Quote Originally Posted by anatess View Post
- it could be that they have "preference" to go the other route... which could be because they do not experience a "negative feedback" for going the corkscrew route. Hence, my statement that it may very well be "preference"... just like a kid who prefers to write with his left hand instead of his right.
That is some extremely convoluted logic right there. Instead of trying to fit your observations to meet your expectations, perhaps you should look at it in a more elementary perspective. I'm not sure how you can come to the conclusion that there is no evidence that the Spider can't use the shorter route to turn its head. There's no evidence that a snake can't do multiplication, but I'm pretty sure it can't do that either. The facts are that Spiders have a problem with motor control... they are UNABLE to move the way nature intended them to move.


Quote Originally Posted by anatess
A spider is not guaranteed to "spin". Yes, it is guaranteed that he would have some kind of wobble - most of them ranging from very slight to undetectable. I think it is safe to say that the severe cases of the wobble occur in the same frequency as other defects. And yes, we continue to breed the other morphs even when there's a possiblity that you can end up with a snake without eyes, snake without heads, snake with a deformed jaw, snake with bent tails, etc. etc.
Spin, wobble, corkscrew, getting the wimbly-wamblies... call it whatever you like. It's a genetic affliction (probably neurological) that affects their basic motor skills. Apparently the condition can change and a seemingly normal Spider will turn into a train wreck later on in its life, but the fact remains that they all have it and nobody really knows when their Spider might change for the worse.

I can't speak for others, but *I* don't find it cute or endearing to see a snake jerk around, spin, corkscrew, or wobble when they should move like the millions of other graceful snakes that inhabit this planet. This is why *I* don't want to breed Spiders. I'm not sure why you have such a difficult time grasping that concept. I'm not telling you what *you* should do, or anyone else for that matter. I was asked for *my* opinion on why I don't want to breed Spiders, and I gave it.