I don't breed BPs & never will, but I don't doubt that this might (???) be a useful technique- who knows what happens in nature?
Throughout history, anyone thinking "outside the box" tends to get ridiculed by those critics who disbelieve or don't like the new information, especially when it comes to any sort of science, which breeding snakes certainly is. Only time will tell- "don't shoot the messenger" though.
And many people who love & excel at scientific research are not necessarily the same people who excel at "selling" their ideas...Just like the doctors with no "bed-side manner", lol.
Anyway, Mike Wilbanks is not the "scientist" behind the original research, but in breeding & keeping snakes, it doesn't hurt to be open to new ideas- at least until proven wrong. It's obvious that some detractors are jumping to incorrect conclusions- it does take courage to share new ideas, & where would we be as a society if no one ever did?
It also takes real courage to spend $25,000 on a hatchling & then experiment with it. Helps to remember that the snakes eating so often aren't being force to do so, nor are they consuming more than the "usual" amount, & that not all snakes actually cooperated with this.
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