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<blockquote>''"The body is preserved in a jar: legless, scaleless, deep blue. There are tiny tentacles on its face, below its sightless eyes."''<ref name = "preserved false snake">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Preserved_False-Snake|Preserved False-Snake|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>{{Object|image1=Snakehead.png|location=[[The Neath]]}} | ||
''"The body is preserved in a jar: legless, scaleless, deep blue. There are tiny tentacles on its face, below its sightless eyes."''<ref name = "preserved false snake">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Preserved_False-Snake|Preserved False-Snake|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
'''False-snakes''' are creatures with superficially serpentine bodies, but are otherwise very different from actual snakes. They are dark blue and lack scales,<ref name = "preserved false snake"/> and apparently reside deep underground, with pointed jaws and facial tentacles used to burrow through dirt.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Analyse_your_False-Snake|Analyse your False-Snake|Fallen London|}} ''"It was grown in the darkness [...] jaw is pointed [...] face tentacled for burrowing into the earth."''</ref><ref name = "preserved false snake"/> They also seem to possess a second pair of jaws within their exterior mouths,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Apply_your_understanding_of_monsters_2|Apply your understanding of monsters 2|Fallen London|}}</ref> and, like many other animals that live in extreme darkness, their eyes are also recognizably sightless.<ref name = "preserved false snake"/> | '''False-snakes''' are creatures with superficially serpentine bodies, but are otherwise very different from actual snakes. They are dark blue and lack scales,<ref name = "preserved false snake"/> and apparently reside deep underground, with pointed jaws and facial tentacles used to burrow through dirt.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Analyse_your_False-Snake|Analyse your False-Snake|Fallen London|}} ''"It was grown in the darkness [...] jaw is pointed [...] face tentacled for burrowing into the earth."''</ref><ref name = "preserved false snake"/> They also seem to possess a second pair of jaws within their exterior mouths,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Apply_your_understanding_of_monsters_2|Apply your understanding of monsters 2|Fallen London|}}</ref> and, like many other animals that live in extreme darkness, their eyes are also recognizably sightless.<ref name = "preserved false snake"/> | ||
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Apparently, false-snakes are a relative of frogs and other amphibians.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Analyse_your_False-Snake|Analyse your False-Snake|Fallen London|}}</ref> Many supposedly ancient false-snakes were found west of [[London]] in the [[Hinterlands]], their corpses preserved in a strange, icy marsh. Whether or not these creatures still roam the [[Neath]] today is unknown.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Arrange_with_Furnace_for_the_excavation|Arrange with Furnace for the excavation|Fallen London|}}</ref> | Apparently, false-snakes are a relative of frogs and other amphibians.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Analyse_your_False-Snake|Analyse your False-Snake|Fallen London|}}</ref> Many supposedly ancient false-snakes were found west of [[London]] in the [[Hinterlands]], their corpses preserved in a strange, icy marsh. Whether or not these creatures still roam the [[Neath]] today is unknown.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Arrange_with_Furnace_for_the_excavation|Arrange with Furnace for the excavation|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
== Scientific Inspirations == | |||
There are hundreds of real-life lizard species that have mostly or completely lost their limbs, and have become known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legless_lizard legless lizards]. In particular, the family [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibamidae Dibamidae] constitutes the blind skinks: legless lizards that have also lost the use of their eyes. | |||
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"The body is preserved in a jar: legless, scaleless, deep blue. There are tiny tentacles on its face, below its sightless eyes."[1]
False-snakes are creatures with superficially serpentine bodies, but are otherwise very different from actual snakes. They are dark blue and lack scales,[1] and apparently reside deep underground, with pointed jaws and facial tentacles used to burrow through dirt.[2][1] They also seem to possess a second pair of jaws within their exterior mouths,[3] and, like many other animals that live in extreme darkness, their eyes are also recognizably sightless.[1]
The bodies of false-snakes have an adverse reaction to light, emitting vibrant pink toxins upon exposure.[4] These toxins can melt even stone, and may be released when exposed to the light of the Neathbow as well. Whether this is some form of defense mechanism against predators, or perhaps against light itself, is unknown.[5]
Apparently, false-snakes are a relative of frogs and other amphibians.[6] Many supposedly ancient false-snakes were found west of London in the Hinterlands, their corpses preserved in a strange, icy marsh. Whether or not these creatures still roam the Neath today is unknown.[7]
Scientific Inspirations[edit]
There are hundreds of real-life lizard species that have mostly or completely lost their limbs, and have become known as legless lizards. In particular, the family Dibamidae constitutes the blind skinks: legless lizards that have also lost the use of their eyes.
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