I wasnt suggesting support for a hybrid between a blood and burm, just saying the similarities only went as far as the heat pits...
I can understand being upset about hybrids entering the market and polluting gene lines, but in my opinion we already manipulate these animals for our own amusement, as long as your responsible with your hybrids does it really matter?
We keep all these snakes in captivity, but legally they cannot be released into the wild again, so conservation in the classical repopulate the wild sense is not possible. So how is it that we can draw the line at hybrids but not draw the line at aggressive breeding programs and color morphs? Most albino organisms develop issues with eyesight later in life, is it right to breed an animal you know will have health issues? Is it right to purposefully inbreed animals knowing it could possibly have negative side effects? I dont have any hybrids and dont really plan on getting any, but I think we are already meddling with these animals so much does it give us the right to judge hybrids so harshly?
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