• Posted 12/19/2024.
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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

human genetics v/s reptile morhs.

Haha i thought i was the only one. I often compare human genetics to snake genetics when i explain it to people. Kinda helps them understand it a lil better after they look at me weird.
Haha to bad we cant field collect people to get new genetics.
 
Ok. It was not ment racially at all. People do carry leucistic genes and even black and white people can have pie baldism. Even erythristic genes. Like Jonny Winters. I've always though he was super albino but het for leucistic. Lol
 
Like I said - I know it was meant as a joke; but it's a fine line you don't want to cross
 
Looking at this from another perspective, why is it that there are such minor differences between populations of some animals (central american milk snakes come to mind) that warrant each minor variant being assigned subspecific status, yet more apparent differences between "races" of human beings are not treated in the same manner?
 
Very true.I believe nothing or no one can help who are what they are born as. To me snakes are people with out legs. But I guess being that their are so many genetic morphs in reptiles even among the same species and that's probably the same reason that the human species has so many genetic morphs or " races " as the rest 9f the world calls it. It's just the reptiles don't get their feeling hurt by it. But to me it's just interesting because it happens alot through mammals also and that's what makes the world a colorful place
 
I'm poss het for blue eyes since my dad is het but I don't plan to breed to prove out the trait.
:D
 
As a wildlife biologist, there probably is valid biological reasoning behind granting certain races of Homo sapiens subspecies status. However, the social and political implications of biologically separating Homo sapiens into various subspecies would probably be very, very bad.

Biology has, in the past, been used to the point of abuse to try and justify the supremacy of one race over another. For example, "anatomists" in the 1800s tried to "scientifically" prove that whites were superior from blacks, Native Americans, Asians, etc. by using cranial measurements. Ironically, Asians actually "performed better" than caucasians in such measurements, and the line of inquiry was dropped.
 
I've always wondered if the albino gene in humans was recessive. Lately i've seen more albino people around and just want to walk up and ask but unfortunately that could get me fired.
 
Yes, albinism is a recessive trait in animals, even in humans. I am unaware of any form of albinism that is not recessive. Leucism can act as a visual codominant, but is not a form of albinism in itself.
 
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