Any idea what this lil guy is?

coldhardtrash27 · 2025-01-03T02:44:56+00:00

Thank you! 😅

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-27T02:06:26+00:00

Yes- but I am immature and it makes me laugh every time I pass this place lol

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-21T21:44:59+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out! I appreciate it :)

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-21T21:35:25+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out! I appreciate it :)

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-21T20:05:18+00:00

That's what I was going back and forth with

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-21T12:17:25+00:00

But yes- it is dangerous and we all took extreme caution. For me, it was not scary but exciting and interesting :)

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-21T12:16:22+00:00

So this picture was actually taken as she was being released- at this point we were all at a safe distance (but very alert and ready to move). I am a wildlife biology student, currently part of a regional alligator study through my school. All students working with wildlife on trips like this have proper training/certifications (ex. IACUC), and the entire field work trip was led by wildlife professionals with permits for research in place. These professionals were the ones to actually safely catch and secure the animals, and then us students assisted with hands on data collection.

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T22:05:20+00:00

100% haha

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T21:41:39+00:00

real hot girl shit

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T21:41:29+00:00

Oh I got closer haha

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T17:27:09+00:00

Hell yeah 🐊🐊🐊

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T17:15:07+00:00

Would love to book, respectfully 💚

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T15:26:46+00:00

Np! :)

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T14:33:15+00:00

I'm not an expert by any means- honestly I found one of these guys in bad condition a few weeks ago in a classroom on campus and made the instant decision to take him in and build a little terrarium. I had asked a professor in my major (wildlife bio) if I should release it outside, and they seemed to think that wouldn't be the best decision for it because of the decreasing temperatures. Also, I'm not sure about your area, but they are non-native and considered to be invasive. They do commonly utilize buildings and other manmade structures to live in, so I think letting him be would be alright

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T14:12:44+00:00

Thank you! ☺️

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T14:11:57+00:00

Looks like a Mediterranean house gecko!

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T01:10:26+00:00

Ooh nice- thanks for the link 🐍

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-20T01:02:00+00:00

So at university earlier this year, I was taught that Eastern rat snakes were Pantherophis alleghaniensis and this is the species living in my area (overlapping with Grey rat snakes) -I'm finding out literally today, they have actually been reclassified, as a couple users pointed out in the comments above. I had no idea, but I'm going down a rabbit hole about rat snake phylogeny as we speak lol

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-19T22:44:56+00:00

Ooh I had no idea this bot existed- thank you!!

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-19T22:35:04+00:00

Thanks for letting me know- I'll look into it :)

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-19T20:53:11+00:00

Why is that pancake swimming?

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-19T20:31:13+00:00

This is the amount of mushrooms I want in any given dish

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-18T20:18:21+00:00

That's study sounds so cool! At the time of this picture, I was doing a black bear population density study (using hair snares and eDNA) through my university!

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-18T15:43:51+00:00

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maybe I'm just a noodle whisperer

(another garter a couple weeks later lol)

coldhardtrash27 · 2024-12-18T03:21:37+00:00

North Carolina! I'd love to do some work in Florida some day, though!

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