fuck i can’t believe i wasted my entire life being moved by art and beauty and the indomitable human spirit ugh i should’ve been making money through internet scams
Being knocked out for more than 5 minutes means very serious brain damage but humans not having a turn-off button would do immense damage to our collective storytelling. So many films and books and videogames just wouldn’t happen if writers stopped bonking their characters on the head. Insane.
Today I saw a gif of a gaboon viper "crawling" (moving its muscles like a walking caterpillar rather than slithering), I was wondering if you could explain why/how they do that? Is that the only way they move around or just something they do occasionally? (Your blog is super cool btw!!)
This is called rectilinear locomotion, and it’s one of the main ways a snake can move! Gaboon vipers use rectilinear locomotion frequently because it’s slow but a great way for heavy-bodied snakes to move. It doesn’t involve any bending so it’s also great for snakes who have recently eaten.
Rectilinear locomotion works by using the special muscles snakes have attached to their ribs. One muscle pulls a section of the body forward, and another pushes it back so they’re propelled forward. This repeats in sections throughout their bodies, so you get that “crawling” effect.
All snakes are capable of rectilinear locomotion, and Gaboon vipers can move like any other snake, but rectilinear locomotion is their favorite way to get around! It’s like how sidewinders prefer sidewinding even though they can use other styles of locomotion.
Today I saw a gif of a gaboon viper "crawling" (moving its muscles like a walking caterpillar rather than slithering), I was wondering if you could explain why/how they do that? Is that the only way they move around or just something they do occasionally? (Your blog is super cool btw!!)
This is called rectilinear locomotion, and it’s one of the main ways a snake can move! Gaboon vipers use rectilinear locomotion frequently because it’s slow but a great way for heavy-bodied snakes to move. It doesn’t involve any bending so it’s also great for snakes who have recently eaten.
Rectilinear locomotion works by using the special muscles snakes have attached to their ribs. One muscle pulls a section of the body forward, and another pushes it back so they’re propelled forward. This repeats in sections throughout their bodies, so you get that “crawling” effect.
All snakes are capable of rectilinear locomotion, and Gaboon vipers can move like any other snake, but rectilinear locomotion is their favorite way to get around! It’s like how sidewinders prefer sidewinding even though they can use other styles of locomotion.
you ever have “cry and scream yourself awake” level nightmares that are immediately the stupidest premises imaginable the moment you actually wake up
The last time I wailed “help, please, help me, heeelp” loud enough to have the whole house come running, it was because I was having a nightmare that I was in my laundry room, and out of the corner of my eye I witnessed a Snoopy stuffed animal slowly rise up on two legs, as if being manipulated by a ghost or perhaps made animate by a possessing spirit, and slowly start to dance the Macarena.
Byrne was purposely stiff and twitchy onstage. “When the band started, I was not going to try and use the movement vocabulary from rock stars or R&B stars,” he said. “I thought, ‘I can’t do that. They’re better at it. They’ve established it. I have to come up with my own thing that expresses who I am: a slightly angsty white guy.’”
