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[–] CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago

The skin is baggy and loose[3] giving the impression that it is too big for the animal.

lol yup

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I learned that you can buy snake skin products made from this lil guy! Neat.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I feel like the down votes are saying "you shouldn't learn such things" as if knowing things was bad

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

It is also fully aquatic and the snake cannot support its body weight out of water so the snakes pictured are probably suffering.

-Dr. killjoy

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

I think it's more for how enthusiastic they sound about it...

[–] Cooper8@feddit.online 1 points 1 week ago

the downvotes are for "neat"