#echis

[herpsandbirds]

Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus), EAT A TASTY CENTIPEDE!!!, Viperidae, India

Venomous. 

Photograph by Vivek Sharma

[exotic-venom]

North-east African Saw-scaled Viper (Echis pyramidum)

[snototter]

An Egyptian saw-scaled viper or Northeast African carpet viper (Echis pyramidum) in Zoo de Barcelona, Spain

This species is responsible for the most snakebite related deaths in the world.

by Bernard Dupont

[mangaslab]

Wet T-shirt Contest

[clacy2812]

Finally made a ref of my druid Tav! <3 her lover being Shadowheart who she affectionately calls her 'my star'

[elemass6]

Queen

[tinyetoile]

Glad Zelda could get her own Sidon in this game

[averagegtenjoyer]

How borrowers look at you before you trap them under a cup

[bikelaned]

got caught bombing a theatre

[triste-viejo]

Si te ves como Chel, mándame mensaje...😈

[herpsandbirds]

Sindh Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), juvenile, family Viperidae, Al Batinah South Governorate, Oman

Saw-scaled vipers are regarded by some as “the most dangerous snake in the world”. They are responsible for more deadly snake bites than any other species.

Though they are not the most potently venomous snake in the world, they do have very potent venom.

They have a huge geographic range, across northern Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.

They are rather aggressive (in defense), and will strike multiple times.

There are 5 subspecies.

photograph by James Christensen

[cagg1969]

[mangaslab]

Demi goddesses of Camp Half Blood

[pristina-nomine]

Well, guess who won’t be able to listen to L’amour est un oiseau rebelle for at least a month.

(I started writing a lot of stuff in the tags, so why not make a full post. Overflow of unedited immediate-post-ending thoughts incoming)

Ok, this book is a mess, I’ll be brutally honest, it almost felt like reading an unedited manuscript with lots and lots of good ideas that were being thrown at me without a breathing moment. And Dabos really got carried away with borrowing stuff from His Dark Materials. And I didn’t really grasped the character arcs (this is my fault though, I'll need a reread yada yada yada).

But as I said, I really esteem Christelle Dabos for choosing to change entirely the scope and taste of her series; here it takes a truly dark and disturbing turn (the claustophobric anxiety of the Observatoire, the straigh-up body horror of the Horn of Plenty)... only for the ending to be the most hopeful possible. (spoilers under the cut)

I was lead to think this would be a bleak conclusion thrown in for shock value, but it's just not? Eulalie turning out to be a genuinely good person who was really striving for the best; Victoire and Second getting to have a childood and the Family Spirits getting to have a life. The last scene perfectly mirroring the very first of the series in tome 1. Ophèlie entering her Orpheus era and yet never ever loosing her willpower. Thorn who, after four books of costant trying, finally managed to sacrifice himself for her, but she just won't let him. His answer on the other side of the page/mirror!! Perfection.

[sweatysharkdream]

[elemass6]