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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.

Moloch horridus - "Thorny Devil Lizard"

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These things are very cool.

Are they in the hobby? Are they legal to own?

Just wondering, I have been seeing pictures of them on the internet and they are very cool looking. :)

Thanks
 
As far as I know, Thorny Devils are not in the trade. At least not legally. They have a very specific diet of various ants found in Australia which makes them difficult to keep not to mention the whole import/export laws that Australia has that makes them impossible to own. I also think they are endangered if I'm not mistaken which would also make them impossible to own (I think even in Australia too)
 
i'm pretty sure it's illegal, they're a protected, if not endangered (from what i recall) species even in Australia. would be cool as s**t to have one though, they're awesome looking.
 
AtrociousOne said:
i'm pretty sure it's illegal, they're a protected, if not endangered (from what i recall) species even in Australia. would be cool as s**t to have one though, they're awesome looking.
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yes very cool looking indeed.

I knew that since they were from Australia, their presence in the hobby would be very scarce if even existent, considering Australia's import/export regulations.

ok that's cool, I was just wondering.
 
I've read that they are endangered due to habitat destruction by so many feral cats in the deserts of australia. They are so awesome though, I've seen quite a few shows on them on NatGeo
 
They are such.. odd creatures. I really like them.

I don't think I'd ever want to own one, if ever given the chance. After thinking about it, this is just one of those types of animals that I would like to take some really good photos of in the wild, and nothing more.
 
Yeah, I had one of those desert horned lizards before and they eat mainly harvester ants, so I'm sure the care would be similar to these. The harvester ants were so scary though! They would come in a container with like a million of them and they had so many warnings on the side because of how bad their bites hurt and I was so afraid they would get out and swarm me or something. I always hated getting them out of the container. I ended up giving it away to a reptile expert lol
 
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