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Hauler

Been fallin so long it's like gravitys gone
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Love shots of the Milky Way

I've been working on my time lapse Milky Way shots.

Don't even ask because they suck.

I'm much better at Video Astronomy but that skill set
isnt great either... it just sucks less.

My goal for this summer is to post pics on AstroBin without getting laughed off the site
> Top picks - AstroBin
This is my next venture as well. Night sky photography. Haven't started yet, but the subject fascinates me.
 
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Indeed.
Was geocaching with my gf, who usually is quite eager to get em things. All of the sudden she wasn't anymore.
It was chilling next to a cache actually.



Let's give @conor mcgregor nut hugger a chance to figure it out
It'll help if you give me the region of Deutschland.

Without checking, it looks like a legless lizard. We have at least two species in Florida that aren't as gay looking.
 

Jdog93

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Grateful Dude @Grateful Dude Q @Qat Funny I had my own scare the other day...

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Was smack dab in the middle of my living room.

If you are from the southern US you can see it looks like a baby rattlesnake colors are similar but that lil fker is actually a Gopher Snake.

Rattlesnake
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Gopher Snake
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I caught the bastard in a metal bucket and chucked em. Harmless but still a Cunt.
 
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Let's give @conor mcgregor nut hugger a chance to figure it out
It looks more like a legless lizard than a snake based on body type but I can't find anything that matches that gay eyeliner it's wearing.

Slowworm (a species of legless lizard)
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Smooth snake (a non venomous colubrid snake)
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Legless lizards are distinct from snakes in that they have visible tympanum (ear holes) and generally can't dislocate their jaws to consume prey.
 

Hauler

Been fallin so long it's like gravitys gone
Feb 3, 2016
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Grateful Dude @Grateful Dude Q @Qat Funny I had my own scare the other day...

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Was smack dab in the middle of my living room.

If you are from the southern US you can see it looks like a baby rattlesnake colors are similar but that lil fker is actually a Gopher Snake.

Rattlesnake
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Gopher Snake
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I caught the bastard in a metal bucket and chucked em. Harmless but still a Cunt.
I'm guessing many gopher snakes get whacked and men spend the rest of their lives telling stories about how they almost died.
 

Qat

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It looks more like a legless lizard than a snake based on body type but I can't find anything that matches that gay eyeliner it's wearing.

Slowworm (a species of legless lizard)
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Smooth snake (a non venomous colubrid snake)
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Legless lizards are distinct from snakes in that they have visible tympanum (ear holes) and generally can't dislocate their jaws to consume prey.
It indeed is a legless lizard, we call it Blindschleiche (Anguis fragilis). Its looks are quite diverse, but the form gives it away pretty fast.
 
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It indeed is a legless lizard, we call it Blindschleiche (Anguis fragilis). Its looks are quite diverse, but the form gives it away pretty fast.
Left the scientific name out, sorry. You can see from my screenshots it's early. But yeah that's what I got:

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Qat

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Left the scientific name out, sorry. You can see from my screenshots it's early. But yeah that's what I got:

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I do have to contest the text a little tho regarding blindworm:

Blind is the same word in German and English, but I'm pretty sure it's not named blind for its eyes.

In fact the name for it origins from the old high German word plint, which kinda means shining, dazzling. So it's named Blindschleiche because its scales shine so brightly in the sunlight, it kinda blinds you.
I can hardly imagine the English word would have blind in it for another reason, since it's not blind itself to begin with.
 
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I do have to contest the text a little tho regarding blindworm:

Blind is the same word in German and English, but I'm pretty sure it's not named blind for its eyes.

In fact the name for it origins from the old high German word plint, which kinda means shining, dazzling. So it's named Blindschleiche because its scales shine so brightly in the sunlight, it kinda blinds you.
I can hardly imagine the English word would have blind in it for another reason, since it's not blind itself to begin with.
Makes more sense now. I was wondering why the fook yous called it blind when it clearly has eyes. "Deaf worm" would be more accurate.

That's probably what we'd go with first in English. We never give our animals dumb or confusing names...