#egg eater

[herpsandbirds]

Common Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra), family Colubbridae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of the Middle East

Top photo: Eat a tasty egg.

photographs by Mond76 & Johan Marais

[cronotose]

girlboss and egg eater

[azulehaven-fr]

“Matter of perspective”

I went from “How can anyone eat unhatched eggs?” to “actually more than a few might consider it...” Inspired by @hypergryph​‘s Egg-eater lore. If you somehow have not heard of them yet PLEASE go give them a follow and look at their art and especially the pics of the lil’ freak himself, Matthias. It’s interesting and adds a whole level of ‘messed up’ which I’m a sucker for. Info below the cut

Rystoa is a lightning spiral who eats eggs but only lightning eggs. She has tried other types before but none of them give the ‘kick’ that her own elemental alignment ones do. -Is she aware what she’s doing is wrong? Yes, she is.

-Does she feel guilt? Somewhat at first but not anymore. She thinks that since they are not eggs from her own clan or even their neighbors then it’s fine.

-Who supplies her? Her boss, Hugo. He gets the eggs through Dark Market channels. He is aware of her habits and while even he is a bit put off by it, he doesn’t stop or discourage her. None of his business, really. -When did this start? She had heard rumors about ‘cannibals’ that feasted on unhatched eggs and gaining strength and power faster than possible for it. At first she was disgusted and skeptical but after being brought to the lair an inch from death she decided she never wanted to feel helpless like this again.

There’s a lot more i could type out but it’s best to not think about it too much. At the end of the day she’s aware of the kind of dragon she is. She just doesn’t care anymore.

[shockwave-the-dog]

What if....... egg eater Obsidian

This regal boi would totally eat eggs

[lovingexotics]

Rhombic Egg Eating Snake

Dasypeltis scabra

Source: Here

[teenytinydinosaurfarm]

PROBLEM / SOLUTION

I had a hen start laying eggs in a small space behind a pen which is bricked in on two sides and backs the pen wall. They were also 6 feet down, so pretty impossible to reach. The perfect spot if you want no one to get your eggs, and if the hen were broody and setting them, I’d be thrilled. However, not so much. I was worried about them rotting to be frank.

Yesterday, I came across the ground squirrel pictured sitting in the food dish, I snapped a pic and it ran behind this pen. I peered in and it had stopped at the eggs. I walked up the hill and looked down, it was having a feast! I came back later and only 5 or 6 eggs remain - and they might just be shells

[gabrielgadfly]

Dasypeltis scabra wraps her lips around a plover’s egg, jaw unhinged, toothless, swallowing another mother’s unhatched chick whole.

The egg slips down the slick channel of her throat, an apathetic anti-birth, a clench and a crack, she sucks out the yolk and spits away the empty shell, never stopping to wonder if she might wake one day to find someone has slunk into her nest and swallowed the eggs of her own belly when no one was looking.

[sasukechannel]