Greetings y'all:
So I have perused all these threads about hybridization, and the consensus seems to be summed up nicely in a quote used by Skylsdale:
"Hybridization leads to frogs that no longer resemble wild frogs in either appearance or behavior. History in other breeding hobbies has shown that uncontrolled hybridizing creates market forces that lead to the total, or near disappearance of wild type specimens in the hobby"
(emphasis added).
But I have different type of question, a sociological question if you will: Um, how come it seems only the PDF guys feel this way? I am quite serious. Consider:
--Ball python breeders
--Bearded dragon breeders
--Goldfish breeders
--Plant breeders
--and yeah, DOG breeders
As if dog breeders really care if cockapoos "resemble wild dogs in either appearance or behavior." Why do you guys feel that PDF hobby attracts and encourages a completely different attitude? I am open to all serious ideas--I'll even accept "Because we rule and they suck" if you can support it.
Full disclosure: If anything, I'd like to see all the above become more like you guys. I am offended by roosters with 25' tails, goldfish with upward facing eyes, pugs that can't breathe, and albino snakes that eliminate real aesthetic diversity. I also have limited patience for the myriad plant hybrids with names like Begonia 'Bonesmoker.' (Okay I get it, in agriculture and in horticulture, hybridization can improve plants for our use. We want CMV resistant cucurbits, and it's nice to have a greater assortment of terrarium-suitable bromeliads.)
Understand that with my background in social science, I am fascinated by how (and why) different groups of people think. So what do you guys think--why such a different philosophical ethos among PDF people?
P.S.
Forgive me, Mod, if I posted this in the wrong place.
So I have perused all these threads about hybridization, and the consensus seems to be summed up nicely in a quote used by Skylsdale:
"Hybridization leads to frogs that no longer resemble wild frogs in either appearance or behavior. History in other breeding hobbies has shown that uncontrolled hybridizing creates market forces that lead to the total, or near disappearance of wild type specimens in the hobby"
(emphasis added).
But I have different type of question, a sociological question if you will: Um, how come it seems only the PDF guys feel this way? I am quite serious. Consider:
--Ball python breeders
--Bearded dragon breeders
--Goldfish breeders
--Plant breeders
--and yeah, DOG breeders
As if dog breeders really care if cockapoos "resemble wild dogs in either appearance or behavior." Why do you guys feel that PDF hobby attracts and encourages a completely different attitude? I am open to all serious ideas--I'll even accept "Because we rule and they suck" if you can support it.
Full disclosure: If anything, I'd like to see all the above become more like you guys. I am offended by roosters with 25' tails, goldfish with upward facing eyes, pugs that can't breathe, and albino snakes that eliminate real aesthetic diversity. I also have limited patience for the myriad plant hybrids with names like Begonia 'Bonesmoker.' (Okay I get it, in agriculture and in horticulture, hybridization can improve plants for our use. We want CMV resistant cucurbits, and it's nice to have a greater assortment of terrarium-suitable bromeliads.)
Understand that with my background in social science, I am fascinated by how (and why) different groups of people think. So what do you guys think--why such a different philosophical ethos among PDF people?
P.S.
Forgive me, Mod, if I posted this in the wrong place.