Is it because of a concern to keep a "pure" bloodline for each species?
Is it a fear of creating a monster?
Or is it because in most cases you just make an ugly "wild type" with no aesthetic value?
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Playing the role of devils advocate just as an exercise here:
- Are not some of the coolest species we have today the result of cross breeding? Probably wrong on that assumption, but I'm wondering.
- If someone never sells or give away shrimp, why does it really matter to you what they do in their breeding stock?
My guess is that the reason is largely because the breeders have invested dozens+ of generations of breeding to get to the current "state" of their gene pool, and then someone could ruin all that effort with a bad breeding decision... which goes against the entire reason all that work was done.
I also further assume that breeders are worried that inferior cross-breeds will get out into the market and make things even more messy than they already are in terms of species ID and marketing?
Please let me know...
Best Regards,
-steve (and yes, I keep my shrimp segregated.
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