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Published: 2017-10-03 22:22:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 984; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 1
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Description
Tsuchinoko is a legendary being like a serpent, originating in Japan. The name tsuchinoko is mainly used in the West of Japan, including the provinces of Kansai and Shikoku; in the northeast of Japan it is known as bachi hebi.Tsuchinoko is described as a long-lived animal between 30 and 80 centimeters, similar to snakes, except for the central part of their body, which is wider than the end and head, and having teeth and poison as that of a viper [1]. Some people say they possess the ability to jump over one meter away.
According to the legend, tsuchinoko has the ability to speak and attitude to lie, as well as a propensity for alcohol. Legends also report that it can swallow its tail to roll like a circle.
THE MYTH
Drawings depicting ceramic tsuchinoko from the Jōmon Period were found at Gifu and Nagano. An Encyclopedia of the Edo Period contains a description on the tsuchinoko under the name of yatsui hebi. Descriptions of this creature are also found in Kojiki.
In 1989, the town of Mikata, in the Prefecture of Hyogo, offered a 330 square meter land for anyone who captured a tsuchinoko and in 2001 was exposed a large black snake claiming it was a Tsuchinoko
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Curiosity
A true Tsuchinoko has never been formally cataloged by the scientific community, there are some hypotheses that some other animal has been confused with this creature. Some believe that the legend of the Tsuchinoko is based on sightings of snakes that have just swallowed a prey. Even the lizard blue tongue , whose possession became legal in Japan in the seventies, seems to be easily confusing for a tsuchinoko; the only big difference in appearance is the four paws.
Author's note
""Wtf? But how deformed is this snake? " I admit it's the first thing I thought about the first time I saw a Tsuchinoko image (it's probably the same thing you thought you just saw this drawing ).
I sat down finally to understand how china works, in fact the stroke is cleaner, but I still have to improve a lot"
PS. Now that I've seen the drawing better I noticed one thing... -> sta.sh/01y71sje5nql
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Hard to believe such a pudgy little snake is capable of delivering some deadly venom.
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Is it? there's plenty of species of snakes that look like harmless or friendly when really they're as venomous as motherf*cker, I mean you can spot the differences between a venomous and non-venomous snake if you know what to look for but there's just some species of snake that simply don't look like they're venomous but, turns out they are, sometimes EXTREMELY venomous
One example I can think of is a King Brown snake. It's found in Australia and for a long time, I thought it wasn't venomous as, it followed some of the guidelines of most non-venomous snakes, round/oval shaped head, round eyes stuff like that, here's a picture
cdn1.arkive.org/media/00/003A0…
australianmuseum.net.au/upload…
Really though, it's venomous, in some cases people have to go to the Hospital, it's not SUPER deadly but, it's pretty dangerous.
Well, also based on a descriptions of it, it seems like a viper of some kind, and one of the vipers that came to mind was a Gaboon Viper, they're pretty pudgy snakes and, their venom packs a punch
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Well sure. But what I meant was it's hard to believe such a small and pudgy-looking snake like the Tsuchinoko (which is smaller than any species of venomous snake) has such potent and deadly venom.
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Yeah, but who knows, maybe there is a really tiny snake that's not the most venomous snake but you know REALLY venomous, hell baby venomous snakes can be worst than adult ones as the adults can control how much venom they pump into you and if you're lucky can even give you a "Dry bite" in which they inject no venom into you, baby venomous snakes don't have control over their glands and when they bite you, they give you every last drop, often times twice or three times as much an adult would give you, which means that their bite'll kill you quicker. Also even then, there's plenty of animals in the world of insects, arachnids and invertebrates that are small, but extremely venomous
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PS. Now that I've seen the drawing better I noticed one thing... -> sta.sh/01y71sje5nql
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