Redneck Crow

A friend of mine is going to have a baby boy soon. She is Muslim, from Sierra Leone. I would like to make her something for the baby and I don't know if there is a traditional color for baby boys. I don't want to make something that would be culturally inappropriate or awkward. For example, making a pink frilly blanket for an American born baby boy would be odd at best.

Many thanks for your help!

I didn't say captive, I said domesticated. Captive breeding is selecting for traits which are the opposite of what nature selects for--unusual colors for example. A high yellow albino ball python with pied markings would scream "Here's your lunch!" A super giant designer leopard gecko would stand out like the broiled scallop on an appetizer tray of cocktail franks to a hungry predator.

The changes we select for in captive breeding are not all readily visible. Animals which have less natural wariness breed more freely in captivity, passing this trait, which would get them quickly killed in nature, on to their offspring. It's the same selective breeding process which turned wolves into dogs and aurochs into cattle.

We are on the frontier of creating new domestic species with some of our captive bred reptiles. I don't see this as a bad thing. Our pets might someday be reverse selected to restock a disease or hunting depleted wild population. What are your thoughts?

Having removed a storm damaged and diseased blue spruce tree, I'm left with a 25 foot diameter bald spot in my front yard. I'd like to turn this into a flower bed and I don't want to use woody shrubs like azelias or blueberries. I would appreciate suggestions for low maintenance perenials, bulbs, and annuals. I'm not interested in a formal appearance, but would rather have a colorful plot that can be used for a cutting garden as well. Thanks in advance!