Patherophis
Arachnobaron
- Joined
- May 24, 2017
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Deep respect for this, I wish such approach to stock purity was more common across hobbies.I'm not putting the Invert vs pdf hobby against each other, but the invert hobby could learn some lessons here.
There are still occasional/regular legal imports of pdf's into the U.S. mostly through Panama. PDF hobbyists are so vigilant they won't even mix imports.
Say you have a frog from locale X imported in 2020, then another import from locale X in 2021. Hobbyists will keep those two import bloodlines separate. Because they can't be sure locale X in 2020 is the same locale X in 2021, even though the frogs may look identical.
I don't see that happening in the invert hobby. An imported Pamphobetus sp. Tiger stripe (made up name) will always be paired with another imported Pamphobetus sp. Tiger stripe regardless of locale or time of import. That's wrong. There should only be pairings from the same import. Not across different imports.
BTW I've missed you guys.