• spookex@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    That thing looks hilariously confused. Like, it’s just there and looking at you like o_o

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    7 hours 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

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      6 hours ago

      Technically true, but I’m thinking they’re trying to explain this isn’t from a species of scaleless snakes (yet)

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      5 hours ago

      What about the aspects of a fish

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    20 hours ago

    That’s terrifying. This creature could be any size imaginable.

    Seeing that is scale-less and all. Maybe a banana could help?

    I’ll see myself out…

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    15 hours ago

    Show this picture to my wife telling her “look, a hairless snake” and she was like “wow! Wait a second! All snakes are hairless!!”

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    1 day ago

    It seems like this would negatively impact the health of the snake. Do we have any scale-less snake experts?

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      7 hours 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.

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      20 hours 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

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      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