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Originally Posted by BWSmith
I have also noticed a dramatic decrease in the "aggressiveness" of retics over the last 15 years or so. I remember when it was unheard of to have on that could actually be handled. But as the number of captive generations has grown, we are seen many more docile retics. Afrocks are notorious for their temperament as well, but have been bred in captivity significantly less and most specimens that I come across are still quite nasty. So whether being docile is a genetic trait or predisposition that can be passed on is unclear. This is just an anecdotal observation.
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I think the same thing is being noticed in ETBs and GTPs. I remember all you used to hear was how nasty and aggressive they were, but now that more and more of them are being bred in captivity you see larger and larger numbers of docile, handleable animals popping up.
