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religion and hybrids

Why not? Their typical first food in the wild is a baby anole. If they don't have that, and are cohabbed with other baby snakes, why would they _not_ be ambitious and try to eat one? In the wild, the clutch would hatch and disperse, not hang around and be tempted to eat each other.
 
Exactly, Nanci. In the wild, it's fight for survival. Who's to say that cannibalism doesn't occur in the wild when food sources are low?
 
Exactly, Nanci. In the wild, it's fight for survival. Who's to say that cannibalism doesn't occur in the wild when food sources are low?

Darn skippy. I would eat any one of you if it meant surviving. ;)

Cannibalism occurs more often in the wild than you think.
 
"You must spread some reputation around before giving it to Airenlow again"
 
Except you can go out in the wild any day and catch a wild cornsnake which is identical to a cornsnake who has been produced from many generations of captive ancestors. You cannot say the same for any dog breed. The only change to the "domesticated" cornsnake is the color. And perhaps a predilection for pinky mice as the initial diet. You could hatch a cornsnake (of normal color) and release it and it would stand as good a chance of survival as a wild-bred counterpart.

Yes, and a domestic dog could survive and breed in the wild as well. http://www.naiaonline.org/articles/...y-dog-population-crisis-and-humane-relocation

Are all domestic corns identical in every way to wild corn snakes of a given locality? Given that many different localities are breed together to achieve various morphs... I'd say there is some variance as breeders do not always simply breed one locality to a member of the same locality. Are different localities or rare new morphs not breed to other morphs that may have appeared in another corn snake from a completely different local? This would not happen in nature. Have hybrids already mixed or intergrades already been selected for and parentage lost in such a manner as to leave some corn snakes at least with a questionable heritage? I would say change of diet, temperament, color.... or simply breeding locals together that would never occur on their own in the wild if not introduced by man to be significant changes. I'll agree we have come much further with the dog, but what has been done with the corn snake is no small achievement either. Whether a domesticated animal or an animal that man has selectively bred for traits and whether that animal can exist on its own in nature if released.... interesting point your trying to make there as well. Many animals selectively bred by man can breed with their wild counterparts. Turkeys come to mind as one such example. Of course, some breeds bred by man can no longer reproduce naturally at all.
 
Yes, and a domestic dog could survive and breed in the wild as well. http://www.naiaonline.org/articles/...y-dog-population-crisis-and-humane-relocation

Are all domestic corns identical in every way to wild corn snakes of a given locality? Given that many different localities are breed together to achieve various morphs... I'd say there is some variance as breeders do not always simply breed one locality to a member of the same locality. Are different localities or rare new morphs not breed to other morphs that may have appeared in another corn snake from a completely different local? This would not happen in nature. Have hybrids already mixed or intergrades already been selected for and parentage lost in such a manner as to leave some corn snakes at least with a questionable heritage? I would say change of diet, temperament, color.... or simply breeding locals together that would never occur on their own in the wild if not introduced by man to be significant changes. I'll agree we have come much further with the dog, but what has been done with the corn snake is no small achievement either. Whether a domesticated animal or an animal that man has selectively bred for traits and whether that animal can exist on its own in nature if released.... interesting point your trying to make there as well. Many animals selectively bred by man can breed with their wild counterparts. Turkeys come to mind as one such example. Of course, some breeds bred by man can no longer reproduce naturally at all.

Is this the way you talk to everyone, any subject you don't answer with a dissertation. How fitting is it you bring up turkeys.
 
Rich333
I vote we move toward the origin of man.

Seems there's plenty of hominid fossils....but not so much it terms of human fossils...

So.... Where exactly did we come from?

Were we really genetically manipulated?

Is the bible actual proof of alien beings coming to earth?

Ok this is my opinion i've gathered in my young 24 years of age:

First and for most I do believe in god but dont push any of my beliefs on any topic matter or other people religious or not.

In my OPINION every religion even though there are different beliefs and customs boil down to there being 1 almighty the creator so to speak. So is it that hard to believe that if he created the earth and all the living beings on it that he also created the entire universe and that there is absolutely no possible freaking way that he would create something so big and unknown and we are the only intelligent life come on. I highly highly doubt that. When i was growing up i was taught that there where 9 planets in school. Now pluto is not a planet and we have discovered planets 1000s of times bigger than any in our solar system. Who is to say there is not any intelligent life that has been around 1000s or 10000 + years longer than we have existed. Look at how advanced our technology is in such a short amount of time and just imagine the technology we dont even know about that our military/government controls. Now think what our technology will be like in 10000 years if our civilization survives that long it would be unfathomable to our minds. In my opinion all our different gods could just be intelligent life that has been around for much longer than us that possible came down and visited our ancestors trying to give them a sense of what this universe was intended for. Mabey all the different interpretations of religion depend on the being that visited each region ect. I dont know and i believe we will never know for sure mabey once we die we will know the truth:) The most solid piece of evidence for me that we have been visited in the past by much more intellectual beings would be the ancient stone formations that have been found. How were our ancenstor able to make such precision cuts and place stones that weighed 1000s of lbs into PERFECTION feats that we today would have much trouble and take years and years to accomplish. Im pretty sure they didnt find a diamond and start scratching rocks to be perfectly uniform then tie a rope to a tree to lift them to their desired spot!

This video to me was mind boggling. Think about the fact that we have only made it to our moon (yes we have explored farther but not with human eyes). Then you think about our closest planet and how much farther it is than the moon and you realize we will not get there for several more years with our technology. So how will we ever know what the universe really holds or how big it really is. This video is super interesting it breaks down everything from size, mass, and speed, to the human perspective. If you havent seen it before check it out it is awesome!
 
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