Quote Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh View Post
If I am wrong on so many points, perhaps you can point out one or two of those points and provide proof that I am wrong... should be easy enough to do considering you know so many educated people...



Unlike you, when asked something, I answer it directly. If you had more experience and time with spiders and spider combos from hatchling, to adult, to reproduction, you would see that the symptoms associated with ataxia are very different then what is observed in spider ball pythons.



OH! My appologies... I was not aware of these universally accepted facts. Certainly if something is universally accepted, there are studies or published scientific opinions on the subject? Right? Please do share these studies and opinions on the spider ball python. I would love to be educated on them... as I am sure the rest of the ball python community would too.



Robin - I agree with most of these facts... Only ones I don't agree with are... "There has only been one spider ever found in the wild" and "No other spider has ever been imported as a wc animal, or found as a wc animal."

Neither you or I know if another spider has been found in the wild. We as Americans like to THINK we know everything that goes on in other countries... but we don't.

Also, even if man hasn't found another spider ball python in the wild, it doesn't mean they arent out there.
Mike - the point is - all captive spiders descend from ONE animal.