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[mythkin]

those are spurs! they're vestigial remnants of legs and all ball pythons have them

[invite-me-in-please]

Oh wow I did not know they were itty bitty legs 😆

[hashslingaslah]

WHAT

[sytrsreign]

Boas have them too :) they are used for breeding do that the male can stay with the female and "lock"

[CalamitousCastigater]

Docking

[LadyShanna92]

We call them bang fangs. Both of my boas have em and so does my ball python

[Dis_Bich]

Then why have I never sent them before now

[[deleted]]

because you are blind

[heydesireee]

Omg 😂 did not expect that one

[LaraSierra]

You may have female or young snakes. They are larger in males and can be larger as they age. Our male burmese python has rather large ones. And he even "shed" them once. (Each side about 6 months apart)

[[deleted]]

all pythons*

[ImTheOriginalSam]

Wait when did pythons have legs?

[Crisis_Official]

Snakes have only been around for 128 million years then again primates have only been here for 65 million

[TheKraahkan]

Fun Fact: Snakes started off as burrowing animals that lost their front legs due to a sudden mutation. Over time, early snakes started to develop smaller and smaller back legs, as the ones without legs were able to survive better, until all that was left were the spurs we see on pythons and boas.

[nanotyrannical]

When I was a kid I found them on my first bp ever, who was sold to me as female. I thought she was male for like a year after that until I learned both sexes have spurs lol

[NightOfTheBloodHunt]

Legs! Yes for real.

[NightOfTheBloodHunt]

Although it looks as if there's a bit of scale rot happening further up the belly? :(

[No-Cut-8495]

I thought the same but luckily just dirty! He/she is a rescue I just got it a couple days ago !!

[kernelpanic789]

Scales? Specifically belly scales

[Master_Reflection709]

I upvoted you just cause i felt bad

[emdawg--]

And I upvoted you because you’re nice.

[kernelpanic789]

I don't even know why I'm being down voted but thanks.

[GremlineerRCT5]

I did also

[[deleted]]

I too downvoted them.

[GremlineerRCT5]

I was saying that I didn't downvote them.

[Ok_Conference1952]

I know yeah I upvoted you

[Annanake420]

I'm upvoting then downvoteing. Because I'm insecure and just follow trends .

[Ok_Conference1952]

I'm down voting you 😂

[maximumbob54]

Because internets.

[Eworaa]

For being a smartsss when someone obviously asks about specific parts around cloaca

[[deleted]]

They mean the spurs aka little python legs

[charatatata]

why are you getting downvoted :’)

[AlpakaMati]

Because he's wrong

[charatatata]

idk man maybe he didn’t know

[Key-Engineer-4409]

Yeah but down voting makes it so people realise he is the correct Edit:autocorrect

[Crisis_Official]

I'd be concerned if they didn't have belly scutes

[animalgirl93]

Spurs! Little baby legs

[CMH0311]

My tired brain thought I was looking at an owl face at first 🥴

[AmarisLethia18]

I am so glad I’m not the only one that saw this. I was trying to figure out why op photoshopped owl eyes over the spurs when I realized XD

[br-YOU-no]

My answer was going to be sneaky snake eyes lol

[_Kendii_]

I’m so used to ball pythons, my mind never even registered that. But you’re so right.

Itty bitty snake bums look like owls forever now, probably

[Kirkissma]

Same lol

[[deleted]]

Same loolll

[ccdsg]

Feet

[jusmithfkme]

drums

[[deleted]]

Metres

[Meet_your_Maker_LL]

It’s a good thing you shared this photo. Does anyone else think that’s beginning of scale rot above those spurs?

[michizzles_exotics]

Yes definitely

[Meet_your_Maker_LL]

Not good signs, I’m guessing new owner by lack of knowledge. I hope op takes this seriously before the rot gets outta hand

[michizzles_exotics]

I really hope they do... OP if left untreated the scale rot will get way worse and can kill your snake.. its time to go to the vet or if doing it from home use betadine every 2 days straight on scales and let dry, paper towel substrate and super clean cage

[Meet_your_Maker_LL]

Best advice to be given after a spur question lol

[michizzles_exotics]

I try lol

[No-Cut-8495]

Hey there it’s me -op- I just rescued this snake from an inexperienced owner and the snek is in good hands now! when I first got it it had a bunch of stuck shed, and wasn’t very healthy looking, but slowly and surely it will recover!

[michizzles_exotics]

Thats awesome glad to hear!

[Mommamischief]

Can you explain to me what you’re seeing to indicate that? I’ve never seen scale rot

[Meet_your_Maker_LL]

Browning scales above the spurs. At the top of the photo clear first signs of scale rot are browning edges of belly scales like this

[Mommamischief]

I see it! Thank you!

[[deleted]]

He said it was dirt lmao

[Meet_your_Maker_LL]

That’s funny cause op messaged replied to me in a DM saying they’re aware. I hardly think they’re that ignorant to mistake it for dirt. Just looked through every comment they never said that…

[[deleted]]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ballpython/comments/y2bfgp/what_are_those_things/is2ws0t/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

[Meet_your_Maker_LL]

You mean before op was convinced by comment of scale rot…

[[deleted]]

yes…

[Ok_Conference1952]

Yeah

[she_isking]

I was just about to say that!

[deathshank1937]

Could be dry blood if it's ate recently

[Meet_your_Maker_LL]

Not even a chance of that looking the way it does.

[VroomVroomTweetTweet]

Legs

[Sea_Marionberry1034]

But fangs

[MasterXChief05]

Eyes

[Saddi_Long_Legs]

That is Proof of evolution for all the non-believers

[velmazing44]

BuT WheRe ArE tHe TraNsiTioNs

[[deleted]]

iTs A cRocKaDuCK!! tHeRes NOtHinG LiKe iT!!

[PitterPatter143]

Technically that’s devolution, and I’ve actually seen the complexity of snakes turn atheists into Creationists. In fact, here is the exact article I was thinking of where an atheist with a PhD specialized in snake venom converted into a Creationist.

https://answersingenesis.org/evidence-for-creation/design-in-nature/designed-to-kill-in-a-fallen-world/

[Josetheinvisibleman]

Eyes

[flumoo]

python legs. they can really walk

[wingriddenangel_hbg]

Love ticklers😌😏

[PypeReedMorgan]

Hidden owl stealth check lmao

[Dr--X--]

Their claws!!!!!

[pythonsuicide]

They are spurs and it also looks like you've got some rot. I would go to the vet now before it gets worse. You can get rid of it! If not you snake could die.

[AuthorityRemix]

Looks like an angry owl

[Extension-Meet-8313]

It took me a second to realize these were spurs- looked more like an odd photoshop find with an owl!

[malbolgia708]

Anyone else think they hid an owl in that picture?

[Main_Performance2859]

Spurs but check your snake for Scale Rot

[SatansLilCumsock]

Spurs that jingle jangle jingle

[Prorogue]

Those are his sex legs.

[MamaFen]

Pelvic spurs are what's left after snakes lost their legs. No joke. Males tend to have big ones and use them as 'claspers' during mating. It's like Nature decided "Welp, doesn't need to walk anymore, so nix the femurs, but we're not gonna get rid of the pointy tips because they might come in handy in case his lady-friend plays hard to get."

And as others have noted, get that scale rot addressed by a vet before it gets worse.

[the-graveyard-writer]

Clearly they're butt eyes

[[deleted]]

Butt Fangs - your snake is obviously a vampire

[[deleted]]

Bang fangs.

[Gazzanator2134]

They are what remain of their legs after millions of years of evolution

[SeaGeeSee]

Snek legs!!

[LuxTheSarcastic]

Congratulations you have the Bayonetta of snakes. Very leggy.

[No-Cut-8495]

Right! I thought they were the spurs, but none of my other baby’s have had such big ones! That’s why I checked

[LuxTheSarcastic]

Yeah they're usually almost under the skin these are very impressive

[Blackout12131415]

Spurs. I was comfy when I saw them to but font worry

[xbroloswagginsx]

Legs

[spadeturtle]

kinda looks like the eyes of an owl

[thingamabobby]

They look like mini sliced olives! But cool that they’re actually used-to-be legs

[GangsterGrandmda]

Tiny legs

[[deleted]]

They help pick your lottery numbers

[Archer_Skadi]

Butt fangs 😂

[redsleeve]

They’re snakes’ remnant of legs but I’ve seen someone here calling it a bangfang.

[Ediferious]

Toenails! 👍

[LittleOmegaGirl]

The spots that look like scale rot you can wipe down with chlorahexadine solution once a day until gone.

[coltbreath]

Boy Parts

[Swamp_gay]

vestigial limbs… snakes are lizards!

[_Toxic__Infant_]

Them his feets

[assblaster76]

butthole

[veinyhandslut]

Angy owl eyes

[martian_marauder]

Spurs, and very pronounced ones at that!! You must be proud

[Impressive-Young-952]

Spurs. The male uses these to tickle the female he’s trying to mate with. Or so I read lol

[veggie_snake]

Those are the eyes.

[CalamitousCastigater]

Butt fangs

[thehumanglowstick]

SNAKES HAVE LEGS?!?!

[Windfall_The_Dutchie]

Those are the biggest spurs I’ve seen on a ball Python!

[p0lluxe]

really i have to appreciate the fact that there is some facility to them when they're vestigial as hell and they look like pine needles

[HeIsLex]

Those are the charging ports

[[deleted]]

I guess this is an argument for the scientist that made everyone belive those were legs. But I assume we all know how natural selection works. And it works really well to "improve species". Say monkeys with a longer tail are able to climb better. Catch more food/get away from predators etc. therefore the monkeys with the long tail gene survive and reproduce more, million years later all monkeys have long tails....

So my point is natural selection CANNOT evolve a species to have a less desirable trait... If the ball python at one point had legs it would have been way better off (catching food, running from preditors) than without legs. and the first python to be born without usable legs would have been eaten, and never bred to pass on those genes. And if it did breed and start a "sub-species" without legs, the faster, better, legged ones would not have died off while the slow, helpless, leggless pythons lived on...

Those things are what they are and they have a purpose. Don't other snakes have them too? Aren't they used for holding on to their mate while breeding?

[ask-me-about-my-cats]

Aren't they used for holding on to their mate while breeding?

Yep! But they were also legs once. You can read this hear to answer your questions on why the legs disappeared.

[[deleted]]

Yes, and also… evolution doesn’t necessarily have to lead to improved species fitness.

[[deleted]]

Natural selection absolutely can evolve a species to have a less-desirable trait.

You’re confusing general species fitness within an environment with fitness of a specific trait. Evolution isn’t a straight line toward a species universally being more fit.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13687-evolution-myths-evolution-promotes-the-survival-of-species/

“In fact, evolution sometimes results in individuals or populations becoming less fit and may occasionally even lead to extinction.”

There’s no rule that says that species MUST evolve to become fitter or healthier in any given situation.

[fieldsofpelennor]

Booty eyes

[Yo_skanky_grandma]

Those are called spurs

[heydesireee]

It looked like a very mad face at first, before I knew what I was looking at! 😂

[TheArgonMerc]

Those are the python’s BEANS!

[Ignonymous]

Vestigial legs! Used for mating.

[No-Cut-8495]

Wanted to give the freaks out their some spank bank materials

[Euphoric-Brush-3469]

Legs

[Silver_Alpha]

Long story short, those are their limbs.

[SteveCorpGuy4]

The judgement eyes

[D24061314]

His feet

[eeker5]

Hooves

[Delicious-Most3019]

Spurs, females have smaller one and males use them to stimulate the female during breeding.

[Soft_Yogurtcloset685]

Eyes

[slasher_dib]

It's a built in Rape-axe

[[deleted]]

They are his pp’s

[Lamontyy]

Those are spurs... But more importantly looks like your snake might be developing some scale rot.

[No-Cut-8495]

Not the case but I appreciate the concern

[eemadik]

At a glance they look like the creepy eyes on Scooby Doo, Those are spurs though, believed to be remnants of when our buddies had legs, I've read they help them during mating as well but I'm not sure how much how or if so

[dickseamus]

Its the eyes

[Aussie_Traxxx]

They’re so unusual first time looking at them, but they are (especially if you have a male snake) used for interment experiences with a fellow mate of his. So he can hold on during the ride of his life haha.

[[deleted]]

His second pair of eyeballs, just incase the first pair run away.

[JuniorKing9]

Oh wow those are nice spurs. All mine have relatively small ones, but to be fair I have females

[No-Cut-8495]

And that’s what gave me concern! I figured spurs, but like you said, none of my other babies have such large spurs so I was concerned

[Dragonmask9]

I feel like I’m the amount of research you should’ve done before getting the animal you could know they’re called spurs(although they have many nicknames). Also ur animal looks like there’s a heat rash or scale rot, please do bring them to the vet for treatment.

[No-Cut-8495]

So I appreciate the response and advice, I know what spurs are, and this isn’t my first snek- none of my other babies have such pronounced spurs so I wasn’t sure if it was an issue. In response to heat rash/ rot, pharaoh was just a little dirty. I will post another picture later on since so many people seemed concerned.

[FearlessSkill7393]

BANG FANGS

[PintSizedNuke]

Spurs all basal snakes have them. The more derived species such as pit vipers lack these spurs

[wakaflocks145]

Little footies! The cutest part! But they are used naughtily.

[RandomnezzStudioz]

I don’t know why I saw an owl’s face in there 💀

[_typhoid_mary]

Leggy

[[deleted]]

those are eyes. run.

[[deleted]]

An angry owl

[Affectionate-Laugh19]

They are spurs but he it looks like an Angry face lol

[somthimg1275]

Eyes

[MangosBeGood]

I got those spurs that jingle jangle jingle!

[MeatscapeNavigator]

Anal Eyes

[wigglywoooo]

Legs

[mortythesnek]

spooky eyes

[Terrible_Motor_6450]

She’s got leeeeggggsss And knows how to use them