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Originally Posted by SoberGuy
I'll post this on the other pertinent thread too, but directly from Mr. Clark himself:
"The snake fed voluntarily in due time, and while it was thought to be too small to breed, it did so that fall. The heterozygous generation hatched in the spring of 1990. These snakes grew quickly, bred and laid eggs that hatched when they themselves were only 2 years old."
Breeding when not old enough and not quite big enough? That's one more reason why it ain't good.
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If an individual is against ANY form of line or inbreeding then you will ALWAYS find a flaw in the process. Mr Clark's purpose in that case was to prove out a morph (and to be the first). Therefore time was an issue.
As far as it being "irresponsible" or "too risky" it would be akin to a 14 year old kid getting pregnant. Some simply physically cannot but many do. There is a slightly higher risk to both parent and child durring the pregnancy for someone that young but it does happen (and quite successfully---and more often than I would really like to see---but that is beside the point)..Once the pregnancy occoured (good idea or not) the best is usuall mad out of it and both parent and child can lead a normal life (even if inconvenient). That is how I feel about the "too small" argument. Also if it were too risky healtwise for the mom, it would NOT be a prudent risk because if she dies in the course of the pregnancy then Bob would have had no more chance to prove that animals genes out (so he would have destroyed his means of making the money that many consider the root of this inbreeding evil). Bob clark wasn't raising "pets", he was making an investment in his carreer. So he took what in business would be called a "prudent risk". If they that animal was "too small" it just wouldn't have taken. In his mind the "risk" was worth the reward of proving it out.....AS deadliestformula stated this is still for many a buisness. The best that can be hoped for is that the breeders take the minimal risk possible to still achieve the desired results (that is because we all know that achieving that desired result WILL NOT GO AWAY). Now, if those next generation sibling to sibling breedings were followed by outbreeding once the gene was proven then the new "hets" would show minimal effects of the original inbreeding. It is once again the "degree" that will determine (and if outbred) the severity of depression and homozygous "tag-along" undesirable genes.
