Scaleless BP

[Sprinkles_Mum]

i still think it looks like a pathetic animal. If it was just some kinda "freak of nature" snake, one of kind, not being produced, I wouldnt think it was too bad. I just think alot of complications could come up with a snake missing scales. And lessons will probably be learned along the way in trying to breed it in the expense of the animals.

[blackcrystal22]

i still think it looks like a pathetic animal. If it was just some kinda "freak of nature" snake, one of kind, not being produced, I wouldnt think it was too bad. I just think alot of complications could come up with a snake missing scales. And lessons will probably be learned along the way in trying to breed it in the expense of the animals.

I'm not too sure see...
We are scaleless, and we get along fine.
Hairless rats get along fine.
Moles, with virtually no hair, survive fine..

The only thing that would need to be worried about is burning, which shouldn't happen at proper temperatures anyway. It would probably also be fed f/t.
If the animal is healthy, and doesn't have problems without scales, what is wrong with it?

People thought snakes were a 'freak of nature' when they first saw them, I mean come on... how many stories tell of the snake being evil? People tend to fear what they do not understand.

If this snake is not healthy, and cannot survive well and thrive in a proper environment, then I think it should never be bred or produced.
If not, I have no problem with it.

[Sprinkles_Mum]

I'm not too sure see...
We are scaleless, and we get along fine.
Hairless rats get along fine.
Moles, with virtually no hair, survive fine..

The only thing that would need to be worried about is burning, which shouldn't happen at proper temperatures anyway. It would probably also be fed f/t.
If the animal is healthy, and doesn't have problems without scales, what is wrong with it?

People thought snakes were a 'freak of nature' when they first saw them, I mean come on... how many stories tell of the snake being evil? People tend to fear what they do not understand.

If this snake is not healthy, and cannot survive well and thrive in a proper environment, then I think it should never be bred or produced.
If not, I have no problem with it.

of course we are scaleless lol..weve never had them...
moles , which are almost hairless are like that in the wild,
its an evolution thing.

im just not too into changing and playing around with genetics to the point where you are changing the basics of an animal. snakes have scales. cats have fur. humans have hair. thats just the hippy in me talking I guess.

it has nothing to do with being scared or not understanding etc to me. it just is not a snake to me. its just a silly project to change something thats already fine.

[tweets_4611]

There are fur-less cats...at least one member on here has one (or will soon)

I think if it can eat and grow just fine, what's wrong with it.

It's not something that we have "created". No one has modified the genes of this animal past breeding it...which means that this snake is 'genetically modified' just like the pied or the albino. It isn't any more of a freak than any of the other morphs, it's just that instead of changing the color or pattern, it has changed the scales.

[Sprinkles_Mum]

changing colour to me is one thing. changing the physical appearance is another. i PERSONALLY dont agree with it. just like i think those cats with no fur are hideous

[sg1trogdor]

changing colour to me is one thing. changing the physical appearance is another. i PERSONALLY dont agree with it. just like i think those cats with no fur are hideous

Its like petting your arm. lol.

[Sprinkles_Mum]

or petting a wrinkly old person arm. lol

[sg1trogdor]

wrinkles....awesome.

[N4S]

Me and my future wife are going to try and produce a skinless human.

Should be cool.

[Morphie]

Scaleless snakes are just like hairless monkeys or hairless whatever. It's a mutation that causes a change. Completely natural. Everything on this earth came to be as it is by this process, and there's nothing wrong with it. If it makes this animal more fit for survival in its domain, this gene might end up being more prevalent than the one for scaled ball pythons. Since this animal lives in captivity, the selective pressures are different from where its ancestors evolved, and it stands a good chance of being successful in passing on its genes - simply because we like it.

It's the same reason so many pied balls exist nowadays. The bright white color would make them an easy target in the grasslands of West Africa, but they're safely here in our collections and we think they're beautiful, so we make more.

Something that seems irrevocably true is that the angrier something makes you, the less you understand it. Calm down and look at things from multiple viewpoints. We can explain much of what we observe simply by studying it. Some of the more complex processes still evade us, but we're making progress towards grasping all of it. Nothing you can see is unnatural. If it were, it wouldn't be happening