Strange Things You've Had to Research for Your Writing

What is a snake baby called?

Hatchling

But I also learned that some snake species in the embryo development stage have some cartilage as a hind limb bud, and some pelvis cartilage, but then these degenerate before they hatch.

Snakes lose bones before hatching and no one really knows why this happens yet

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How to make smoke rings and do other smoking tricks:

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Newest one: Can squid ink be used for writing?

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sounds like they’re eating their bones XD also i read degenerate (like delinquent) not degenerate (like disappear) lol.

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i feel like this should be a yes if Finding Nemo taught me anything lol - “you made me ink! :octopus:

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  • lean

(csis agent don’t arrest me)

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hehe i love this XD

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Smexy practices in Taoism

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:eyes:

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oh goodness XD did you find stuff?

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oh yes, I’ve known it was a thing for a while but wanted to refresh my facts lol. The whole religion has a reallllly big emphasis on balancing energies and the whole yin yang thing, and the men were big believers that exposure to cough female energy would make them more manly. They were honestly really progressive for being thousands of years ago lol.

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interesting - cool to know!

  • subconjunctival hemorrhage
  • peyote
  • subconjunctival hemorrhahe from vomiting (images)
  • vomiting from peyote

was working out how to get a character’s eyes ‘blacked out’ to make him appear more deer-like

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doesn’t this get people high? i’m using my memory to say that sounds like the thing that gets people high lol.

can… can this happen? i’m noew terrified!

i’m a child because i lauhed at this XD

that’s a few traumatuzing ways for sure O.O

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It does, that and its role in a Huichal deer-peyote-maize ritual is why I’m using it in this book.

Yeah, you’ve probably seen it before. it doesn’t really hurt or effect your vision, and it often isn’t as intense as I’m choosing to portray it. Sometimes the pressure in your head from vomiting can burst the delicate blood vessels in your eyes and stains the whites red for a bit, that’s all.

good, good, i like to traumatizing character and reader alike

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The last part is such a writer thing to say lol the way I torture my creations.

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