Mike with you it’s always Black or White when in reality a lot of things are more in the grey area.
It’s always one extreme to another and what we do as breeders is somewhere in between.
Are we playing god or are we mad scientists? Well it depends on one’s definition of those terms.
Of course we are playing god to a certain extent, we do when we produce 2, 3 ,4 ,5 etc genes animals unless you really think designer combos are as common in the wild than they are in captivity.
When using ultrasound machine to know if pairing should/can be stop or not is also playing god to an extent.
When animals emerge out of the eggs and fails to eat on it’s own and we assist them for a few weeks or even a few months we are playing god too to a certain degree as well giving a chance to an animal that would die in the wild.
Breeders put every chances in their corner (pairing, ultrasound, assisting hatchlings etc) to achieve the best outcomes possible, best possible looking animals possible and ensure that those animals are thriving, and that is no longer just letting nature play it’s course but us manipulating nature to a degree.
Now are we producing GloPython yet? Of course not but don’t think it’s not something you won’t see in the future, you already see it in fish so who knows?
Now what I really can’t wrap my head around is why someone gets overly sensitive when words like playing god or mad scientist are used but I guess that’s for another debate.
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