Mar 13th, 2017: Flame Tailed Slider

xoxoxoBruce · 03-12-2017, 09:33 PM

I haven't been able to find much on the Flame Tailed Slider except it hangs out in Western Australia.
But I can tell from the picture it's a snake with legs... let that sink in, Snake With Legs.

I guess it's in the Skink family. I know, not in my backyard.

Happy Birthday to the one I love.

monster · 03-12-2017, 10:16 PM

It's beautiful. I feel yet another near-impossible ceramic sculpture project coming on.....

Pico and ME · 03-12-2017, 10:50 PM

Yes, those colors are amazing.

Carruthers · 03-13-2017, 08:02 AM

Equally puzzling is the Slow Worm. It isn't a worm or a snake, it's a legless lizard.
Like many other lizards, they have the ability to shed their tails to escape predators.
While the tail regrows, it does not reach its original length.
They are quite common in the UK, but I've only spotted them on rare occasions.

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Anguis fragilis

Snakeadelic · 03-13-2017, 09:06 AM

Hey, at least nothing in the skink family, flame-tail included, is venomous. Or poisonous. So there's something in Australia that won't try to kill you...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2017, 09:29 AM

Not that it doesn't want to kill you, it just can't.

Diaphone Jim · 03-13-2017, 11:25 AM

My first thought was "Did the red one eat the green one or vice versa?"

Gravdigr · 03-13-2017, 03:31 PM

Flame Tailed Slider...I once knew a chick like that.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2017, 10:11 PM

Do you have a photo of her?

03-12-2017, 09:33 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mar 13th, 2017: Flame Tailed Slider I haven't been able to find much on the Flame Tailed Slider except it hangs out in Western Australia. But I can tell from the picture it's a snake with legs... let that sink in, Snake With Legs. I guess it's in the Skink family. I know, not in my backyard. Happy Birthday to the one I love. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-12-2017, 10:16 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It's beautiful. I feel yet another near-impossible ceramic sculpture project coming on..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-12-2017, 10:50 PM	#3
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Yes, those colors are amazing. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

03-13-2017, 08:02 AM	#4
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Equally puzzling is the Slow Worm. It isn't a worm or a snake, it's a legless lizard. Like many other lizards, they have the ability to shed their tails to escape predators. While the tail regrows, it does not reach its original length. They are quite common in the UK, but I've only spotted them on rare occasions. Anguis fragilis __________________

03-13-2017, 09:29 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not that it doesn't want to kill you, it just can't. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-13-2017, 09:06 AM	#5
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Hey, at least nothing in the skink family, flame-tail included, is venomous. Or poisonous. So there's something in Australia that won't try to kill you...

03-13-2017, 11:25 AM	#7
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	My first thought was "Did the red one eat the green one or vice versa?"

03-13-2017, 03:31 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Flame Tailed Slider...I once knew a chick like that. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-13-2017, 10:11 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Do you have a photo of her? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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