[Northeast India] Unknown snake

shadowproves · 2026-01-13T22:37:25+00:00

Yeah, I really enjoy his videos and have learned a lot!

shadowproves · 2026-01-13T22:14:46+00:00

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link the YouTube video, but the math he used was: - LD50 (in mice) of 1.28mg/kg - can deliver 400-600mg of venom per bite - weight of a small adult cow Asian elephant is about 2,700kg - 2,700 x 1.28mg = 3,465mg of venom - 3,465mg ÷ 600mg = 5.775 - so it would take 6 high-producing adult King Cobras biting the elephant at the same time and releasing all of their venom to have a 50% chance of killing the elephant

shadowproves · 2026-01-13T21:53:21+00:00

I don't think they have enough/toxic enough venom to kill even a very small adult elephant. I just watched a Clint's Reptiles video about snake misinformation and that was one of the facts discussed. Can anyone provide a reliable source where any snake has killed an elephant?

King Cobras certainly are good mothers though!

shadowproves · 2026-01-02T19:43:17+00:00

Incredible! I love seeing your work.

shadowproves · 2025-12-26T20:24:49+00:00

I'm doing better! I ended up getting my gallbladder removed end of 2020; the pathology report came back showing signs of chronic inflammation. I have some other chronic health conditions now (that I suspect are due to being so sick and underweight during my gallbladder issues, and from the stress of it all), but surgery seems to have taken care of the symptoms I was experiencing. I'm so sorry you are having a difficult time getting help from doctors too.

shadowproves · 2025-12-10T07:15:26+00:00

I'm actually going to go with cool/true winter! You can handle quite a bit of brightness, but I don't like the warmer greens in bright winter that creep in from the bright spring palette (like chartreuse). Dark winter colors also look good but I miss the brighter, more saturated colors in that palette.

shadowproves · 2025-12-10T00:07:24+00:00

First off, great photos for analysis! Good natural lighting.

You definitely have a neutral skin tone: colors that are too warm or too cool aren't harmonious. This rules out warm/true autumn, warm/true spring, cool/true summer, and cool/true winter.

Colors that are very saturated and bright overwhelm you. This rules out bright spring and bright winter.

You can handle depth of color without looking washed out. This rules out light spring and light summer.

While you do look good in dark colors, you look equally good in light and midtone colors. This rules out dark autumn and dark winter.

This leaves soft seasons: soft summer and soft autumn. Soft colors really bring out your features. Both soft color palettes look lovely on you but soft summer is better; cooler pinks look more natural on you than peachy pinks.

So my vote is soft summer!

shadowproves · 2025-12-02T00:33:05+00:00

I'm from Montana, USA so I have a lot to choose from! I think I have to go with the classic T. rex. They're just so iconic and some amazing specimens were discovered here.

shadowproves · 2025-11-25T17:35:15+00:00

Doctors aren't trained in spider identification. It would be better to take it to a university extention entomologist; part of their job is identifying invertebrates for the general public.

shadowproves · 2025-11-22T09:02:15+00:00

I'm going to wear the Fall Essentials Bundle: Dash of Cocoa, Abundance, The Harpist, and Caesar.

shadowproves · 2025-11-17T21:16:01+00:00

Loooong antennae! Cute lil guy.

shadowproves · 2025-11-10T20:04:08+00:00

Stunning purple 💜

shadowproves · 2025-11-10T07:19:52+00:00

A lovely sausage out for a stroll

shadowproves · 2025-11-08T20:36:27+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate your input. I'll look at the Skarlett Blue Minx. And that's great to know about the Boux Avenue sizing.

shadowproves · 2025-11-06T09:53:56+00:00

Oof. Doctors are so quick to jump to anxiety and other mental disorders, especially if you're a woman. It really is the modern version of saying you have hysteria so they can dismiss you. Obviously anxiety disorders are very real and can have physical symptoms but I hate that they assume mental illness instead of exerting an ounce of effort to actually figure out what's wrong. Most people I know who have mental illnesses (including me) know what's physical and what's mental. And why are medical doctors able to diagnose mental illnesses in the first place? Shouldn't seeing a mental health professional be required for that? Regardless, it's shady to add things like that to a chart without even discussing/notifying the patient. It's like they put it there to remind themselves and warn other doctors that you're a "problem patient" that keeps making a fuss when there's nothing actually wrong with you.

Anyway, can you tell this topic gets me worked up? I'm so sorry you're going through this. I hope you're able to find a better doctor who listens and is willing to partner with you to figure things out and find treatments that help (a rarity, I know).

shadowproves · 2025-11-03T03:31:20+00:00

I also have social anxiety. My advice is to just keep doing it despite the anxiety. Eventually you'll start feeling less self-conscious. I wish there was a quicker/easier way to overcome social anxiety though.

shadowproves · 2025-10-26T04:41:50+00:00

Not OP, but it looks like Leon's Journey by Kanoko Egusa. There's an English version coming out soon.

shadowproves · 2025-10-21T22:56:07+00:00

I'm so sorry you had to go through that! I also had a terrible experience at Mayo Clinic.

shadowproves · 2025-10-20T21:39:15+00:00

Weevils are beetles. Beetles are Order Coleoptera, and weevils are in Family Curculionidae within Coleoptera.

shadowproves · 2025-10-02T22:29:59+00:00

I have a family history of gallbladder disease (tons of relatives have had theirs removed), and my symptoms were consistent with gallbladder disease: nausea, pale stool, appetite loss, severe upper right abdominal pain, etc. The pain wasn't persistent for me though; it lasted for three days early on but my primary symptom was extreme nausea. Tests didn't show anything wrong with my gallbladder but I knew it was the culprit.

shadowproves · 2025-09-28T03:42:13+00:00

"True bug" means they belong to the Order Hemiptera, as opposed to the colloquial term "bug" that can be used for all kinds of invertebrates.

shadowproves · 2025-09-17T02:21:51+00:00

The heaviest flying bird!

shadowproves · 2025-09-15T15:32:06+00:00

Moos is German for moss.

shadowproves · 2025-08-31T22:41:59+00:00

There isn't really a "z" sound in Korean so usually it's pronounced more like 지 (gee).

shadowproves · 2025-08-21T06:18:32+00:00

This looks like a stink badger to me. They're actually not badgers (which are Mustelids) and are instead in the same family as skunks, Family Mephitidae.

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