#coral glow ball python

[reptiphoric]

Been a minute, cool stuff going on <3

Theta and Gemini - Coral Glow Pin x Super Enchi

[interstella-eyes]

✦ Eva Facula

Lore ▿

Apart from Nathan, Eva is the most recent person that has been cursed. As a scientist and researcher, she started studying the curse, making a lot of progress surrounding the knowledge about the curse as she is one of the only people who actually studied it. She is the one who actually knows the most about it (instead of Beatrix) and writes down her notes in the ancient book that spreads the curse.

Eva and Beatrix despise each other. She frequently calls out Beatrix‘ bullshit she makes up about “ascension“, but Beatrix‘ followers are loyal enough to defend her no matter the facts Eva presents. They prefer the comforting lies Beatrix makes up over the harsh reality that the curse doesn’t come from a higher being that wants to reward them with power. As a result, Eva is ostracized from the others, making her banishment to the void after her death very lonely. She tries to occupy herself by further research, but she knows that her memories of her previous life will start fading at some point (meaning she won't be able to research anymore), and she fears the moments where she doesn’t have anything to distract herself.

When Nathan is cursed, she tries to contact him, as the spirits of those who have been cursed can communicate with each other in their mind. Nathan tries to get to know more about his curse through the ancient book, as everyone who has been cursed has access to editing it and spreading their knowledge to him. But this includes Beatrix and her followers too, and he doesn’t know which pages are reliable.

Even though Eva tried to minimize her usage of her powers as much as possible to keep her body stable, the curse made it impossible for her (as a puenymph) to transform, so she has permanent scales and a snake tail. Slithering around on her tail is difficult and exhausting for her, so most of the time, she uses a wheelchair. She is based on a ball python, specifically one with a “coral glow“ morph!

[thevivarium]

This is the current list of genes with known issues: https://www.morphmarket.com/morphpedia/ball-pythons/...

Note: be sure to look at each gene carefully; some only have issues when combined with certain genes or have a strange method of inheritance (ie banana and coral glow) but have no known health issues.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Snakes. They are trying to do their snakey thing and then some a*****e blamed them because some woman ate a piece of fruit.

Meet Venus! Venus is a "coral glow", which is interchangeable with the "banana" color morph, ball python. Ball pythons are native to West and Central Africa - living in grasslands and shrublands. They are the smallest of the African pythons. Her color morph produces shades of yellow and orange with black speckles like a ripe banana.

Photographer: Timothy Dykes

[practically-an-x-man]

Assign ball python morphs to your OCs?

Oooh hell yes!! I love snakes!!

Rae: Butter Silver Streak

Robin: Arctic

Madison: Coral Glow

Ophelia: Monsoon

Gia: Blonde Pastel

Jasper: Cajun Lithium

Kestrel: Arroyo

Katherine: Creed

Quinn: Harlequin (I had to lol)

Eris: Desert Ghost

Nikoletta: Black Axanthic

Jimmy: Green Ghost

Vivienne: Fuego

[padded-daydreams]

it's funny how you said that pugs are abominations because they kinda are. But what about chihuahuas?-🌟

Chihuahuas have less health problems and also probably shouldn’t exist, but pugs are much, much worse.

Pugs have been bred so that they are born unable to breathe properly. Their tails are deformed. Their eyes are prone to just falling out. They are ugly creatures who live their shortened lives in pain. Movies like Men In Black which featured a pug made them popular and more pugs have been bred (I don’t blame the movie, but any movie featuring an animal will have this effect, like Finding Nemo made kids want pet fish). When pugs are fitted with breathing tubes for surgery (which is common because they ar prone to organ failure), they don’t want them off. Unlike other dogs, who hate breathing tubes and find them painful, pugs are the opposite of desperate to rip them off. Its because they have a squashed face, and are unable to even get enough oxygen. There are programs to try and breed pugs back into a reasonable existence where they are more like actual dogs, instead of the inbred creatures they are. All of this is because the features of pugs were arbitrarily decided cute.

Pugs are not the only dogs which have been ruined through the selective breeding of humans, but they are one of the worst examples.

There are similar issues in other pets. Reptiles can be selectively bred to contain different colorations referred to as “morphs.” The hobby is huge, with countless breeders dedicating decades to achieving unique animals. Ever seen a photo of a solid black gecko? Or a snake with smiley faces? Those aren’t always photoshop. Sometimes, photos are uploaded with filters, but the most part, it is real. On websites like Morph Market, breeders can list reptiles for sale. If you sort by rare or expensive morphs, you can see these animals.

I’m most familiar with ball pythons. I have one as a pet and have done the most research on them over other pets. Ball pythons have hundreds, maybe even thousands of different morphs which have been selectively bred. Most of them are fine, great even. Countless beautiful snakes are out there with vibrant colors and patters. Unfortunately, certain morphs are linked to certain traits. For a harmless example, ‘banana’ morph (also known as ‘coral glow’) ball pythons tend to be male. Unfortunately, certain colorations which have been selectively bred over time are linked to various health defects and neurological issues.

The most common and well-known example is the ‘spider’ morph. The ‘spider’ morph is associated with a pretty spiderweb pattern, and one of the worst neurological issues. This problem (commonly referred to as a ‘wobble’) is linked to the gene that causes the pattern. Among other things, this results in a snake that cannot tell up from down. This results in the snake struggling to eat, and in some cases biting itself. Spiders are some of the most popular snakes with such defects due to their color. They sell, so they continue to be bred. Morphs containing ‘spider’ (as in, the when two snakes are cross bred to result in new morphs) are often names various ‘bug’ names (usually ‘bee’ is somewhere in there). Breeders will point to certain crosses or even individual snakes whose ‘head wobble’ is less severe, or even crosses the which seem almost fine as a reason why this morph should continue to be bred and sold. It should not and has even been banned from some reptile conventions. Some pretty patterns are not worth continuing to breed an animal which should not exist and is prone to moving backwards, upside down, and quite literally trying to eat itself. The snakes already exist, and I don’t see an issue in having a rescue as a pet, but breeders need to just stop bringing more into the world.

Spider ball pythons, pugs, even glow-in-the-dark goldfish. So many animals which should have never existed continue to exist due to selective breeding, capitalism and the barely-regulated supply and demand of pets. I’m not against selective breeding, but at some point there has to be a line.

This is not even getting into people who defend breeding spider ball pythons by comparing them to autistic people simply being allowed exist in this world and also to have children.

[marzipan-riddles]

marz <3

[ripplesarestable]

Apollo is best snek

[islandwinternight]

My adorable boy Mimikyu exploring and yawning

[tigerdances]

Hes so sweet it hurts so much when someome says they want to kill him or hes gonna friggin eat me hes better than most pet dogs I know of. Fight me.

[katesgotsnakes]

It’s been awhile since I posted some updates! Have a banana.

[sentient-linguine]

Precious noodle child very upset that favorite hide has been (temporarily) removed. Grieves by refusing to leave the area.

[reptiphoric]

Little Man passed quarantine and is doing so well! 🍌

[hotsnakesummer]

Coral Glow Champagne Cinnamon by eric561

[freckledscales]

It was a nice day so I took the boy out for a little while whilst it was warm, he also shed recently so it was a good opportunity to see his colours a bit better

[marzipan-riddles]

the pythons got upgrades recently, though i need to buy more cover for them soon! (silas was in shed when they were upgraded so the photo of him isn’t very good whoops, and he’s also going to be upgraded again once i finish building a non-glass enclosure for him!)