Quote Originally Posted by Morphie View Post
With a really huge amount of data, we might even be able to say to what extent it's linked to the spider gene and come up with a detailed proposal for removing it from future generations.

Those are the really ambitious goals of this project. It remains to be seen that they are practical. It's almost entirely contingent on the participation (or lack thereof) of you guys who own these snakes.
I think it's an ambitious project, although I don't think you're going to get reliable data. Most of the people that own spiders are probably planning on breeding and selling the offspring. I doubt if many of the people that have spiders with severe issues would want to divulge that information because it would most likely affect their reputation/sales.

That doesn't make the data worthless, but definitely something to consider when looking at the results.