Vanessa
Grammostola Groupie
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I am not sure about arachnids, but I know a bit about mammal hybridization. Between 12.5-25% will look like the female parent, 12.5-25% will look like the male parent - with the balance looking like a combination of both parents, but to varying degrees. You don't get 100% of the offspring looking identical and resembling a combination of both parents equally, making the hybrid obvious.Now if the offspring happen to look like either parent and are sold the shit would really hit the fan.
That is why they do the damage that they do - even experienced people get duped into breeding hybrids because it is not obvious that is what they have.
The people who are doing this have absolutely no idea of what they are doing and don't even have the very basic knowledge about genetics or hybridization. The problem is... they don't care either. They just don't care. This is a game to them and they will tell you that those spiders are their property and they will do whatever they want with them. It's not like we don't hear that all the time in this hobby. They're right - we can't stop them and they have no concept of the consequences and don't give a lick about them.