Quote Originally Posted by Ham View Post
I was looking at the heat pits on my Blood pythons, and the position and shape of the pits is similar to a burmese pythons, however their heads do not look anything alike to me. I would say the heat pits are about as similar as the two species get, other than that they look way different to me.
Burms and bloods are absurdly different. not even gonna get into that topic. But on the idea of heat pits, How about the heat pits on GTP's and ETB's? They are pretty similar in placement and whatnot. Doesn't mean you should cross them. (Although, if you do, let me know how that goes )

I'm not boosting people creating hybrids, but has anyone seen the Amazon Tree Boa x Emerald Tree Boa hybrid??
This one has and does occur naturally in the wild... Doesn't mean that I support the making of such in captivity.
Pic from urbanjungles.



a NATURALLY occuring hybrid. Hell yea they look cool, do I want one in my collection, maybe? Would I ever breed it, never.

The problem isnt SO much with the idea of doing it(which isn't SO great to begin with), but the fact that too many people are TOO LAZY to pass on info to people who are getting the animals to correctly label them. Animals cross hands a bunch of times throughout their life(usually). What are the odds that EVERY person is going to remember "Hey, this snake is XX% this XX% this XX% this" etc, etc. With improperly labeled specimens and people only in it for the money, lies and "miscommunications" are bound. Then how are people who appreciate certain species for what they are supposed to find "pure" animals? What would you do if it came to a day where you couldn't find a regular blood python? Yes, there are people who wish to reserve their bloodlines and keep them pure, but who's to say they would want to put their animals out there for people to cross with "god knows what"?

I personally wouldn't sell an animal I produced to someone who I knew had intentions of hybridizing it. Just my personal opinion. They want to get it, there are PLENTY of other people who are out there to only make a buck.

Besides, Who wants a 12' snake with a "bloods attitude" anyway?