cross breeding?

[Stefan-A]

Wow! That applicably biological word was actually edited?

I'm afraid these things happen. Even some scientific names seem to get censored.

[ConcinusMan]

I'm afraid these things happen. Even some scientific names seem to get censored.

Certain forums will edit the word "Torrent" automatically too. I was referring to rain, not file sharing. Unfortunately, the auto-editing doesn't take words into context. Still the word we're talking about isn't censored anywhere in real life that I know of. It's not a dirty word. Heck, it's even used in elementary school classes as an acceptable way to refer to that male part. Another editing tactic is to make a sentence say "Ship list" instead of the alternative. Works for me. Maybe this forum could change it to say *enis. I dunno. Besides that, snakes have hemipenes. That doesn't get edited.

Staying on topic though, I always belived that the shape of the phallus prevented cross breeding in snakes. I'm learning otherwise. I know I'm quite a bit behind on breeding news. Crossbreeding was unheard of when I started in this hobby and even when it was accomplished it was considered taboo. Now it's all the buzz in breeding culture for creating "designer" snakes.

[MasSalvaje]

Now it's all the buzz in breeding culture for creating "designer" snakes.

I wouldn't say it is all the buzz, I would still lable it as taboo. Yes it is out there more but I think that has more to do with the advances in communication technology as oposed to a paradigm shift.

They always have the same Hybrid adds on the classifieds from all of the same breeders. I was next to a guy at a show that had a lot of hybrid stuff. At the end of the day he he had only sold one of the hybrids and it was to a 10 year old kid looking for a cheap "Cool" snake. I think the real hobbiest still prefer the "pure stuff."

-Thomas