?

If crossing species to make hybrids was the best method hands down, nature would already be hybridizing EVERYTHING constantly (do not confuse hybridizing with simple adaptive evolution). This is simply not the case. There are several ways that nature provides circumstances that ensure survival of individual species, and furthering the mating of two animals from within the same species.

I would recommend taking a biology class and learning about all the ways adaptive evolution and natural selection work.