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[bait4snake]

Giggidy

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=7&de=514179

[Sausage]

Sigh... why do people keep making hybrids that there's no demand for?

[bait4snake]

I didn't think it was even genetically possible. I've had a male JCP for over 5 years and never even thought about it, lol.

I wonder what ever happened to the Spider Ball Python X Albino Granite Burmese Python project...

[tracy0416]

I don't find this snake attractive in the least.

[darkangel]

It's kind of evil looking. Who would pay for this?

[Jenny_Bp]

Sigh... why do people keep making hybrids that there's no demand for?

Im with you. I think its so sad, I dont think mutations are a beautiful thing in life. poor animals , thats like mixing a panther with a tiger.

[_BoidFinatic_]

It's a beautiful snake IMO. I am not saying that the morals are right though.

[Nicole N]

I think the snake is beautiful, and I'd be that one really odd person out there that would buy one -- however, not for that price tag. And I'd feel bad about encouraging someone into breeding those just so they could make a fast buck.

Hybrid and/or mutations can be very beautiful in life, but when naturally occuring and not spawned by monetary greed
Animals sometimes do hybridize in the wild. There are wholphins (whale+dolphin) and other strange hybrids out there. I think There is a tiger/lion mix too that was found.

[sweety314]

DARN! the ad's gone. Any other links for pics? there are a couple of hybrids sites, but they cover things like zonkeys, wholphins, tigons, ligers, etc.

But yeah, that's just wrong. Just because it CAN be done, doesn't mean it SHOULD be done.

Man screws up nature enough as it is....that's why there are so many endangered and threatened species.....why fuff it up even more, DELIBERATELY?????

[jhall1468]

Im with you. I think its so sad, I dont think mutations are a beautiful thing in life. poor animals , thats like mixing a panther with a tiger.

Or maybe a Liger? How about a Mule? Maybe a Guineafowl? Perhaps a Cama, Wolphin, Savannah cat, or Zorse?

Personally that's not my favorite cross, but to call it a "poor animal" is relatively silly. Do you realize some of the dog breeds millions of people buy every year have extraordinary health problems? For those that have such "issues" with hybriding, do you feel the same about the more common hybrids? Like the Mule or Hinny?

Why is it that creating morphs for financial reasons more acceptable than hybrids? I realize ethical standards are fairly subjective, but that's just absurd. Persoanlly, I consider making dog breeds that can't breathe through their noses a great deal more unethical than crossing snakes that thrive. And I'm willing to bet, a few of the folks who take "ethical" stances against snake hybrids, own a few of those dogs.