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from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 18 Jul 11:41
https://mander.xyz/post/34227504

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tiramichu@sh.itjust.works on 18 Jul 13:09 next collapse

Ah. Apparently it’s called a slug snake because it EATS slugs, not because it looks like one.

Which is good, because it looks like a stick. Literally the most twig-ass looking snake ever.

Xuderis@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 15:11 next collapse

Great camouflage!

ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org on 18 Jul 20:10 next collapse

It looks dry af. Like those rain worms that didn’t make it back in time and dried on the asphalt

[deleted] on 19 Jul 08:03 next collapse

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Sphks@jlai.lu on 19 Jul 08:03 collapse

Unlike many other snakes, this species eats snails and slugs using a technique called mandibular sawing. To slice off the indigestible parts of prey, it slides its jaws back and forth like a saw.

tiramichu@sh.itjust.works on 19 Jul 08:52 collapse

Wild! (Also, you doubled-commented somehow)

NikkiDimes@lemmy.world on 19 Jul 09:21 collapse

Twice the snake facts!

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works on 18 Jul 13:16 next collapse

Ngl, while it is definitely weird as hell, it has a surreal beauty because of it.

It’s also like what you’d get if a kid only had brown crayons, drew a snake, and then developed the power to bring their drawings to life.

SkyezOpen@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 13:57 collapse

Thing looks like a bad taxidermy of a regular snake.

abcdqfr@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 15:23 collapse

A good effort at an balloon animal would result in better taxidermy

enkille@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 13:18 next collapse

those poor unfortunate souls!<img alt="Ursula’s Garden from The Little Mermaid" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/608825c7-9a1e-4b30-9363-7490a8f4c5ff.jpeg">

billwashere@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 13:22 next collapse

Meth-head snake.

altphoto@lemmy.today on 18 Jul 14:21 next collapse

Guys! That’s just a stick!

Zerush@lemmy.ml on 18 Jul 15:59 next collapse

Rattlesnakes next year in the US with the BBB.

moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Jul 16:50 next collapse

soggy vine looking ass

apotheotic@beehaw.org on 18 Jul 18:20 collapse

I am just a monkey climbing on these trees and I will grab this vine which is definitely not a snake. Can’t wait to see my monkey wife and monkey child in my monkey home. Oh, I’ve made an error.

Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone on 18 Jul 19:17 collapse

God dammit, not Frank! He was just a week away from retiring at the banana factory!