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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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"What do you see in this picture?"
- Thread starter South Dixie Dragons
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My best guess.
It looks like a picture of a picture. My eye thinks it sees a fold running down the center of the page.
On my monitor this is a very red Dumeril's. I'd like to have a red Dumeril's.
It looks like a picture of a picture. My eye thinks it sees a fold running down the center of the page.
On my monitor this is a very red Dumeril's. I'd like to have a red Dumeril's.
Is it a newborn with the bloody membrane still on it?
If it's not a newborn, it looks like it's having a hard time shedding. Is there something wrong with the tip of its tail?
Give me a hint as to what you're looking at.
If it's not a newborn, it looks like it's having a hard time shedding. Is there something wrong with the tip of its tail?
Give me a hint as to what you're looking at.
South Dixie Dragons
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I thought the same thing about the membrane at first..but llok closer..the snake is dry and the color seems very strange...the tail also does not look right to me either. I have showed this photo to a couple of folks to get opinions but there just seems to be a few thing not right with this photo..I will point out some other things later but I want to see first if anyone else sees the same things we do or it is just our imagination..Karen Hulvey said:
This is an animal for sale BTW
There seems to be a purple hue in some spots. Such as on some places of the snake as well as on the rocks in the top right corner next to the snake.
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His tail seems to blend in with his body?
South Dixie Dragons
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yes, but what about the color??? and take a close look at the pattern on the snake..Dennis1 said:
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Between the third and the fourth black mark on its tail it seems to be touched up and a lil past the fourth also?
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Oh and i have never kept dum's but i have secretly admirered them but i have never seen one that color before i mean it has a whole lotta red
if i saw one like that i would buy it quick if i had more time that is
if i saw one like that i would buy it quick if i had more time that is
hhmoore
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As one of the people Michele has spoken with about this picture, I must abstain from further comment at this point...but I'm glad people are looking, lol
Bill & Amy
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Looks like the tail is missing to me!
LakesideBoas
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I see...
a snake that should probably live somewhere else.
Whoever doctored that photo needs to learn to download and/or read the manual for that particular program (thinking photoshop here). It's not that difficult a program to use, but if used incorrectly, it's easy to spot.
If I have to enhance a photo of an animal for sale I may lighten or darken it to make it more easily viewed (I take crappy pictures- LOL!) but I NEVER mess with the color. The reason for cloning part of the photo completely escapes me.....
Oh, and what's up with the aquarium gravel?? I hope it was just for the sake of a nice photo op and the poor thing doesn't live like that!
Have you sent an inquiry on this animal to see if it was just a **cough** honest mistake?
a snake that should probably live somewhere else.
Whoever doctored that photo needs to learn to download and/or read the manual for that particular program (thinking photoshop here). It's not that difficult a program to use, but if used incorrectly, it's easy to spot.
If I have to enhance a photo of an animal for sale I may lighten or darken it to make it more easily viewed (I take crappy pictures- LOL!) but I NEVER mess with the color. The reason for cloning part of the photo completely escapes me.....
Oh, and what's up with the aquarium gravel?? I hope it was just for the sake of a nice photo op and the poor thing doesn't live like that!
Have you sent an inquiry on this animal to see if it was just a **cough** honest mistake?
South Dixie Dragons
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yeah Maggie, I am glad you said it..that is what I was waiting to hear..if in fact the photo looked "doctored" or not. ..the color was the first thing that screamed out at me as well, but then there is more upon further examination.. that no one has really spotted yet..I will point these out later..LakesideBoas said:a snake that should probably live somewhere else.
Whoever doctored that photo needs to learn to download and/or read the manual for that particular program (thinking photoshop here). It's not that difficult a program to use, but if used incorrectly, it's easy to spot.
If I have to enhance a photo of an animal for sale I may lighten or darken it to make it more easily viewed (I take crappy pictures- LOL!) but I NEVER mess with the color. The reason for cloning part of the photo completely escapes me.....
Oh, and what's up with the aquarium gravel?? I hope it was just for the sake of a nice photo op and the poor thing doesn't live like that!
Have you sent an inquiry on this animal to see if it was just a **cough** honest mistake?
I did inquire on this animal but have not received a response yet.
Dennis Hultman
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It looks like a touched up dead snake to me.
bbbxcursion
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What the heck is wrong with his stomach??? Follow down from the head and it looks like a baseball is in there......not a fresh meal but something huge!
hhmoore
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That was a HUGE hint, lolSouth Dixie Dragons said:
That was the first thing I commented on when Michele sent me this pic...I think I referred to it as a "ghost" dumerils, because its tail just becomes translucent as it crosses his body.Bill Hicok said:
Now, what is it in/about the pattern......(think about the thread title)
Okay, well MY eyes hurt.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the tail. It just looks funny because of how the tail pattern overlaps the body, that and the shadow to the right.
The skin seems really wrinkled near the bends in the body, and it's head seems to be flat down on the gravel, so I'm thinking I agree with Dennis. It looks dead.
Oh, and it was definitely altered. Some of the gravel is pinkish.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the tail. It just looks funny because of how the tail pattern overlaps the body, that and the shadow to the right.
The skin seems really wrinkled near the bends in the body, and it's head seems to be flat down on the gravel, so I'm thinking I agree with Dennis. It looks dead.
Oh, and it was definitely altered. Some of the gravel is pinkish.
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hhmoore
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not saying that there is anything "wrong" with the tail, just that it is messed up in the pic. it is as if you can see through it. notice how you lose the border definition as it crosses the body...AND how it looks like the end of the tail is cut off and just sitting their - almost as if you are looking into the end of the stump. A result of being altered (the pic, not the snake)?
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
Hey, look at this guy!!
tilt your heads a bit to the right when you look at this. I highlighted it, but you may see it better by going back to the original
tilt your heads a bit to the right when you look at this. I highlighted it, but you may see it better by going back to the original
LakesideBoas
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Someone...
Cloned part, if not most, of the pattern on that snake. If I had decent photo editing program on this computer (hubby's) I'd show you where there are repeating patterns (not natural) overlapping segments (again, not natural) and the whole "tail" overlap thingy has got me terribly confused. Then you have severe color alteration...
Just all around messed up in my book.
Now, is this snake actually for sale, or were you just testing those of us that use photoshop for a living? (artists...there's a reason why we are starving--LOL!)
Cloned part, if not most, of the pattern on that snake. If I had decent photo editing program on this computer (hubby's) I'd show you where there are repeating patterns (not natural) overlapping segments (again, not natural) and the whole "tail" overlap thingy has got me terribly confused. Then you have severe color alteration...
Just all around messed up in my book.
Now, is this snake actually for sale, or were you just testing those of us that use photoshop for a living? (artists...there's a reason why we are starving--LOL!)