#(it's a flying snake)

[1-marigold-1]

He just likes phantoms I guess.

[onenicebugperday]

Mosquito on western rainbow boa

Photographed in Ecuador by Matthieu Berroneau

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

(Negative comments about mosquitoes will get you blocked.)

[benevolenterrancy]

"If the original novel had given this thing more than ten words of description, there was no way he wouldn’t have remembered!"

[herpsandbirds]

Paradise Flying Snakes (Chrysopelea paradisi), mating, family Colubridae, WB, India

Mildly venomous.

This arboreal snake is capable of gliding from tree to tree, by flattening their bodies, and flinging themselves through the air.

photograph by Francis Seow Choen

[kankuroplease]

Oro not delivering the goods (Tsunade), making Tora’s efforts in making Jiraiya sit/not flirt with the other women there meaningless 😩

[sixteenseveredhands]

500-year-old Snake Figure from Peru (Incan Empire), c. 1450-1532 CE: this fiber craft snake was made from cotton and camelid hair, and it has a total length of 86.4cm (about 34in)

This piece was crafted by shaping a cotton core into the basic form of a snake and then wrapping it in structural cords. Colorful threads were then used to create the surface pattern, producing a zig-zag design that covers most of the snake's body. Some of its facial features were also decorated with embroidery.

A double-braided rope is attached to the distal end of the snake's body, near the tip of its tail, and another rope is attached along the ventral side, where it forms a small loop just behind the snake's lower jaw. Similar features have been found in other serpentine figures from the same region/time period, suggesting that these objects may have been designed for a common purpose.

Very little is known about the original function and significance of these artifacts; they may have been created as decorative elements, costume elements, ceremonial props, toys, gifts, grave goods, or simply as pieces of artwork.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art argues that this figure might have been used as a prop during a particular Andean tradition:

In a ritual combat known as ayllar, snakes made of wool were used as projectiles. This effigy snake may have been worn around the neck—a powerful personal adornment of the paramount Inca and his allies—until it was needed as a weapon. The wearer would then grab the cord, swing the snake, and hurl it in the direction of the opponent. The heavy head would propel the figure forward. The simultaneous release of many would produce a scenario of “flying snakes” thrown at enemies.

The same custom is described in an account from a Spanish chronicler named Cristóbal de Albornoz, who referred to the tradition as "the game of the ayllus and the Amaru" ("El juego de los ayllus y el Amaru").

The image below depicts a very similar artifact from the same region/time period.

Why Indigenous Artifacts Should be Returned to Indigenous Communities.

Sources & More Info:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Snake Ornament

Serpent Symbology: Representations of Snakes in Art

Journal de la Société des Américanistes: El Juego de los ayllus y el Amaru

Yale University Art Gallery: Votive Fiber Sculpture of an Anaconda

[cupcakeshakesnake]

"Five lashes will remind you-" WRONG. WEEVIL TIME 💥💥💥💥💥

As William Turner awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed on deck into a gigantic insect. To the chagrin of the crew on board, his hard chitin shell proved whipping to be rather ineffective, so after a time they resorted to flipping him on his back and watching him struggle.

[charlie-artlie]

more knightformers texaid, this time inspired by the lovely lovely fic from @thebirdkiwi >:] plz go read it if you havent already it’s so good!!!!!

and, as always, knightformers belongs to the wonderful @archie-sunshine

[maysrinn]

Written in the stars 🌌

First off, Coriolanus Duck is an unusual duck. For example he's the only one who lies on his back to look at the sky like a human because he found it more comfortable than stretching his neck to the sky, it hurts his neck. The other ducks find this behavior strange, especially Livia, who mocks him for his human-like behavior taunting him from afar with her nagging unpleasant voice. Little does she know, this is exactly what Goosey Gray finds so endearing. Though Coriolanus is still odd, his charm shines through, and after some convincing, he gets Goosey to do the same! Now they are both quirky birds.

Goosey Gray uses this newfound technique to show Coriolanus one starry night how her flock will find their way back to their southern winter home later this fall. And he listens, even tho he is not able to understand it, must be a migration thing. She tells him ✨it's written in the stars✨—quite literally—just like them.

[wyvernity]

wip posting just to get something out there, and it's def a mixed bag!! the only thing more inconsistent than my posting schedule is my art style RIP

[deeranon]

Can you find your creator?

@idkfitememate you know that question I asked a while ago about the number of creators? totally didn’t mean anything lol

The canvas is pretty crowded but I’m happy with it. I had to miniaturize some creators though, cuz some were too large

I love those rough pencils, man

Also I didn’t realize the tiger creator was probably supposed to be a normal tiger until I finished

Wolflord had to go mini and pop up from a portal to fit lol, and the hydra was sentenced to a bucket. I’m so creative :) melusine was hardest to draw because of ELBOWS wait I take that back, the weasel was hardest-I could never get it right

Overall I’m confident about this drawing 😊

Plus there’s a special appearance in the drawing, can you find it? ;)

Posting from my iPad again, hope it works like last time

[chimeride]

Suggested by @thecreaturecodex.

[cryptid-quest]

Cryptid of the Day: Wichita Flying Snakes

Description: In 1873, residents of Ft. Scott, Kansas claimed to have seen a large, flying serpent eclipse the sun. Then two years later, in Leavenworth, two men claimed to have caught a winged serpent, about the size of a human hand, which they preserved in alcohol. 

[casziraphale]

Me when I think about Crowley’s car’s starter crank that was also the crank which kickstarted the universe:

And how he used it during that scene with Adam?

And how he could open that book in Heaven?

And how he seems to have some memory gaps like Gabriel, and relates to the struggle of trying to remember things?

[herpsandbirds]

Banded Flying Snake (Chrysopelea pelias), family Colubridae, Sarakak, Borneo

photograph by Eddy Even

[one-time-i-dreamt]

My pet snake turned into a fly and I had to chase fly-snake around the house and try to catch him before my dogs ate him.