I am just obsessed with armour and the interpretations of it atm. The second one...an olympian projection on top of a modern metrosexual businessman...??? Ill-fitting adoption of gladiatorial garb, which at the same time invokes an almost vulnerable and garish gold-plated sexuality. Good stiff. And the first one, something rawer...netting always speaks to me of submission and vulerability, also. But it is red. Which is always a statement. Eh...I'm rambling.

Armour

Lewis

TOT

It is very rare that you monkeys surprise me. America, especially. Your pedantic, intrinsic fervour in identifying evil in everything is, quite frankly, hilarious. You call those among you who commit your petty little rapes and murders and robberies, monsters, as if they are something else, as if they have become something else. They have not. They are neither demons, nor some otherworld entity. They are you. You scuttle around with mouths gaping open, pointing fingers and wagging tails, and cry out just as you did when you wore stupid hates and ploughed the barren fields, Satan, Satan, evil! As if evil is something you can contain. As if it is something you can box and package and sell to one another. As if it is an isolation, a permeation, a disease. As if you can devise and prescribe yourselves clean.

Evil is you. Evil is a foetus itch under all of your skin. Evil is not an individual, it is not I. It is you.

Bronte

Austen

Snakes:

Corn- 10 years, 3-5 feet long

Milk

Pros:

-very little care

-fed once a week/month

-tank doesn't need cleaning much

-small tank needed, even when they get older!

-no teeth in many breeds

Cons:

-can grow quite big

-live up to 20 years

-gross food needed

-do sometimes bite

-escape artists

-can't just let run wild

-might need new tank

Terrapins:

...many types.

Pros:

-quite small

-live to 30...? Oldest?

-good emotional feedback

Cons:

-water in tank

-setup can be complex

-clean more often

-environment must be exact

-...can they wander round the house...?

-hibernation

In actual fact, there are no species of turtles or tortoises really suitable for beginners or the casual reptile owner. In the past, there has been a trend of marketing these animals, particularly red-eared sliders as ideal pets for children but these are really animals for the keen hobbyist. They have very specific housing and environmental needs, which can be very challenging to meet and are certainly not low maintenance. Basically, most turtles and tortoises are messy, long-lived, can grow to impractical sizes and require controlled exposure to UV light. In addition, their tendency to harbour Salmonella makes them a particularly bad pet for children.