#snakes #adorable #truly a beautiful cinnamon roll #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
On snakes, scars tend to heal over with attempted regrowth of scales. Scars often have a weird scale pattern as a result – the scales over the scar might have a weird texture or color. Look at this ball python with a burn scar over their entire spine – the scar is noticeably a different color and texture.
In my experience, a lot of scars on snakes will retain scale growth, but that’s not always true, especially for scars on the head:
Deep wounds tend to heal over white. In wildlife rehab, we mostly see these in snakes who were involved in car accidents or had run-ins with lawnmowers.
But that can happen with any deep wound, like these on a ball python from rat bites.
Deep wounds on wild snakes that don’t heal without veterinary help may look puckered and a bit gruesome:
Lizards are more prone to have scars that are missing scales.
Scars on crocodilians look a little different. Instead of scales like snakes and lizards, crocodilians have what we call “scutes.” On a crocodilian, scutes are large, hardened plates, and instead of shedding at once they’re constantly shedding in teeny-tiny flakes (like us!). On crocodilians, scars look like divots in the scutes, and they will fade somewhat with time (again, like people).
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If you are diligent and manage your expectations, sure! Many people are interested in them because of their beauty, but it’s important to remember they will spend most of their time hiding. It’s also crucial to find a captive-bred baby – which is thankfully a lot easier than it used to be.
I would be very sure to do a lot of research and make sure the enclosure is set up before bringing the snake home, and they’re not going to be a snake I ever recommend for most keepers looking for their second snake, but if you’re committed it’s doable.
Also, baby sunbeams are so cute it should really be illegal.
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#snakes #pretty things #(a bit of poking at image searches suggests that *most* eastern coachwhips are not this lava-y but it *does* happen) #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
This snake is trying to hold onto the mouse box – when exploring, snakes will often coil around things to help them stay secure. It’s just a snake thing. The box is too light to use as an anchor point, though, so it’s moving with their body and the snake is a bit confused about that. All’s cute here, though – nothing but relaxed and curious body language from this snake (note the relaxed muscles, steady movement, and alert but not worried tongue flicks).
One of my favorite gags from contemporary SCP was from this article about a pointlessly dangerous extradimensional convenience store with layer upon layer of fatal death traps installed at every stage in the shopping process, one of which is a pit full of poisonous snakes below the checkout line. And then there’s a footnote saying that rather than being a confusion of terms between “venomous” and “poisonous” the snakes themselves are actually fangless and completely docile but anyone who falls into the pit and sees the snakes comes under a compulsion to start stuffing the snakes in their mouth
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Brinens and Things 