Introducing Apophis (pic heavy)

[RickyNY]

He was re-adjusting his jaws after dinner! But my fam did get to see him do that weird quirky thing he does when he is ready for food and thinks you’re moving too slow!

My sis was holding him last week while I stepped down the hall and into the bathroom to blast his rat with a blow dryer. It occurred to me halfway through that he might be able to hear it. That boy knows I use a hair dryer for one thing and one thing only. I heard my mom call, “Amiraaaaa, Apophis is gonna eat someone!”

He was in a great mood, but had swung around towards the sound like a bloodhound and just kept opening his mouth towards the sound, neck fully extended!

LOL, that's so funny. Clever little fella!

[Team Slytherin]

LOL, that's so funny. Clever little fella!

It is the WEIRDEST thing ever. He did it much more often when he was little...and I guess when I would still warm up his food in the same room. He’s over 6ft now, with a nose like a blood hound. There is no need to coax him out for dinner and, in fact, it’s best to get in done as quickly as possible to avoid a run in with those chompers!

This video is a couple years old, but he does it at :49. It’s precious. It’s not a yawn; he always makes direct and deliberate eye contact, as if to say, “MOM! I’m ready!” And it is only ever in response to food.

https://youtu.be/XrWtcF-ExzA

[Bogertophis]

It is the WEIRDEST thing ever. He did it much more often when he was little...and I guess when I would still warm up his food in the same room. He’s over 6ft now, with a nose like a blood hound. There is no need to coax him out for dinner and, in fact, it’s best to get in done as quickly as possible to avoid a run in with those chompers!

This video is a couple years old, but he does it at :49. It’s precious. It’s not a yawn; he always makes direct and deliberate eye contact, as if to say, “MOM! I’m ready!” And it is only ever in response to food.

https://youtu.be/XrWtcF-ExzA

Love how he keeps wagging his tail too...caudal luring, I assume?

[Team Slytherin]

Love how he keeps wagging his tail too...caudal luring, I assume?

That’s my assumption, although he has never done it again since then. My Dumeril’s demonstrates caudal luring pretty frequently, but this guy never really has. It often appears that his tail acts independently from the rest of his body. Literally has a mind of its own. It sometimes wraps around his body or face reflexively and scares him