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**millertime89** · 07-19-12, 07:57 AM

ANYWAYS...
this has always been one of my favorite carpondros ever since I first saw the picture. Really stunning snake.

I'm acquiring Timors because I would like to cross them with SD retics. I know a couple retic breeders are talking about trying a retic x scrub and naming them mongolian maneaters. Someone tried it before but the female (a scrub) died while gravid before the eggs were ready to be laid.

I've got something in the works but I don't want to tell TOO many people.

MoreliAddict · 07-19-12, 08:07 AM

^nice looking snake for sure.

Will0W783 · 07-19-12, 08:43 AM

I just saw the Deathly Hallows, part 1 last night, and I was ticked off that Nagini was just portrayed as a retic. In the books she is supposed to be a magical serpent called a basilisk. She was venomous in the books, so why they chose to directly copy a reticulated python is beyond me. It made me annoyed to say the least, lol.

MoreliAddict · 07-19-12, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

I just saw the Deathly Hallows, part 1 last night, and I was ticked off that Nagini was just portrayed as a retic. In the books she is supposed to be a magical serpent called a basilisk. She was venomous in the books, so why they chose to directly copy a reticulated python is beyond me. It made me annoyed to say the least, lol.

The basilisk was a magical serpent which even turned people to stone if they looked into it's eyes. It was killed in the 2nd book, and they return to it's body in Deathly Hallows part 2.

Nagini is a snake. Also, according to Rowling, it's the same snake that was in the zoo in the first book...

Wildside · 07-19-12, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

I just saw the Deathly Hallows, part 1 last night, and I was ticked off that Nagini was just portrayed as a retic. In the books she is supposed to be a magical serpent called a basilisk. She was venomous in the books, so why they chose to directly copy a reticulated python is beyond me. It made me annoyed to say the least, lol.

I know and a Basilisk is a lizard... Way to herp J.K. Rowling!

On a side note

StudentoReptile · 07-19-12, 09:31 AM

Funny how that goes sometimes, huh, Wild?

Wildside · 07-19-12, 09:48 AM

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Funny how that goes sometimes, huh, Wild?

Will0W783 · 07-19-12, 10:01 AM

I thought Nagini was the basilisk. Lol it's been a few years since I read the books. And yes, the actual basilisk is a lizard that can run across water using surface tension.

MoreliAddict · 07-19-12, 10:04 AM

Basilisk in HP > Basilisk that runs on water.

**millertime89** · 07-19-12, 10:40 AM

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HA! That's hilarious.

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I thought Nagini was the basilisk. Lol it's been a few years since I read the books. And yes, the actual basilisk is a lizard that can run across water using surface tension.

No, it never specified what Nagini was as far as I remember, just that she was Voldemort's pet snake. I do seem to recall her being venemous and large enough to swallow a man (4th book, eats the caretake of the Riddle house IIRC). That said, the basilisk pictured above was killed in the 2nd movie, which was modeled (in both the book and movie) off of the basilisk of lore.

StudentoReptile · 07-19-12, 10:47 AM

Since we're still on the HP kick...did anyone notice that in the 4th & 5th films (Goblet of Fire and Order of Phoenix), Nagini was modeled after a Dumeril's boa? It was only in the last two (or rather three, since The Deathly Hallows was split) films that she was portrayed as a retic.

Nagini - Harry Potter Wiki

StudentoReptile · 07-19-12, 10:50 AM

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according to Rowling, it's the same snake that was in the zoo in the first book...

Which is even more inconsistent with the films, as the snake in the zoo was depicted as a Burmese. How confusing!

MoreliAddict · 07-19-12, 10:50 AM

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Which is even more inconsistent with the films, as the snake in the zoo was depicted as a Burmese. How confusing!

I know! I wasn't even going to bring that up lol

MoreliAddict · 07-19-12, 10:52 AM

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did anyone notice that in the 4th & 5th films (Goblet of Fire and Order of Phoenix), Nagini was modeled after a Dumeril's boa?

Didn't notice that! Thanks!

StudentoReptile · 07-19-12, 10:56 AM

I think we need to start a "Reptile in Fiction" thread and split some of these posts off.