#satanic-leaf

[alectricblue]

How about napstablook and shyren??

it's family tradition, but friends can join in too

thanks for the suggestion!!

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

There's nothing hellish about the satanic leaf-tailed gecko! Named for its menacing appearance, with prominent devilish horns and bright red eyes, this species has actually evolved to perfectly camouflage with its environment! Their bodies are colored and shaped to blend in with dead and dying leaves, thus hiding from much scarier predators.

(Image: A satanic leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) by Piotr Naskrecki)

[kabukiaku]

receive and consume….

redraw of a concert photo by Luke Sutton! Secondo just looked so ‘Saint-like’ in this photo, I had to recreate it. Done with alcohol-based markers, diluted gouache, watercolor pencils, and micron pens. 💙🧎‍♀️

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This guy would have a great career in advertising.

[squishyfauna]

Satanic leaf tailed gecko! I originally was going to make this into a sticker but I’m not sure, what do you think?

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[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)

(Photo from Reptile Direct)

Conservation Status- Unlisted

Habitat- Eastern Madagascar

Size (Weight/Length)- 100 mm

Diet- Small insects; Snails

Cool Facts- Yes, that’s actually its name. The satanic leaf-tailed gecko is named for both its leaf shaped tail and the small horns above its eyes. Originally described in 1888, it was thought to be a mythical creature from its beautiful appearance. Its camouflage perfectly blends in with the thick Madagascan rainforests. The gecko’s feet have adhesive hairs on their toes that maximizes their surface area and allows them to stick to vertical surfaces. If their camo fails, the satanic leaf-tailed gecko opens wide and shows off its vibrant red throat with the hopes of scaring off birds. Due to habitat loss and the illegal pet trade, these geckos are at risk. Luckily, three national parks protect the rainforests that the geckos call home.

Rating- 11/10 (Lizardman, take me by the hand.)

[twocoffeedraws]

Combining some of my interests, finishing off Funguary 2024 with some mushroom mafia folk

[chicopetite]

I know I have no followers but I just got offered a new job and I'm so fuckin stoked and need to share because I haven't told my current job yet. I've been at the same job for 12 years, and now I'm gonna get to work in a local sports store.

Like, I get to watch and talk about hockey all day? Get to order equipment and make jerseys for local teams? Season tickets to the canucks and the local junior hockey team? See cute hockey boys all day????? Dream

[witchblade]

its so crazy they were allowed to call this guy Satanic and no one stepped in to defend him...

[satanachia666]

Blacklight Baphomet by Corinne Halbert (2015) 🖤

[punkedsolar]

Funguary Week 2!

We had massive power, communications, transport and train blackouts this week. I lost a lot of food in freezers and so on. But I'm still going. Things are a bit chaotic, but we are still going strong.

Funguary Feb 8 - Satan's Bolete Behemoth - Rubroboletus satanas Funguary Feb 9 - Silver Leaf Fungus Ipos - Chondrostereum purpureum Funguary Feb 10 - Destroying Angel - Amanita virosa Funguary Feb 11 - Bird's Nest Fungus - Nidulariaceae Funguary Feb 12 - Demonic Dead Man's Fingers - Xylaria Polymorpha Funguary Feb 13 - Demonic Lilac Bonnet - Mycena pura Funguary Feb 14 - Demonic Bleeding Tooth Fungus - Hydnellum peckii

[toad-moss]

Funguary week 2 - Demonic

[kabukiaku]

the anti-pope and his apostles 🜏 𖤐✨

another attempt with the gold leaf! I can’t scan these drawings because it darkens the gold leaf and takes away that well- shine from the gold. So I try my best to take good photos of it. 😵‍💫

[drakkonyan]

Top 5 reptiles in gross excruciating detail

Boy oh boy it's show time!

Ball Python

Yes I know that's basic bitch taste, but LOOKATIM. CUTIEPATOOTIE

A generally well-size snake, and I adore all the colors they can have! So pretty to look at. I specially love em big snoots. Literally owo-ing 24-7, what else can I ask for?

Galapagos

Just a big ass guy. Look at him. HUGEEEE individual.

Honestly I don't really know, I just think it's cool that there are turtles the size of dogs. My man is titanic. Honestly, if I had the space I would LOVE to house one of these guys (don't let em near dogs, I just thought that pic was a good size approximation)

Satanic leaf tail

LOOK AT HIM, this guy is metal AF and I love everything of it. The heads shape is SOOOOOO fun and I love animals that camouflage. Their tiny Lil feetsies are so CUTE, and I adore their eyes with them tiny pupils. I'm never forgiving treecko for making this concept into "just some guy" who then turns into a generic-ass Dino, so much potential wasted. I gotta give em justice some day and make an honest to god dark-grass type fakemon. Or maybe even just dark-something and the grass is a lurantis scenario.

Chrysopelea

Ok but picture this:

A snake

That fucking GLIDES

Bitch goes in top of trees and then just fucking JUMPS and GLIDES for half a kilometer and then lands unharmed and repeats again. Because that's her locomotion method. Girl just JUMPS from high places and does aerodynamic shit and boom, ur 200 meters from where you started. Metal af

RES

Ok I KNOW this one is polemic, specially knowing they are driving to extinction an endemic species over here, BUT JUST LOOK AT EM

I just adore these guys, all from their silly lil-permanently angry faces to their marking and asking patterns, to the vibrancy of their "ears" marks, just such guys. I also adore how when babies they are such a soft emerald hue but they start getting more and more dark as they age and once they are adults they are all these mixes of rich forest green with light olive green strikes in their shells, they are sosososoooo pretty

Cameo of my Lil guy Olivo being eepy because I adore him to bits

Also a pic of the afro mentioned almost extinct endemic species, because I felt like it. We have some at the zoo and we just went a course on how to teach the public on why it's important to care for em and all that jazz. Pretty cool ngl

sorry for taking so long to asnwer! i just got hit by "honestly i dont really wanna do anything rn ngl" diseas and had to rest for 2 days. Have a painting of my doggo as compensation

[nkp1981]

Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko

Photo: Alejandro Arteaga

[wheylost]

witchery sugoi!