Hugs and Hisses

Despite making this post in August, this post spikes in brief periods throughout the year, depending on when folks like to start.

Reading all the cool costume projects people are working on

welcome to my self-indulgent post where I will blab about The Creatures

You know who I am by now. I cannot resist the hoggie, those sweet little eyes, the upturned nose, the inquisitive nature. This is a plains hognose but every hognose out there is an A+ animal. And honestly don't get me started on colubrids, they are all so fuckin cute I want to kiss every one ;~;

Listen to me. You can't sleep on skinks. They're all so cute and varied, and have fun personalities. I can't possibly cover them all in one post but just. Look at them. Little dragon creatures!! Tell me what's not to adore. I dare you.

Sand boas are sweet little noodles and just adorable. This one's a rough-scaled sand boa, my personal fave. But you gotta look up the other species, they have the funniest little faces!! These creatures are just innocent sand dwellers and so deserve more love than they get!

Idc what the haters say, I love the boa faces even more than I love python faces. They look so cute, everything about them is just delightful. Did you know they have pelvic spurs that are essentially vestigial leggies? Adorable.

SPEAKING OF PYTHONS. Here are some babies! A ball and a berm! I mean, look into those eyes. Just innocence in there. Too precious for this world. I need to cuddle one on the couch with a blanket and watch a movie with them. Self-care done proper.

Do NOT get me going on geckos. ALL of them are precious beans and I wouldn't know where to start describing them all, but here is a leachie. I love all of the New Caledonian geckos to a heart-wrenching degree, but shoutout to the leachie for those giant peets and wrinkles. I have yet to hold one and I will stalk the next gecko vendor I see until I can touch one of these babes. Too fuckin cute, like a chilly, wrinkly, furless teddy bear.

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