An actual, honest to God, trouser snake!
lewd noodles
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 months ago
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 5 months ago
Show this picture to my wife telling her “look, a hairless snake” and she wa like “wow! Wait a second! All snakes are hairless!!”
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 5 months ago
Scales are made of keratin, they are basically hair!
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Bro about to betray his kind and usher in the age of fire
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Skinake
thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Skinake is skinakey
Sho@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I prefer a “Nudle” ☺️
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Shouldn’t it have softer bedding than wood chips?
girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I know right? I keep thinking it needs a blanket too but then I realize that it’s cold blooded. 😅
intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 months ago
So an electric blanket
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Forbidden sausage
Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 months ago
That’s terrifying. This creature could be any size imaginable.
Seeing that is scale-less.
I’ll see myself out…
intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 months ago
The beast rests on a bed of wood chunks
kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I like snakes, but this makes me weirdly uncomfortable
Aviandelight@mander.xyz 5 months ago
This is the snake equivalent of breeding brachycephalic dogs. It’s bad for the animal and bad for the hobby.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I always get really upset whenever I’m reminded of Twistey Cats.
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I thought snakes needed their scales to move?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Do you see him moving?
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 5 months ago
These generally still have their belly scutes, and even if they didn’t, they only need them to move better, they can move without them if necessary, they just suck at it
cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 5 months ago
Lewdle is actually a game. It’s Wordle but only with naughty words.
Mothra@mander.xyz 5 months ago
I didn’t know this was possible, is the image real?
SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Yes!
I have scaleless bearded dragon. Naked reptiles are indeed real. Not always healthy, though.
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 5 months ago
Scaleless beardies are one of the most detrimental ones however, that one is very unfortunate for the animal
Mothra@mander.xyz 5 months ago
Wow that’s so intriguing! I can’t believe I never heard about it before
DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 5 months ago
The derpy eyes really pull the whole snek together
Emmie@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Cute, lil snake needs protection
RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
This immediately reminded me of that one scene from the boys with the supe with the giant schlongadong
davidgro@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Send danger noods
intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 months ago
He looks more conscious somehow. I think I’ve got mammalian in-group bias. He just looks like more of a little bro than a regular snake does.
Like a dog that got turned into a snake and is now like wut
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 months ago
TIL the breed for Mr Bigglesworth
c0ber@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
every aspect of a snake is, in fact, the result of a mutation
Baaahb@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Technically true, but I’m thinking they’re trying to explain this isn’t from a species of scaleless snakes (yet)
Laser@feddit.org 5 months ago
What about the aspects of a fish
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I heard these type of snakes will spit if provoked.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Does it feel like normal skin? If so, why is it allowed to live?
Nah I’m kidding, pretty cute.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This guy is really annoying when you first fight him
spookex@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That thing looks hilariously confused
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I like to imagine that this one wood flake near its mouth is a goofy tooth.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Look out it’s a hidewinder.
Reckless_Moose@ttrpg.network 5 months ago
… I should call him.
dingus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It seems like this would negatively impact the health of the snake. Do we have any scale-less snake experts?
LouisGarbuor@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Not an expert, but I have heard that this isn’t a big deal for the snake. Scaleless rat snakes (which I believe the picture to be) have been found in the wild doing pretty alright. There is a benefit to be had from scales, but in captivity I imagine it is alright.
Pretty sure I heard it from a video by All Canadian Reptile Girl
Zetta@mander.xyz 5 months ago
I love the attempt at providing a source, it’s a lot more than I do usually
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 5 months ago
In captivity it’s fine, however some scaleless morphs are detrimental to survival, there are no safe scaleless ball python morphs for example, this is a rat/corn snake, they have one of the benign ones
intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I happen to be a scaleless snake expert, as a result of my extensive experience.
The trick with hairless snakes is you have to keep them warm. Too little heat, and this guy will go completely rigid.
Imagine an icicle made of blood, with a snake built around it. That’s your hairless snake with too little heat.
Beyond that’s its basic hairless snake stuff: clothing, thermal tattoos, an endless supply of hairless rats, and little snakeweights to help them stay buff.
It’s not easy raising these special creatures, but it’s very rewarding once you get over the unmitigable horror of feeling them crawl around your shoulders, and their habit of whispering as you shudder.
Because of their lack of scales, they’re unable to vocalize, and hence they speak in a hoarse whisper.