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lizardman1988 — Elegant
Published: 2008-06-16 07:10:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 437; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 1
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Western Terrestrial Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans. The title stems from the species name of this snake. Don't ask me why this snake was deemed elegant, I personally think that they're rather unattractive, always being brown and what not, and they have bad manners, musking you with foul-smelling liquid when you pick them up. All that doesn't stop me from liking this picture though.You can also see this over at the group ~DeviantHerps
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Just a beautiful photo. Even though they have bad manners, like you say, I admit to having an affection for them.
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I think it looks pretty elegant 
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I got the definition from a book of scientific names, but you aroused my curiosity, so I looked up "elegant" at m-w.com to see what its etymology was. and the results:
Etymology:
Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin elegant-, elegans; akin to Latin eligere to select
so there you have it.
As to the worm... microbiologists and parasitologists are a weird bunch, I wouldn't be surprised if they found it elegant.
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hahaha! Maybe there's a connotation of "elegant" with "simple" or "basic" since garter snakes and red eared sliders are pretty common species...
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i just dredged up this link (was buried in my favorites). it gives explanations for every scientific name of the reptiles and amphibians of north america. quite cool...
[link]
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Wow that is really cool. Thank you for the link!
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thank you! glad you like it
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