Zoomed in: 
Snakes: I am going to evolve to have perfect camouflage so I am undetectable by all.
Also snakes: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING YOU STEPPED ON ME ARE YOU BLIND
You have to respect that rattlesnake warn you before biting. It’s very polite.
‘Sup. Got mouse?’
I was watching a nature documentary last week. Rattlesnakes are some kinky motherfuckers. When the male approached the female to mate, the first thing she did was smack his head around with her tail. Then when it was time for copulation, she wrapped her tail around the male’s penis and dragged him by it to their mating spot.
I once dated a guy who was an extreme sub, who really wanted me to put him in a dog cage while I went off to work (I didn’t do it, I wasn’t ready for that level of kink at the time.) I think he would’ve been down for a rattlesnake-style mating ritual.
Clears throat awkwardly Are you… uh… seeing anyone now?
at the time
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If it was a snake, it would have bit you
Even after seeing the zoom in crop I couldn’t spot snek in the full photo for a minute.
I had to find the parallelogram rock first
First thing I noticed was the cactus that is wanking one out
I absolutely cannot explain why, but at first glance I keep seeing an elephant.
Something’s living in that hole, isn’t it?
Badger badger badger badger, mushroom mushroom! badger badger badger badger AH! Snake! Snake! Snake! Ooooh, it’s a snake!
If I hadn’t somehow clicked right on it when enlarging the pic, I never would have seen it.
Never ran into one in Phoenix but in Tucson, we ran into a green one on the way up Mount Lemmon. Beautiful but frightening.
Rattlers are adorable and I refuse to think differently. Their little angry snoots and tail wiggles. Maraca butts!
Me trying to see the “little guy”
The one time where a red circle would actually have been useful…
i am no red circle camp, the search was part of the fun
I upvoted both cause I’m being a fence sitter and can’t decide which I agree with.
do you need a red circle around my comment?
If you would be so kind I’m having trouble finding it.
Fun fact:
Snake venoms are generally classified into four main functional types: neurotoxic (attacking the nervous system), hemotoxic (disrupting blood clotting and destroying red blood cells), cytotoxic (destroying local cells and tissues), and myotoxic (causing rapid muscle breakdown).
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/snake/snake-facts/4-types-of-snake-venom/Yes, I want to subscribe to Snake Facts
Try here.
@anon6789@lemmy.world’s been doing a killer job with it. 🙂
I love my slithery friends! Met a chonky python at the zoo yesterday and got to give him pets. Even came home at night to a wiggly garter snake on the welcome mat. Glad I saw him in the shadows, I’d have felt terrible if I hurt it.
I’d be happy to include some more snakes. They could always use positive coverage.
Sounds good!
One thing I get a certain naughty kick out of is the way domestic cats (originally African wildcats) startle so easily when they see snake-like objects in the area. Makes perfect sense to me, though, as they’d be natural prey to various snakes across the greater range of their habitats.
OTOH, on our end, we seem to be unusually scared of some animals, such as spiders, even though spiders for the most part are natural allies, especially in our homes. We so silly…
Those poor cats get spooked by those cucumbers… 😂
The wife and I have reached a peace deal with spiders. She knows I leave them in the house, I just need to make sure she doesn’t see them.
My coworker and I have both been ensuring spiders get moved out of high human traffic areas.
Excellent!
There’s also the fact that most spiders have mouth-parts completely incapable of breaking human skin, so a little diagram or example of such might be worth finding and sharing with the wife?Now, whoever’s reading may hate me for this, so go ahead and hate, but there’s some interesting ideas here I wasn’t aware of: (includes a boatload of high-quality supporting links, not unlike a good Wikipedia entry)
https://chatgpt.com/share/6a876492-d118-83ea-9835-17f1868c8248
This seems to be what she falls under. 😅
She understands they are good, she just does not wish to knowingly share space with them due to her mind categorizing them as creepy-crawlies.
Much like with most of my other friends, she’s happy I have them, but she wishes to spend no time with them. 😂
Those were some fun facts! Thank you 👍
So fun!
I think he misspelled “scary”.
Danger noodle
Bitey rope
Sting stick
Nope rope
Murder shoelace
Shakey snake
Snappy snek
Hey look at me, im a rattle snake! I camouflage well info my environment then wait till you get close to loudly announce my presence like some sort of joke. GREETINGS!
