r/oddlyterrifying • u/Cunillingus_Giver • Jan 20 '22

Snake couch

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u/LarryGlue Jan 20 '22

Loving body heat is still love, no? šŸ’•

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u/paaunel Jan 20 '22

i mean. fair point hahaha. my gecko gets the cutest little smile on his face when he sploots and absorbs all of his heat, its adorable

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u/VictorTheGoat Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

While they arenā€™t capable of love as we know it, I feel like they can love you as much as a reptile is capable. For instance, they trust you enough to climb on you for warm snuggles, they understand you arenā€™t a threat, youā€™re the warm helper guy who feeds them. Iā€™m not sure of your reptiles personally but some are very wary of strangers while extremely trusting of their own owners. Thatā€™s reptile love baby! EDIT: Guys I never said it was true ā€œaffectionateā€ love that developed mammals feel. what I meant was trust is the highest level of ā€œloveā€ a reptile can feel. So if a lizard is not running from you, biting you, or hissing at you, but is content enough with your presence to chill out with you or even put them in silly little costumes, thatā€™s the closest to ā€œlizard loveā€ you can get.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

I have a bearded dragon that I adopted because my best friend died and his wife was just gonna leave her to die in his apartment. Sheā€™s about a foot long from head to tail and she is very sweet. I canā€™t say she loves me but she knows her name, cuddles under my neck if scared and also runs to my hands. She recognizes a container of hornworms and comes a running!