Lantana Land

22 / Agender / TR THEY/THEM Blorg. Blerg. Bloorp. Bye.

[spaceboytoy]

Hello bisexual community

[spaceboytoy]

Begin killing

[tartrazeen]

[gigizetz]

How about Noelle x Susie?

[randomanimaloftheday]

Day 285#: Blunt-Headed Tree Snake

Today's animal of the day is the Blunt-Headed Tree Snake (Imantodes cenchoa)!

Photo credit: Geoff Gallice

Also known as the fiddle-string snake, this species of arboreal snake can be found in the tropical rainforests of Mexico as well as both Central and South America. They can reach a maximum size of 4 ft 11 in long and are known for their long, slender bodies with comically large heads. Their eyes are also incredibly large compared to the rest of their bodies, and take up nearly 26% of their total head space. While this might look really goofy, it actually helps improve their vision significantly compared to other species of snakes, which are known for having very poor eyesight. Most other snakes rely mostly on their sense of smell as well as vibrations to detect predators and prey, but since the blunt-headed tree snake needs to be able to clearly see the branches of the trees it's climbing, they need to have better vision than the average snake. The slitted shape of its pupil even allows it to look down without moving its entire head, which most snakes are unable to do.

Photo credit: Max Hofmann

Blund-headed tree snakes are active mostly at night, which is another reason they need good eyesight, and will forage through the vegetation in search of prey. Their diet consists mostly of lizards, but they'll also often go after frogs and have been known to eat eggs when the opportunity presents itself. Females tend to be larger than males, meaning that they can take on larger prey. Size isn't the only difference between the sexes. In fact, the populations in the north and south actually seem to exhibit two very different types of sexual dimorphism. Northern males tend to have longer tails than southern males and both types of females, while southern females tend to have much larger heads.

Photo credit: Laurent Hesemans

These snakes are members of the Colubrid family, which also includes hognoses, garters, kingsnakes, and many other species of snakes. Like many of its cousins, the blunt-headed tree snake is technically venomous, but they are rear-fanged venomous instead of front-fanged. This is a useful adaptation when a good portion of your diet consists of frogs and toads, but it isn't really well-suited for injecting venom into humans, since it would require letting the snake chew on you for a good while before it could envenomate you. Luckily, even if you did let one chew on you, their venom is pretty mild, and they're not considered dangerous to humans.

[omegaversereloaded]

I get it though. Every time i watch a 90s movie where broke 20 somethings are just hanging out and partying in the city nonstop wearing cute clothes i have to remind myself that it's fake . It's fake.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

is there anything better than starting a book and it's Good. when you just have to accept that this shit is embarrassingly accurately your jam.

[theweight]

can i say i dont give a fuck if anyone is 'performative reading' bc like at least they are reading at all. people are reading less and less so idrc if someone is reading to cultivate a certain image or whatever the fuck performative reading means

[quinns-art-box]

susie and ralsei on the new guitar collections cover are so cute i love when they're on the exact same wavelength

+ vest tenna doodle since i saw we were all doing that LOL and queen :]

[the-home-of-innovation]

Happy birthday to the one and only!

[the-trans-advice-blog]

Please please please think of trans people of color when you’re going to make a generalized statement. When you’re making posts about passing tips, medical treatments for transitioning, even light hearted stereotypes include people of color in your sentiments.

As a black trans person it is so fucking isolating to see stuff I’m supposed to relate to only to find that they weren’t talking about me or people like me.

[longseasons]

[gwydionmisha]

Bonus: If I buy a book I get to keep it! The publisher can't turn up at my house at random and confiscate all the books I bought.

[cool-deltarune-fun-facts]

Tennas gay or whatever

Deltarune Fun Fact:

Tennas gay or whatever

[tamamita]

Looks like things are going well

[tamamita]

Nope, it's actually real

"You're fucking crazy": Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon

"You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass."

[victusinveritas]

I love the idea of a roomba topography map being the jumping on point for a liminal horror story. House of Leaves II: Roomba.

[dumnslut]

[paper-mario-wiki]

do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

thank you, Marsha. we remember you.

[jenny-holzer]

[mewsmeme]

big catch