The Anti Coastal Parade

[Jen]

dammit pony, now i want a coastal! can i have the brown stripy one please? (2nd pic) i will love him and hug him and call him cadbury

 

[Ramsayi]

I hate coastals because they seem to affect their owners in very odd ways.One example is that people who have them seem to have no comprehension of the written word.As an example the author of this thread wrote "I also don't want to hear from people who love coastals - only those who have an adversion to them, dislike them, or hate them for whatever reason."

 

[Sanchez]

Was that one of your hybrids pony?

 

[slim6y]

Maybe you've begun to miss the point of this thread - I don't want to know why people LOVE em - I want to know why people hate them!!!

And Hsut - CCLC = Coastal Carpet Lovers Club

So can you lovers go make your own thread... i just want the haters in here - thank you

 

[Sanchez]

So can you lovers go make your own thread... i just want the haters in here - thank you

Done

 

[mrmikk]

I'm not a great fan of your common or garden coastal like we get around the house here. I like finding them and then letting them go BUT I love the morphs, no-one can say a Proserpine like this one below (bred of course by Jungleland) is boring or plain.

I think you have nailed it right there Boa, one word, COMMON.

People, including herpers, always strive to be a little different, and when it comes to snakes, we are all fixated on colours, patterns etc... So the poor old 'common' coastal carpet doesn't have as much appeal to most as a GTP, a nice BHP or a Woma.

My two cents worth... I love them, I think they are great snakes, especially those that take up residence in my ceiling, obliterating the rats and mice that dare to venture up there.

 

[mysnakesau]

Sorry Boa but Hypo coastals look even worse, to me.

 

[pugsly]

No offence taken Steve.

There is only 1 coastal in those pics I would like in my collection, and you know what one it is!

But .. This sums it up perfectly

"People, including herpers, always strive to be a little different, and when it comes to snakes, we are all fixated on colours, patterns etc... So the poor old 'common' coastal carpet doesn't have as much appeal to most as a GTP, a nice BHP or a Woma."

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

FUNNIEST THREAD EVER !!!!!LMAO


dont worry slimey dude,theres more coastals out there than any other carpet

alot of these people see snakes as a fashion accessory they have no intrest in herpetology

and cause there common in the wild and common in captivity

people who breed get bored of them easy

funny thing is all carpet pythons are the same species just different colours really
from different geographical locations

i like all the morelias the same i couldnt give a rats bum which was prettier

but people flood the site with pics of there coastals and we al get sick of the sight of them LOL

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

by the way i have 5 coastals,and there great snakes

i have breed them purely to experiance the breeding process

most people are happy to own a coastal

but people who collect will want something less common for more$$$$

supply and demand dude

 

[pugsly]

"funny thing is all carpet pythons are the same species just different colours really"

Oh here we go...

M..US....T.... N..OOOO...T..... T....Y..PE.....

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

yes all carpet pythons not that long ago where classified as morelia spilota variegata
so they where ALL clasifiedthe same sub species
bredlis,mcdowellii,metcalfeii where the same to science
in more recent years they have been divided into further sub species
but there all the same species everyone of them morelia spilota
just described as slightly different subspecies

so as you can see poor old coastals LOL
they get the rough end of the pineapple for being common

 

[Vincent]

Your still alive i see Rob. Still riding?

 

[pugsly]

I'm well aware of that mate.

There NOT the same species (ALL carpet pythons)

Your interpretation would mean Imbricata and Bredli would also be the same species would it? No..

 

[slim6y]

snakes seem to be the most poorly named family of any animal, and in particular the pythons.

I haven't done a lot in nomenclature for snakes, but i can see the carpets (and antaresia and liasis) all causing more issues than I would ever poke a stick at.

What ever happened to genetic similarities?

I would think Rob is correct on what he said based on genetics (what little I know of them though).

Well - is that a reason to hate them - nope...

To me it's just african violets - one with purple flowers one with blue!

 

[Bung-Eye]

But - the CCLC have a fear and love to jump down the throats of everyone... These aren't the people I wanna hear from... I want to know the reasons why people actually physically hate the coastals!

Thats a slight exaggeration there mate, i have the line in my sig for one reason only... cos i love coastals If you can show me a post i've made jumping down anyone's throat for not loving them i'll eat my hat with chilli sauce

I don't expect everyone in the world to love coastals, horses for courses imho. but personally i love them purely for the amount that they can vary. you can have 25 hatchies from one clutch and none of them look remotely the same. thats cool

 

[slim6y]

again... bung eye - don't be offended... you're not the one i want to hear from - I want to know why people don't like them!

I don't know all the CCLC members - but if you're one of them - good on yer... Where are the stand up haters tho? Come on... Not one hater has put up a reasonable reason yet - other than boring.

Pfffft - I was expecting so much more from the masses!

Lovers.. Leave this thread alone!

 

[Bung-Eye]

i think mate you'll find a lot of the "haters" on here hate only because of the people who love them

 

[slacker]

My main reason for disliking coastals is their appearance. Of course, there ARE some nice looking ones out there, but in general, they don't do it for me. I don't think I'd ever consider buying another coastal.

The only morelia spilota I really like are (some) variegata (not the albinos either, the only reason I'd touch those is for the money--imho they're dog ugly) and cheynei.

When my cheynei breed I'll probably keep back a couple, but I don't think I'd buy any more of those either.

Outside of spilota, I might consider bredli and carinata, but beyond that, I'd prefer not to get any more Morelia. I'd rather have more aspidites, or possibly some liasis.

 

[Gecko :)]

Good one Slim,..

I have often wondered the same thing,...

Whats wrong with Coastals?,..
I have never heard anyone hating them before I found this site?,...

My male Coastal is my fave out of our collection!,..