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herpsandbirds · 1 month

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Hi, can I request some photos of Dolichophis caspius, the little asshole colubrid that bit me during my first field research class in university?

Did you deserve it though???

Caspian Whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius), family Colubridae, found in the Balkans and parts of Eastern Europe

These snakes grow to a length of up to 2m (78.7 in).

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photograph by evonymus

#whipsnake #dilochophis #colubridae #snaker #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #europe

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foxglovesound · 2 years

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#trying out some new methods #was able to do this in one day so. this might be the way i go #im trying to find a method that i can do relatively fast since im juggling college and real life stuff too eep #lmk what yall think :)!#foxglove #holly #weasel #whipsnake #duckling #murrelet

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hasellia · 1 month

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TW DEAD SNAKE, A BUNCH OF ANTS AND A SINGLE FLY

I saw an interesting insect behaviour and I accidentally bummed someone out when I thought it was okay for them... So I'm going to try and see if anyone here found it interesting! So, on my way to sketch club, I found a dead Yellow Faced Whipsnake (Demansia psammophis) smack-dab in the middle of the entryway to my property. My current belief is that a cat killed it. I took some photos, ID'd it, moved it into my garden and was on my way.

2 hours later, I come back to check on it. Nothing has taken it, no noticeable deteriation. A single stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) came in to do it's business... Except that it couldn't find an opening into the carcass, and it was covered in ants.

It flicked it's wings to kick off the occasional curious ant. Then it did, what I have to describe as a MOVE GET OUT THE WAY technique. To get the ants away from it, it actually buzzed it's wings to create an air current and just... Tried to walk through the ants to find an opening.

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I feel like I shouldn't be surprised that a fly evolved a behaviour to get other scavengers off a carcass. But I find this so fascinating.

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pokemonwearingsportsmerch · 3 months

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#seviper #Whipsnakes LC #lacrosse

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antiqueanimals · 2 years

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Reptiles and Amphibians; a Guide to Familiar American Species. Illustrated by James Gordon Irving. 1956.

#reptiles #snakes #rainbow mud snakes #mud snakes #green snakes #coachwhip snakes #whipsnakes #patch-nosed snakes #black rat snakes #James Gordon Irving

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gnarlystarships · 1 year

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this little snake startled tf out of me in the path but it let me take such a nice picture of it

#snakes #edit: this is a Striped Racer or California Whipsnake #in case anyone was curious #ograt

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that-dinopunk-guy · 6 months

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#archwood flextrek 37000000000000 whipsnake sidewinder edition i-series #steve climber

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feigningsports · 7 months

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OH YEAH WE'RE BACK IN THIS BABY

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1948 WHEN IT WAS A DEMONSTRATION SPORT

BUT ALSO

FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A MEDAL CONTENDER SINCE ***1908***

#lacrosse #Olympics #LA28 Olympics #world lacrosse league #premier lacrosse league #pll redwoods #pll archers #pll atlas #pll cannons #pll chaos #pll chrome #pll whipsnakes #pll waterdogs

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i-m-snek · 11 months

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Everyone, meet Jinx! 🥰 I dont have her in person yet, too hot to ship to AZ right now. But she is a young captive bred Speckled Racer (Drymobius margaritiferus). First photo was right after hatching, second ine was taken today by the breeder. Ive been looking into racers, coachwhips, and whipsnakes for about a year and they are so hard to find captive bred. Not only that, but the larger species (red racers for example) dont yet thrive in captivity. I got incredibly lucky to find a breeder of speckled, and immediately put a deposit down on this girl 😍 after this im going to let her, Crunchwrap, and Toast all grow into adults and be upgraded to their adult enclosures before even thinking about getting any more. She will be here next month and I am so excited 🥰

#jinx #Drymobius margaritiferus #speckled racer #snake #reptiblr

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learnukrainian · 6 months

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Dzharylhach National Park

A beautiful natural reserve in Ukraine

A couple of facts about the reserve (sourced from various websites, i.e. tourist guides, interviews with researchers, news articles etc and rewritten by me; if you notice false information, please, let me know)

Dzharylhach Natural Reserve is an island in the South of Ukraine (Kherson region), surrounded by the Azov Sea.

The territory of the island is uninhabited by people

There is a lighthouse on the island, and a legend related to it: some say that the lighthouse was built by one of the students of Gustave Eiffel (yup, the renown creator of the Eiffel Tower). Is it true? Who knows :) Feel free to explore the topic further!

Dzharylhach is home to wild animals and endangered (worldwide or locally) species: ~20 types of rare insects, ~69 species of birds from the Red Book of Ukraine, ~15 types of mammals. Some of those include: Chrysopogon gryllus (plant), Steppe viper (Vipera ursinii), Caspian whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius), Blotched snake (Elaphe sauromates), Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) (threatened in the Black Sea region), and others.

Sadly, after the russian invasion of Ukraine (2022) the island was occupied by russian troops. it is reported that Russians have destroyed the flora and fauna of the island by using it as one of their military bases (several fires broke out there as well). 100% accurate assessment of the damage to the reserve cannot be carried out right now due to occupation; prospects for the future restorement of the natural reserve remain uncertain.

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sybaritick · 1 month

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hmmm... for some reason you're giving scalie! what if you had a snake sona, like me? i like the Caspian whipsnake.

#cal txt #asks

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herpsandbirds · 5 months

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Sonoran Whipsnake (Masticophis bilineatus), juvenile, family Colubridae, Arizona, USA

photograph by Justin Doll

#whipsnake #snake #masticophis #reptile #herpetology #colubridae #north america #animals #nature

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foxglovesound · 2 years

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Whipsnake Chariot of Thornwood Sound

Name: Whipsnake Chariot Past Names: N/A Age: 10 months Rank: Student Identity & Pronouns: Nonbinary, they/them Orientation: Bisexual

Family:

Asphodel Chariot || father, deceased

Copperbush Chariot || older sister, Thornwood Sound fellow

Residency: The Chariot Residency

#ref #reference sheet #whipsnake

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autisticassassinbird · 3 months

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Anyone is free to use any of these ideas in a fanfic. Feel free to suggest things in the reblogs or replies.

Daemon forms in an Alan Wake daemon AU:

Alan Wake - northern hawk owl

Alice Wake - eastern coyote

Barry Wheeler - american ermine

Saga Anderson - elk

Alex Casey - eastern milk snake or corn snake

Ilmo Koskela - moose

Jaako Koskela - boreal caribou

Tim Breaker - northern alligator lizard

Sarah Breaker - striped whipsnake

Robert Nightingale - horned lark or chestnut backed chickadee

Cynthia Weaver - yellow pine chipmunk

Odin Anderson - common raven

Tor Anderson - gray wolf

Rose Marigold - rattlesnake or rubber boa

Ahti - leach's storm petrel or ancient murrlet

Thomas Zane - eurasian eagle owl

Barbara Jagger - wolverine

Mulligan - pronghorn

Thornton - ord's kangaroo rat

#my post #alan wake #au #daemon au

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is-the-snake-video-cute · 2 years

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Hi! I love your content, your educational stuff on pet snakes and keeping them is really making getting a pet snake some day a lot more approachable! Anyways, do you know any neat snakes native to Georgia? Thank you so much for all you post!!!

I'm so glad, that's a big goal of this blog!! I'm thrilled to hear it's helped you.

Now, snake facts - Georgia the country or Georgia the US state? Both have cool snakes, so I'll talk about both! :)

Georgia (the country) has 26 native snakes, and most are harmless but there are actually a lot of vipers!

Ring-headed dwarf snakes (Eirenis modestus) are some of the most common snakes you'll ever see in Georgia - these cute little dudes are about the size of a garter snake.

Aside from dwarf snakes, slender whipsnakes (Platyceps najadum) are the most common non-venomous snakes in Georgia. These fast little guys are mostly reptile-eaters, but they'll honeslty hunt anything that moves and is small enough to fit in their mouths!

The Caucasus viper (Vipera kaznakovi) is one of the most beautiful vipers in the world. These guys are unique to the Caucasus region, and they're unfortunately endangered due to persecution by humans, habitat loss, and illegal over-collection for the pet trade. They're mountain snakes, and actually prefer high altitudes!

The Transcaucasian viper (Vipera transcaucasiana) is one of Georgia's most common and iconic vipers! They're easily recognized by their large nasal scales, which they probably use for burrowing.

Now for Georgia (the U.S. state)!

Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscovorus, also often called water moccasins) are the only venomous semi-aquatic snakes in the US! They're named for their threat display - when they feel threatened, they'll open their mouths wide to show off their white mouth lining.

Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) are close relatives of cottonmouths and just as beautiful! They're some of the most common venomous snakes in the US, and they can be easily recognized thanks to their markings, which are shaped like hourglasses - or Hershey's kisses!

Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus) are some of the most beautiful rattlesnakes on the planet! These guys are actually the biggest rattlesnakes in the Americas, averaging around 5 feet long but growing up to 8 and weighing over 20 pounds! Eastern diamondbacks are unusually great swimmers for rattlesnakes, especially considering their size!

Eastern coral snakes (Micrurus fulvius) are one of only three elapids native to the US (with the other two also being coral snake species). Their bites are much more dangerous than viper bites, but they're extremely unlikely to bite - only two fatalities have been reported from eastern coral snake bites since the 1950s. To distinguish them from mimics like scarlet kingsnakes in their range, look for their round heads and black faces.

Queen snakes (Regina septemvittata) are adorable little semi-aquatic dudes, and they're known for their highly specialized diet! Queen snakes almost exclusively eat freshly-molted crayfish.

#not a rating #snake facts #snakes of the world

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kqltlc · 6 months

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Terminology clarification for OC and FC because I keep seeing the terms being misused and it makes it very difficult to browse tags when a majority of the time the tags are applied wrong.

This is gonna be a long post, buckle ur seatbelts and take out your spiral straws bc ur brain gonna be as mush as mine when I'm done.

DISCLAIMER: This is my point of view and doesn't apply to EVERY scenario. Every scenario, or character, can have nuances that make them an anomaly. This is more of a generally-speaking post. I'm also really bad with words and my brain dies immediately at long posts so feel free to cut me some slack if there's mistakes or inconsistencies. LOL.

"OC" stands for "Original Character."

This is a character made entirely by you. No influence or strings attached.

You might take bits of inspiration from things such as objects, personality, outfits, or ideas - perhaps you were introduced to these through a fandom - but none of these things are inherently fandom as they exist outside of fandom as well.

Lets use dragons as an example. Dragons are a part of mythology that can't be traced back to any specific source and, for the most part, are simply a combination of existing animals like lizards and bats.

Imagine a dragon based on the long-nosed whipsnake but with a pumpkin vibe: A goofy noodle of a dragon with a slender orange body, green horns pointed backward, green vine-like wings, green belly scales that reach until the green tail that eventually ends off in vines.

This would be an OC as you created it with no strings attached to existing media. You took a few ideas you liked and created something new out of it, something original to you. If anything similar exists, it's purely coincidental and you most likely aren't aware of it.

Other examples in popular media include the sources of fandom, the Original worlds in which fandoms follow such as Sonic, Mario, Spiderman, Next Gen, Murder Drones, etc.

Sonic is a blue hedgehog that can run fast and has to save the world, Mario is a plumber out to save the princess, Spiderman is just a dude who got bit by a radioactive spider, Next gen is about a broken girl who befriends a broken robot and learns the meaning of friendship and moving on from the past, Murder Drones is about different kinds of robots initially pitted against each other but starting to realize there's something else afoot.

These were created based on ideas. There might be some idea-taking from existing media but these guys function entirely on their own, in their own world, with little to no relation to anything else.

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an OC would be able to pass in a court of law if someone tried to claim copyright. It's why original media HAS to be original.

everything you do is canon lmao.

"FC" stands for "Fan Character."

This is a character made in relation to existing fandoms - or as I'm going to call them, the Original (OG) World, a world not made by you.

Whether it's taking a lot of visual ideas from the OG World, being related to any of the characters or plot in the OG World, or just being in the OG World, this character has strings attached to something already created by someone else. Perhaps what you create is unique on its own, but it still has relations to the OG World.

Bringing back the dragon example. You decide to make a dragon loosely based on that long-nosed whipsnake and pumpkin combo. The difference here is that you're making them a Hivewing from Wings of Fire, or a Skydancer from FlightRising.

This would make them an FC as they end up being connected to an OG World. You can have a Sonic FC who is a rainbow stag beetle that you use in any setting, a Murder Drones Worker Drone with no relation to the characters or story since they have their own but still follow the Murder Drones vibe, perhaps you have a Spiderverse character who got bit by a radioactive rabbit so their entire aesthetic is more rabbit-y.

If you're a participant of an open or closed species, then they'd fall under this as well, unless you're the creator of the species ofc.

You are a fan of an OG World, created a character inspired by it and, depending how strong the connection is to the OG World, may not be able to function outside of it (without it being obvious they stand out too much in other worlds, original or otherwise).

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would not be able to pass in a court of law if copyright claimed as the character would share too many traits with the OG World.

anything you do is not canon in the OG World.

Can my character become an OC (or vise versa)?

Yes! It's absolutely possible for your character to start as one and evolve into the other!

You can have an FC that, over time, gets so much original ideas added to them and fandom ties severed that they can stand on their own. Perhaps you made that little snake-derg in a fandom first but eventually loved it so much you decided to make it more of its own thing!

I originally adopted a Wings of Fire design from a user a while ago and turned it into an OC by adjusting and stylizing it to a point where it's just a dragon in a world I setup for a dragon roleplay (I also know nothing on WoF so that kinda helps boost originality, lol).

You can also have an OC that you decided to drop into a fandom because you love the fandoms OG World so much! You end up giving them traits and ideas more relevant to the OG World so they fit in and function better~

(I don't have many examples of this as I'm not big on fandoms, lol)

Conclusion + Extra Notes

Please consider what's been said and tag accordingly. Although words are words and communication can be pretty loose, in the ways of tagging they're very crucial to get right.

It's really unfun to browse the OC tags and get bombarded by FCs because no one seems to remember what the terms mean, just as it's unfun to browse tags for fandoms and get unrelated posts.

Extra Notes: Although not specific to OC and FC, kinda related.

This is kinda why some creators are vehemently against being given ideas. It becomes less original, especially the more detailed an idea is.

This also plays a roll in companies trying to claim words and ideas, copywriting anything that's even remotely similar. "Monster" is a word/idea that cannot be claimed, and yet the Monster Energy Drink brand still tried to claim it. The idea of platformers or battle systems is not something inherently owned by Nintendo and yet they're getting aggressive with claiming it as their own.

DISCLAIMER: This is my point of view and doesn't apply to EVERY scenario. Every scenario, or character, can have nuances that make them an anomaly. This is more of a generally-speaking post. I'm also really bad with words and my brain dies immediately at long posts so feel free to cut me some slack if there's mistakes or inconsistencies. LOL.

Also at this point I haven't ate dinner yet and I'm really hungry so brain is 110% dead. Ya'll have fun, I'ma get some chimken nuggiez.

#not directed at anyone btw just something I've been seeing happen so often its finally reached a point where I gotta wordwall about it #ramble #rant #original character #oc #ocs #original characters #fc #fcs #fancharacter #fan character #fan characters #fancharacters #my opinion #long post #tags #tagging #idk I really need to get food rn so Ima just hit the button and forget I posted this LOL

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