omny87:

@william-snekspeare

minderlynnreptiles:

The movement of a snake is really something.

kurloz:

*sees a snake* cute!! small friend!! noodle buddy!!!!!! i love you

lexivine:

zenigata:

2chan.net [ExRare]

Snake gets lost in endless tunnel of skin after shedding malfunction

willow-wanderings:

nursery:

getter1s:

slow-riot:

I fee like this headline unintentionally sums up a lot about 2016

this is an actual ouroboros i dont know how to tell you this and i dont know what an ouroboros actually signifies but we are absolutely fucked

mars retrograde

Not really. The ouroboros is at worst a big “meh” from the universe and at best is a symbol of the infinite cycle of death and rebirth similar to the phoenix.

In alchemy it’s a symbol of the wholeness, unity, and balance seen in the universe (“one is the all” from The Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra) similar to a taijitu (the yin yang symbol).

It can be see as negative or destructive but it’s no more so than the universe at large. The universe is constantly destroying itself to feed its own entropy (e.g. stars exploding to make nebulas to form new stars and so on). So an ouroboros isn’t any scarier than the universe itself. Space is fucking freaky, don’t get me wrong, but it hasn’t killed us yet so yeah.

fimbry:

Me: Snakes can’t climb glass, it’s too thin.

Joss: climbs glass

Me: Holy shit.

Bothrochilus albertisii

ayellowbirds:

1010ll:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGc-id2n-Pk/

This poor secretary bird is so confused. “I… I kicked. I kicked, why is snake not dead? I kicked.”

chaoskirin:

Took some pictures of the new girl before settling her into her home.

theexoticvet:

fuckyeahherpetology:

fuckyeahherpetology:

Discovered my Kunishir Island Rat Snake (Elaphe climacophora) has colors very challenging to photograph on my phone. Quoting my boyfriend, “He is pesto colored,” with dark brown tipped scales and a light teal head.

Something I have noticed that is interesting about this particular species is their vertebrae flexibility. With slight pressure as he moves around a bend, his backbone easily bends back more than most snakes. It doesn’t look unnatural or uncomfortable, but it feels significant enough that I noticed it as unusual flexibility. I wonder if there’s any measurable significance to this for a semi-arboreal colubrid species.

Wow, I didn’t expect so many notes! Mr. Pesto thanks you!

Beautiful snake