Ever seen a snake with legs? *Update-New Pics! Pg.2*

TickleMyElmo · 06-02-2010, 05:55 AM

Well ok, hes not really a snake, he's a "Blue Tongued Skink" Very peaceful animals, he looks MUCH meaner than he is

Really though I just got a new DSLR camera so I want to show some pictures that I took that I thought came out pretty well

And without further ado, the blue tongue :P

Tastes like log...

Caught him in a yawn

SearunSimpson · 06-02-2010, 07:14 AM

Hahaha, as soon as I saw this thread title, in my mind I was like "Yeah, I have- its called a lizard..." and I was thinking I was so whitty, then I saw the pics and started to laugh.
These have always been one of my favourite animals, super random with the blue tongue, ha.

JamesHockey · 02-01-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SearunSimpson

Hahaha, as soon as I saw this thread title, in my mind I was like "Yeah, I have- its called a lizard..." and I was thinking I was so whitty, then I saw the pics and started to laugh.
These have always been one of my favourite animals, super random with the blue tongue, ha.

this is exactly what i thought

Captivate05 · 02-01-2011, 08:46 PM

Beautiful! I love snakes and reptiles and all those wonderful things that girls are supposed to hate.

I tried to find the picture I took of my Redtail boa (Hollywood) when I guess she didn't want a photo taken. She snapped at the camera just as I took the picture, and I got a good shot of the inside of her mouth. I think it's on my dead laptop though

Hollywood has such an aggressive attitude, no idea where it came from, and sometimes she'll act without warning. Other times she'll "hiss" (I'd call it growl, certainly doesn't sound much like a hiss to me),coil, or act tense. Over all, she only liked my fiance before she moved in with my friend, who is one of the only people I know who knows how to care for a large, aggressive snake. Or would want to, for that matter.

StaleyDaBear · 06-02-2010, 12:04 PM

beautiful animal. He looks tired in the beginning, and then progressively angered that youre taking pictures of him. Is it a female?

TickleMyElmo · 06-02-2010, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by StaleyDaBear

beautiful animal. He looks tired in the beginning, and then progressively angered that youre taking pictures of him. Is it a female?

Ya know I call it a he but I'm 90% sure its actually a girl

When she was on the floor and I was taking pics everytime the autofocus light came on it would shine on her face and she would stop and look at me like she was gonna kill me. Then she finally had enough and came over to "investigate" the camera. Flicked her tongue like crazy at the lens and stared at it for a while. She was probably confused as hell

**Da Plant Man** · 02-01-2011, 03:26 AM

Updates!

Danh Vu · 02-01-2011, 04:00 AM

I love her eyes man! Wish I had one!

TickleMyElmo · 02-01-2011, 04:00 AM

Heh, really not much to update. He was already at max size (2 ft.) so he has'nt grown much, if at all, but maybe I'll take some actual quality pics tomorrow. The problem is that he's not very patient, and he's always on the move, so I have to constantly slide across the floor with him trying to get pics, which gets tiring real quick lol, not to mention its hard to get any cool angles when he himself is about half a centimeter off the ground at all times, and thats being generous lol.

And I can't pose him on a table or anything, because they don't have very good depth perception at all....so he'll go to the end of the table, stare over the edge for 30 seconds, and see's it as "Wow! My eyesight and perceptual sense is telling me this table is only an inch or two off the ground! Just a short step and a whahhhhhh! *crash*

And yes, hes tried to step off "short" tables quite a few times. I had to catch him mid-air once

I even tried to teach him the dangers of tables and inaccurate depth perception, but he's dense....I'd let him stare over the edge....think he was about to make the right choice and step back, but nope, he'd go to step off and then I'd have to stop him from becoming the rare species of flying skink....

Danh Vu · 02-01-2011, 04:03 AM

Wait... so is she a he or a she? Yours posts are confusing...

TickleMyElmo · 02-01-2011, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Danh Vu

Wait... so is she a he or a she? Yours posts are confusing...

Lol, see post #4...Pretty sure its actually a girl, but I call it a he, lol....

No real way to tell without probing, which can be dangerous to the animals health, so of course I won't do it....The only other way to tell is mating behavior...when he/she was at the store I got him from, he/she was lightly "bitten" on the head, which is what usually happens to the female when mating, so thats my reasoning behind why I think its a girl, but I don't really know, so I call it a he, because I can and I want to,...lol.

VaultBoy · 02-01-2011, 08:49 AM

its funny to see these kept as a pet... i spent my childhood catching them, and i have had them live in the backyard of every house i have ever lived in... they are a beautiful lizard but have you ever been bitten? in the wild they are incredibly aggressive and at 2 foot long it would take a small childs finger off

just a warning

Do you have the shingle back skink over there? they are closely related, they have the same blue tongue, but i think they are a cooler lizard and a little less common in the wild here

http://australianmuseum.net.au/image...te-background/

TickleMyElmo · 02-01-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by VaultBoy

its funny to see these kept as a pet... i spent my childhood catching them, and i have had them live in the backyard of every house i have ever lived in... they are a beautiful lizard but have you ever been bitten? in the wild they are incredibly aggressive and at 2 foot long it would take a small childs finger off

just a warning

Do you have the shingle back skink over there? they are closely related, they have the same blue tongue, but i think they are a cooler lizard and a little less common in the wild here

http://australianmuseum.net.au/image...te-background/

Yeah, thats gotta be funny seeing them kept as pets when theyre native to your area haha....and nope, never been bitten. He's very tame and docile. If you annoy him he just goes to sleep. I've tried tapping my finger near his mouth and poking him in his head to see how he would be with kids, etc, and all he does is closes his eyes and goes to sleep....he doesnt even bother walking away lol...They do have a strong jaw though, I've heard they can crack walnuts with it lol....

Some people do have shinglebacks, but they aren't sold in most stores....most people get them specifically by request from a breeder

**Elliot** · 02-01-2011, 07:57 PM

She or he sure is beautiful.

decoman · 02-01-2011, 09:09 PM

i like his tounge

06-02-2010, 05:55 AM	#1
TickleMyElmo Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 803	Ever seen a snake with legs? Update-New Pics! Pg.2 Well ok, hes not really a snake, he's a "Blue Tongued Skink" Very peaceful animals, he looks MUCH meaner than he is Really though I just got a new DSLR camera so I want to show some pictures that I took that I thought came out pretty well And without further ado, the blue tongue :P Tastes like log... Caught him in a yawn Last edited by TickleMyElmo; 02-06-2011 at 03:56 AM..

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SearunSimpson Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tsawwassen, BC, Canada Posts: 1,419	Hahaha, as soon as I saw this thread title, in my mind I was like "Yeah, I have- its called a lizard..." and I was thinking I was so whitty, then I saw the pics and started to laugh. These have always been one of my favourite animals, super random with the blue tongue, ha. __________________ "You think you have tomorrow, but when tomorrow comes it's not tomorrow; it's now- and that's all you have" - Marc Johnson Ehei-Pimpfen 276 yo!

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TickleMyElmo Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 803	Heh, really not much to update. He was already at max size (2 ft.) so he has'nt grown much, if at all, but maybe I'll take some actual quality pics tomorrow. The problem is that he's not very patient, and he's always on the move, so I have to constantly slide across the floor with him trying to get pics, which gets tiring real quick lol, not to mention its hard to get any cool angles when he himself is about half a centimeter off the ground at all times, and thats being generous lol. And I can't pose him on a table or anything, because they don't have very good depth perception at all....so he'll go to the end of the table, stare over the edge for 30 seconds, and see's it as "Wow! My eyesight and perceptual sense is telling me this table is only an inch or two off the ground! Just a short step and a whahhhhhh! crash And yes, hes tried to step off "short" tables quite a few times. I had to catch him mid-air once I even tried to teach him the dangers of tables and inaccurate depth perception, but he's dense....I'd let him stare over the edge....think he was about to make the right choice and step back, but nope, he'd go to step off and then I'd have to stop him from becoming the rare species of flying skink.... __________________ Cool Pics, Bro ~ ADA 60P Riparium ~ Nikon Pimp #001

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Captivate05 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (16/100%) Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,447	Beautiful! I love snakes and reptiles and all those wonderful things that girls are supposed to hate. I tried to find the picture I took of my Redtail boa (Hollywood) when I guess she didn't want a photo taken. She snapped at the camera just as I took the picture, and I got a good shot of the inside of her mouth. I think it's on my dead laptop though Hollywood has such an aggressive attitude, no idea where it came from, and sometimes she'll act without warning. Other times she'll "hiss" (I'd call it growl, certainly doesn't sound much like a hiss to me),coil, or act tense. Over all, she only liked my fiance before she moved in with my friend, who is one of the only people I know who knows how to care for a large, aggressive snake. Or would want to, for that matter. __________________ The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Rita Mae Brown twenty-nine gallon

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