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(Dendroaspis polylepis) black mamba

GOT SPOOK REAL BAD NOW IM UP HERE. YEAH THIS ALL GOOD NO PRObLEMS DIDNT EVEN GET A SCAERE 9.6/10 ya just said the contrary!!

Horned Viper/עכן חרטומים (Cerastes cerastes) by Aviad Bar

Holly Hill, South Carolina / December 2013 Baby banded water snake who confirmed so many temporary tattoos I had as a kid.

A seven-year old boy from Cambodia has a rather unusual best friend. Koun Samang has been spending time with his python, which now weighs 18 stone, since he was born.

"My boy and the snake have been living very happily since he was born seven years ago. They are the same age," said Samang’s father Koun Samol.

The snake is named Chomran, which means “lucky” in Khmer. Samang spends his days playing with Chomran, hugging the snake and trying to teach it tricks. The snake “eats ten kilos of duck and chicken in one week”, Koun Samol said. 

They are the same age and have hardly been separated in their whole lives. Most parents would be horrified to find their child curled up with such a creature but Samang’s father, from the Kandal province, is happy for his son to play with the six-metre-long reptile. Unlike most snakes in the area, Chomran does not eat rats or frogs, as its diet is similar to that of Samang. The whole Koun clan believe the snake has brought them good luck and they treat it like a member of the family. [ x ]

This is beautiful, look how happy the snake, and kid are!

HOW ANGRY DO YOU HAVE TO BE, THOUGH

I would do the same thing.

tree frog and tree python are totes besties. photos by fahmi bhs (previously featured) in jakarta (more precious lil buddies)

This is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen

Franco Banfi

A swiss diver, captured these pictures of one of the six anacondas he saw on his 10 day trip to Mato Grosso in Brazil. This one was about 26-feet long.

"At the first moment it’s scary because you don’t know the animal and everybody says it’s dangerous. ‘But after a while you understand that nothing happens if you respect the snake. ‘I have never been so close to a snake like this before. But I think a small poisonous snake is more scary than a big one. At least you can see the anacondas clearly and know what they’re doing." - Franco Banfi