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EMPATHY — He’s just trying to be polite and make conversation. He doesn’t know about JK Rowling’s opinions on trans people. Let’s politely change the subject.

on that note: I'm not sure why I was shocked when I learned that wild ball pythons live in Africa but I was lol

Here are some common pet herps, photographed in the wild!

Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius), family Eublepharidae, Iran

photograph by Daniel Castillo

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), family Iguanidae, Curaçao

The Green Iguana is invasive in other parts of the Caribbean, but is native on the more southern islands, like Curucao.

photograph by Ralf Pütz

Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps), family Agamidae, found in eastern-central Australia

photographs: Chris Lindorff, Max Tibby, & Lewis

Ball Python (Python regius), family Pythonidae, Togo (West Africa)

photograph by Living Zoology

Corn Snake aka Red Rat Snake (Pantherophis guttatus), small/young adult, family Colubridae, Florida, USA

photograph by Armin Meier

Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus), 12.5 ft long, family Pythonidae, western Thailand

photograph by Mike Pingleton

Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius), male, family Testudinidae, Brazil

photographs by Maël Dewynter

Russian Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii), family Testudinidae, Kazakhstan

Vulnerable.

And also a Coritiba player jumping over the barricade to celebrate his goal without realizing there’s a hole right behind it

A Coritiba player was celebrating a goal yesterday, 12 years after the original meme, and once again fell in a hole behind the barricade

Cute raccoons - a watercolor.

Inspired by the fluffly goblins roaming my neighborhood in Montreal. The next painting will include that tailless blonde raccoon I met in the spring. He's no Jimothy but he's still super special.