first, a random thought- anyone think about the fact that one of the super expensive morphs is basically basically a normal ball python with a defect, genetically speaking?
Yeah...I think about it all the time. Except, I don't think of them as "defects"; I think of them as mutants I often wonder if any of the mutants I have would make it out in the wild.......I know most would not. Lucky to have me.....who knows????? But I do think about it often.
I often wonder if the climate or environment were to change in Africa, which of the mutants would be best suited for survival. I think brown backs or spiders or axanthics would make it out in the wild and who knows.......if the environment were to change in such a way as to favor their survival.......they might become the norm. Albinos don't stand a chance
There is one thing that irks me though......"non snake" people tend to think of mutations, or "defects" as you put it, as a bad thing. But the truth is that mutation is the key to life and one of the key prinicples to evolution. Mutation is a good thing.