What happened to discussion/debate in the reptile community?

dannybgoode · 04-19-17, 02:54 AM

People are stuck in the past-myths have become fact, people don't want to learn, the reading of proper scientific papers is a lost art and people prefer anecdotes from their mates mum's uncle who's a breeder.

/rant mode off

jjhill001 · 04-19-17, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by dannybgoode

People are stuck in the past-myths have become fact, people don't want to learn, the reading of proper scientific papers is a lost art and people prefer anecdotes from their mates mum's uncle who's a breeder.

/rant mode off

My biggest pet peeve is "every caresheet says it". Yeah well if you look at most caresheets 90% of them are paraphrased or outright copy pasted versions of 1 or 2 of them.

dannybgoode · 04-19-17, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jjhill001

My biggest pet peeve is "every caresheet says it". Yeah well if you look at most caresheets 90% of them are paraphrased or outright copy pasted versions of 1 or 2 of them.

Hence why myths turn into fact...

dannybgoode · 04-19-17, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jjhill001

My biggest pet peeve is "every caresheet says it". Yeah well if you look at most caresheets 90% of them are paraphrased or outright copy pasted versions of 1 or 2 of them.

Hence why myths turn into fact...

dave himself · 04-19-17, 06:17 AM

I do most of my research from other keepers or breeder's. I don't think I've ever done a setup off a care sheet. I'd rather trust someone with experience. To many armchair experts out there, part of the reason I left fakebook