Does attitude get passed down?

[nixer]

well i have an 07 female, an 08 male ivory, and an 08 male pastel yellowbelly they are all very hissy and they do tend to bite atleast out of my collection.

then again so is my het lavenders and my het superstripe

[blackcrystal22]

Can I also just point out that 'nurture' is also doing things like momma wrapping the eggs in the wild, thermo regulating them, investing nice large yolks, etc. Nurture is not just based on social behavior, it also involves parental investment. In captivity, we humans obviously take over most of the nurturing.....


~Kat

When studying the Nature VS Nurture concept in Psychology, we were told not to mistake Nurture for parenting. The psychologist who created the theory in the first place, called it Heredity VS Environment. Which is a much better wording, but generally the same thing.
The nurture concept should be seen as the environment and how that affects a persons personality, while the heredity/genetics should be seen as the personality that was derived by pure genetics.

Though there are theory's leaning one way or the other, some of the phenomenons with both are interesting, like the wild boy in the 1800s that could not talk but had no sensitivity to colder temperatures, as well as two twins who never knew each other and re-united after 25 years to find the same hair styles, personality, and even the same gift they had purchased each other.

Sorry, I feel like I was writing a paper.. ahha.

[JenH]

I've heard that yellow bellies tend to have attitudes but haven't gotten to work with any yet myself. Are they universally hissy or even more likely to be bitters than average?

Mine is fine, she is actually pretty laid back and likes to explore. She may be big enough to go this year, we will see how the babies are....

[Mike Russell]

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Though there are theory's leaning one way or the other, some of the phenomenons with both are interesting, like the wild boy in the 1800s that could not talk but had no sensitivity to colder temperatures, as well as two twins who never knew each other and re-united after 25 years to find the same hair styles, personality, and even the same gift they had purchased each other.

That's really cool. Do you know where I can find out more about that. Do you still have notes/hand outs that have sources on them?

[Emilio]

I've heard that yellow bellies tend to have attitudes but haven't gotten to work with any yet myself. Are they universally hissy or even more likely to be bitters than average?

My male is super laid back my female is very hissy.

[ladybird]

My male YB has attitude but my 2 females don't

[whitesnake12]

I tend to see some line of of aggrestion on super pastels and their babies.I have a female that was produce from a super, and was scared at first and hiss a little but chilled out quickly.Then when I was checking out her sibs before I bought her I saw some very snippy ones.I also belive that if the babies were born from a wild mother they tend to have a wild attitude.