Horizon Herps

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Welcome to Horizon Herps

Home of the most beautiful and fascinating creatures in the Forbidden West!

This blog is dedicated to sharing my beloved pet amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates and their adorable antics. As evidenced by the name, all of my pets are named after characters from the Horizon video game series. My first pair of frogs, Aloy and Kotallo (pictured below), began my herp-keeping journey. Since then my exothermic family has grown to include frogs, snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, a turtle, and more.

Aside from Tumblr, you can also find us on: * Weebly (horizonherps.weebly.com) * Facebook (Horizon Herps) * Instagram (@horizonherp) * YouTube (Horizon Herps) * BlueSky (Horizon Herps)

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or suggestions, or just want to say hi to a froggo or two. Happy herping!

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8/24/25 - "You comfy there, Erend?"

"Yeth. 😊"

[snake-spotted]

snake spotted!!

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Thank you @stargirl1331 and everyone who got me to 10 reblogs!

[luke-shywalker]

hey it’s ok if you lost your ai virginity back when you were uneducated. a lot of posts go like “reblog if you have never ever used generative ai and never ever will!!!” but it’s ok if you have used gen ai before and it’s even ok if you used to think it was cool, back before you understood what it really was and how it worked, either because no one had taught you about it and you discovered it on your own or because the only education you had received about it was from the tech bros. you’re not a burger with a bite out of it for having used ai. ok

[dnealians-nemesis]

It is 100 percent okay to stop using it today and join the "boo AI" club.

This isn't a purity thing. This is a "everyone stand with us against destroying the environment and giving asthma to poor people" thing.

Did you know that when one community says no to an AI data center, they specifically search out communities with fewer resources? Communities that can't defend themselves? And the pollution 100 percent affects their health and wellbeing, in addition to burning through our already scarce drinking water.

You can stop using character.ai today. You can say "I listened to the facts and stopped." And another thing: don't you think it's a bit more impactful to have used it, stopped, and then you're in a position to say how little it helped? How doing things for yourself improved your life?

[yeahwrite]

also posts in the spirit of "if you've used AI even ONCE your soul is tainted!!!!" can't be great to those with OCD

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8/28/25 - I love the shape of Pacman frogs. Regalla looks like a meteor that crash-landed in her tank. ☄️

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8/28/25 - There are two chubby frogs in this photo. Can you spot them both?

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8/27/25 - "The Last Bug: A Tragedy in Two Acts, Starring Jetakka and Drakka."

(These boys are a touch dramatic sometimes.)

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8/26/25 - 'Twas only a matter of time. Ow. 😆

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8/26/25 - Dinner time for the chubbos. Kotallo has mastered the art of the tongs. Aloy... does her best.

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8/26/25 - Kotallo defending his thicc queen after I DARED to check their chubby butts for skin issues.

"Don't you EVER look at my Commander like that again. 😡"

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8/25/25 - You ever have one of those days where something completely normal about your pet freaks you out?

I happened to glance at Kotallo's back end (which I don't often see because he's usually begging for food) and immediately panicked and thought his pale pigmented spots were fungus because I couldn't remember if I'd seen them before or not.

Subjected him to having his froggy cheeks photographed, only to do the same thing to Aloy and then compare them to species stock photos and... yeah. Normal. 🤦‍♀️

I need to go to bed.

(Kotallo on left, Aloy on right. Chunkers.)

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8/24/25 - When the nap so good you wake up not knowing what year it is.

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8/24/25 - Aloy waking up and realizing it's Monday again.

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8/24/25 - "You comfy there, Erend?"

"Yeth. 😊"

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8/21/25 - I was visited tonight by this little spotted friend. It's a Mediterranean house gecko, which is technically invasive in Oklahoma but doesn't outcompete native species so isn't a big concern.

After checking with a biologist friend to make sure it was okay, little dudelet was released safely back outside. (Not today, Gecko Distribution System. Someday, but not today.)

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8/21/25 - Vanasha has been doing some serious construction in her enclosure. I don't move the substrate at all, only fill her water bowl and add/remove feeder bugs, so the dirt mountain is all her handiwork. (Leggiwork?)

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8/21/25 - Mmm... Sketti.

My two Pacman frogs, Hekarro and Regalla, demonstrate their vastly different styles of eating their favorite meal. (Galla tends to eat as fast and aggressively as possible, while Karro prefers to savor the flavor a little.)

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8/19/25 - It's a little smaller than the throne room at the Grove, but he likes it anyway.