Debbie Schlussel: Hey, PETA: Is a Snake w/Legs a Lizard or a Snake w/Legs and other Questions
Hey PETA, methinks this Gumprechts Green Pitviper would make a very cool pair of stiletto pumps, purse, or wallet. It's one of several new rare, exotic animal species just discovered in Asia's Greater Mekong.
Or it since it's green and a snake, it could be the perfect new HAMAS mascot, but I don't believe in cruelty to animals (unless, of course, those animals are the HAMASniks, themselves).
In Asia, it's "Snake . . . the Other White Meat." So glad it ain't kosher.
Speaking of the reptiles in HAMAS, just curious: Is this pic, below, of "Lygosoma boehmei," a snake with legs . . . or a lizard that just happens to look more snake-ish than lizard-esque? Or is it simply Michael "Serpenthead" Chertoff's view in the mirror, every day? Yeah, I worshipped the ground he slithered on, too. No, not actually. In my mind, this creature looks like the snake in Genesis before G-d cut its legs off, after it got Adam to eat the apple.
Since we're talking about limp, twisted spines, no this isn't the column in his back, it's a spiny dragon millipede, "Desmoxytes purpurosea," which produces cyanide in its glands. Let's drop a ton of these babies on Gaza.
And then, to my friends at PETA a/k/a PUTAh (People for the Unethical Treatment of Animals and humans), there's this portion of a cool, warm new jacket--an Annamite Striped Rabbit. Sorry, PETA, but I'd rather wear fur than be naked.
Posted by Debbie on December 16, 2008 12:43 AM to Debbie Schlussel