Weirdness.... I take in a parameter and modify it. When I try to pass it on to another CGI, it doesn't pass....

use CGI qw/:standard/;
use strict;

my $cgi = new CGI;

my $species = param('species');
$species = 'Not Rat';

print
    $cgi->header(),
    $cgi->start_html(),
    $species,
    $cgi->hidden(
        -name    => 'species',
        -default=> $species,
        ),
    $cgi->end_html();

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On screen it displays "Not Rat", but the value in my hidden field is "Rat". What gives? Is this a CGI.pm feature? I scanned the perldoc but didn't see anything like this, but I didn't know what exactly I was looking for....

In reply to Can't modify variable received from CGI parameter by Anonymous Monk

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