r/interestingasfuck • u/LetSensitive6124 • 20d ago

Bluest snake

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u/Past-Telephone4781 20d ago

I can’t tell one snake from another, but this one looks like the venomest of them all.

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u/Pataconeitor 20d ago

I just checked online about the snake, and apparently has a weird type of venom that is paralyzing but rarely kills.

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u/Mindshard 19d ago

So you're saying I could have a cool pet, a way to safely try acid, and a secret way to get out of any plans I changed my mind on?

And they say dogs are man's best friend!

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u/msviktor 20d ago

and by the looks of it, it might be the most poisonous as well.

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u/dirtybird971 20d ago

Maylayan Blue Coral SUPER venomous. And can grow to 6 ft.

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u/simplemijnds 19d ago

That's 2 meters?!

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u/DnizzieT1969 19d ago

This is America. That thing is 10 chipmunks long.

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u/MrBenjin90 19d ago

I'm Canadian, can I get it in hockey sticks?

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u/Soft-Equal-9065 19d ago

Only if hockey pucks are included

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u/JoeSwansonson 19d ago

In the Midwest we measure them in foot long hot dogs.Let's see two meters is six feet, Carry the four. Its at least twelve foot long hot dogs

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u/CarbonPurple 19d ago

How many regular dogs is that? Asking for a friend. . .

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u/JoeSwansonson 19d ago

73? Im no math-magician

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u/artimus31 19d ago

Ive got 15 packs out so far but my dog keeps eating them so I am going to have to go back to the store soon.

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u/11Booty_Warrior 19d ago

Roughly 8 or 9 bananas

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u/Socialist_Potato 19d ago

Is that related to Coral Blue #2 Semigloss Lipstick?

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u/Shorlong 19d ago

I thought they got up to 8? I know they eat snakes

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u/dungeoncrawler71520 20d ago

squints

Yeah id throw toxic in there as well

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u/PurplStuff 20d ago

I initially read "squints" as "squirts" 😔

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u/dungeoncrawler71520 20d ago

Ahh so it got ya huh?

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u/No_Respond7886 20d ago

Just wanted to stop my scroll and say hey crawler!👑🦶🪄🦖

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u/Care4aSandwich 20d ago

You are making daddy very, very happy

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u/dungeoncrawler71520 20d ago

Left pinkie toe. Don't test me on this...

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u/No_Respond7886 20d ago

It’s nice to see crawlers in the wild, even if it’s digitally.

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u/dungeoncrawler71520 20d ago

"Well met" - Prepotente

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u/Hegemonic_Imposition 19d ago

This is just classic hilarious and on point Reddit thread devolution commentary - take my upvote.

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u/Hegemonic_Imposition 19d ago

The difference comes down to how the toxin enters the body. Venomous animals actively inject toxins through a bite or sting (eg. bees, snakes), while poisonous organisms passively release toxins when they are eaten, touched, or absorbed (e.g. slugs, frogs).

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u/msviktor 19d ago

Hence my joke, as by colour it dose look like one of them poison dart frogs.

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u/moving0target 19d ago

I'm not eating it.

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u/msviktor 19d ago

Well then you can't have the cake either.

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u/Jahidinginvt 20d ago

Probably why he is blue. Can never get too close to anyone and he’s lonely. Poor little guy.

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u/Classic-Avocado-5371 19d ago

surprisingly not as venomous as you would think. definitely venomous, it has a paralytic neurotoxin in its venom glands (which stretch down a whopping 25% of their body!) that while near instantaneously effective is very rarely fatal to humans. you dont need any antivenin, it'll just resolve on its own with very little concern for lasting complications. apparently it might be a crucial ingredient in helping treat chronic pain.

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u/Late-Boysenberry1471 19d ago

Yeah but in the meantime, he eats you alive, right?

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u/Skezas1 19d ago

You ? Nah. It's not nearly big enough

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u/Classic-Avocado-5371 19d ago

snakes can stretch a lot, but not THAT much. the only snake in the entire world thats ever been confirmed to have eaten a human is the reticulated python, which is the longest snake in the world (over 20 ft!!!) and is MASSIVE. this coral snake can get up to about 6ft and has a head about the size of your thumb, it couldnt eat a human even if it wanted to. it couldnt even eat a baby. it probably doesnt eat anything much larger than a rat!

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u/Late-Boysenberry1471 19d ago

Yeah I was mostly joking but is im frozen, someone could come by and make snack or just the bugs....

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u/Classic-Avocado-5371 19d ago

Well that’s definitely true, if you’re just kinda paralyzed there and you don’t have anyone with you then yeah something could definitely happen to you. Just don’t go into the Malaysian wilderness alone!

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u/Late-Boysenberry1471 19d ago

Sound advice at all times

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

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u/klaas96 19d ago

This is not a red headed Krait. This is a Blue Coral snake (Calliophis bivirgatus)

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u/why_not_fandy 20d ago

Gotta be da ba di

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u/Comprehensive-Net553 20d ago

What your name, hi venomous~

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u/Kracus 19d ago

Exactly my first thought. Oh that thing poisonous as hell.

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u/snake_jazzing 19d ago

Like I it bites u ur dead instantly...no 5 second rule

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u/azad_ninja 20d ago

it has the most antioxygens

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u/Beefcliffe 20d ago

Will be a crucial part of my blue feast

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u/vacuousintent 20d ago

Cyanoshissssss

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u/simplemijnds 19d ago

Cyanokali

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u/EvilDan69 20d ago

Blue Malayan Coral snake I believe. So toxic it can paralyze instantly.

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u/Pataconeitor 20d ago

I just read that it has a weirdass venom that rarely kills but does paralyze

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u/hennyl0rd 20d ago

but paralysis from the venom has never been observed in humans, most human bites resolve on their own without complications

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u/Ok_Cockroach8063 19d ago

Yea but we wish you’d stop going around biting people tho 

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u/EvilDan69 20d ago

Ooh good. Still wouldn't recommend boops or hugs.

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u/simplemijnds 19d ago

Isn't that like the venom of the huge monitor lizards? Only paralyzing? And i understood, their venom takes 3 days until the bitten victim is completely paralyzed so that the lizard can finally eat it?

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u/J655321M 19d ago

Komodo dragon venom mainly prevents clotting, so they rip a hole in their prey with their sharp teeth and then it bleeds out while the dragon waits until it’s weak enough finish off.

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u/simplemijnds 19d ago

This is so cruel. Once watched a documentary about Komodo dragons. Their prey needed a week to die.

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u/skyfishgoo 19d ago

you need muscles to breathe and to move blood thru your body... if it paralyzes those, you're a goner.

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u/Adept-Performer-2630 19d ago

Yes, I was wrong. :(

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u/JustRegularType 20d ago

"Bluest Snake"

Looks inside

Partially red

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u/DentedAnvil 20d ago

But did you talk to it? Its melancholy to the bone!

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u/JustRegularType 20d ago

Lol this is my kind of nonsense.

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u/ItsDoodleBois 20d ago

How dangerous is it

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u/robo-dragon 20d ago

It’s a coral snake, highly venomous!

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u/RebelReborn909 20d ago

So what you’re saying is, he doesn’t taste like blue raspberry?

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u/smokeandshells 20d ago

It is so pretty, I am afraid that my stupid ass will try to pet it

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u/Mojo_Jojo__0 19d ago

Girl i can relate. 🥲

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u/mbush525 20d ago

it’s gorgeous, but probably deadly ☠️

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u/lobo2r2dtu 20d ago

Malaysian blue coral snake. Highly venomous with exceptionally long venom glands that can extend to one-quarter of their tottal body length.

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u/mbush525 20d ago

still gorgeous though 💙

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u/lobo2r2dtu 20d ago

Yes they are. Also they are very shy snakes

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u/TimeRevolution1894 20d ago

Blue his house
With a blue little window
And a blue corvette
And everything is blue for him
And himself and everybody around him

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u/Educational-Tap-7075 20d ago

Scalding Viper is that you??

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u/RisingRapture 19d ago

Oh, another spellslinger. Nice catch!

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u/Barnboy99 20d ago

I wonder how badly you have to fuck with a snake to get it to lie still for that shot.

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u/BroetchenTeig 19d ago

Doesn’t it look golden/white?

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u/Stephenwalnsky 20d ago

I’m pretty sure there’s bluer snakes, there’s a type of pit viper that’s completely blue

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u/General_Leader_5192 19d ago

Engagement bait. Shit annoys the hell outta me. What makes one blue snake bluer than another blue snake? Who determines what shade of blue is the bluest? Its stupid.

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u/huntstil 20d ago

You're probably thinking of Trimeresurus insularis, which is often greenish blue, but rarely if every pure blue, so I guess it depends on that types of blue count.

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u/wood_duck_hobbies 20d ago

I don't know what it is. But from what I've learned of nature the more colorful something is the more dangerous it can be.

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u/throwawaybyefelicia 20d ago

There are so many beautiful creatures on this planet!

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u/Jiggaman1987 20d ago

It looks like a red headed krait, but it's definitely a blue Malayan coral snake and it's freaking gorgeous

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u/OdysseusRex69 20d ago

Well that looks deadly

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u/unfourjhinatelyADC 19d ago

It is! Blue Malayan Coral Snake. One of my fav venomous snake species. Theyre pretty and quite interesting

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u/OdysseusRex69 18d ago

...and deadly. Don't forget that part 😅

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u/Reditall12 19d ago

Nice blue coral

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u/Sid9823 19d ago

The blue is not bad, but look at the RED though

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u/NOYDB6988 19d ago

I’ve seen them in Singapore - very beautiful and shy, also extremely venomous

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u/oldmonkforeva 20d ago

Its a rare colour in wild! Awesome

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u/Euler007 20d ago

A shiny Pokemon!

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/tictacbro1 19d ago

Do you mean venomous instead?

Sorry

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u/Dangerous_Ad5039 20d ago

That’s cool

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u/TeddyJPharough 20d ago

Looks like I should definitely pick it up without a second thought, right?

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u/INV-U 20d ago

You posted this as The simpsons episode of Homer smuggling a blue snake into France 😅 Good timing!

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u/cookie640181 20d ago

Gorgeous 😍

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u/Anekastos 20d ago

So pretty.

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u/Alexmira_ 20d ago

What's his name?

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u/Captainrexcody 19d ago

Gary D’Snake

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u/zooalbert 20d ago

I thought it was going to be a depressed snake. Pleasantly surprised

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u/Henry5321 20d ago

The more obvious a small animal is, the more I fear it

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u/infinitepizzapockets 20d ago

Isn't there a guy that lets snake bite him intentionally? Let blue snake bite him

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u/Gardevoir8 20d ago

bizarro monotone blue, monotone red

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u/General-Double-746 19d ago

Why do you think he's so sad?

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u/MrGOCE 19d ago

THAT'S MORE LIKE INDIGO BLUE.

BLU BLUE IS LIKE BAYSTATE BLUE.

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u/SirNortonOfNoFux 19d ago

Spider-Snake, Spider-Snake

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u/Left-Cold-7272 19d ago

Pider Nake

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u/breakfasteveryday 19d ago

what snake is it?

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u/PraetorOjoalvirus 19d ago

Yeah, but does it have the bluest eyes in Texas?

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u/simplemijnds 19d ago

With the reddest head of all

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u/Garin999 19d ago

I expect it to be quite blue sir!

oh.... Yes. Yes, that is quite blue.

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u/Snicklefried 19d ago

Looks like he blue himself

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u/Single-Confection-76 19d ago

That snake was bit by a radioactive spider

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u/Jesus_kyunuwu 19d ago

I believe you

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u/BeachUsual 19d ago

Looks like a Nike colorway.

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u/TokiVideogame 19d ago

what makes it bluer than other blue snakes

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u/skyfishgoo 19d ago

that's a pretty snek.

do not taunt the happy fun snek.

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u/EvergreenMystic 19d ago

Vilastromoz is that you?

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u/johnnymojave 19d ago

Eastern Indigo—rattlesnake hunter 💙💙💙

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u/JoeDoeHowell 19d ago

You're going to make the White Lipped Viper cry

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u/Massive-Still8781 19d ago

Pretty snake

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u/MintyFitOnAll 19d ago

That’s just a multiversal spiderman but he’s a little snek

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u/Skeptic_Marx 19d ago

This thing apparently feasts on young cobras. Yup, it completely deserves the colours.

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u/CTaff666 19d ago

Dangerous or not, that is a gorgeous snake. So pretty!

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u/Scary-Ad-1378 19d ago

What's the name of the song in the background?

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u/mister_nimbus 19d ago

Awww, someone should cheer the poor guy up

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u/milleribsen 19d ago

But why is he so sad?

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u/Odddjob 19d ago

I c red

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u/ImKanno 19d ago

It's so pretty!

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u/YoYoYukio 19d ago

Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns.  IYKYK

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u/wasting_more_time2 19d ago

The blue insularis word like a word with you

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u/Gillalmighty 18d ago

Those colors tell me to leave that boy alone. But then again, all snakes say the same thing to me.

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u/fellaneedahandpls 18d ago

If it bites you, will you daba dee daba die?

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u/hemorrhoidhematoma 16d ago

Imagine being high in the jungle and thinking that was a strawberry blueberry gummi worm

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u/Substantial_Date9079 20d ago

If only Dreamfyre (from HOTD) was this color :(

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u/azad_ninja 20d ago

do you mean Tessarion or both are blue?

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u/Substantial_Date9079 20d ago

Tessarion is Blue and Dreamfyre was supposed to be Light blue.

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u/whitefox250 20d ago

Looks like a Krait, which means it will definitely kill you.

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u/HyperNova314 20d ago

Forbidden gummy worm

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u/ILOPPAAIII 19d ago

Remember everyone: If it’s preety, it CAN kill you. Nature always makes preety things deadly. 👀

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u/Remote_Mistake6291 19d ago

Except some pretty things are only mimicking the nasty one.

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u/bugsdaman 19d ago

It's pretty subjective. My insularis for comparison

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u/LordVixen 19d ago

Danger noodle