• @[email protected]
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    5 months 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…

  • @[email protected]
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    55 months ago

    This immediately reminded me of that one scene from the boys with the supe with the giant schlongadong

    • SharkEatingBreakfast
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      105 months ago

      Yes!

      I have scaleless bearded dragon. Naked reptiles are indeed real. Not always healthy, though.

      • Communist
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        55 months ago

        Scaleless beardies are one of the most detrimental ones however, that one is very unfortunate for the animal

        • SharkEatingBreakfast
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          65 months ago

          Absolutely! No one should ever go out looking for a scaleless beardie. Ever. I’m a former foster/rescue, and I was offered up one from a breeder who produced one by accident (they retired that pair immediately after). I accepted because I wanted to learn how to care for one in case I’d need the knowledge for future cases.

          The amount of time & money I’ve spent on this idiot to keep him healthy & comfortable is ridiculous.

          Love him to bits! But no one should ever get a scaleless beardie.

        • Communist
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          25 months ago

          If you think about it scales are just keratin, basically hair

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    5 months 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!!”

    • Communist
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      115 months ago

      Scales are made of keratin, they are basically hair!

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    355 months 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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      265 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

    • @[email protected]
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      95 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.

    • Communist
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      115 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

    • Aviandelight
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      115 months ago

      This is the snake equivalent of breeding brachycephalic dogs. It’s bad for the animal and bad for the hobby.

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    5 months ago

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

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    35 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