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Red Sand Boa
Eryx johnii
The Indian burrowing asp is a non-venomous snake with a thick body. It lives in dry sandy areas of India, Pakistan, and Iran.
The Indian burrowing asp has a short thick tail that confuses predators. It is important for nature because it regulates the population of rodents and small animals.
ambush and strangulation
trophic:carnivore
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meadows, prairies, forb glades on land
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
Tail size
Were {name} like {animal}, then:
birth time
ambush
Hot and almost no precipitation
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
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How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
adult
Maturity
Coconut
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
rodents in general — rats, squirrels, ground squirrels
Repro interval
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Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Colors
Sex
very hot and almost no rain
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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hot, rains in summer, little precipitation in winter
Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
rains are very rare, almost a desert
little precipitation in winter, more in summer
Trophic type
Filters
summer very hot, dry, lots of grass
Tail count
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Desert and dry shrubs
Very hot and almost dry
Age (from birth to death)
Hot, little precipitation in winter
Wanderers
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
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Lifespan average
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
hot, there is a dry season, trees shed their leaves
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
Wraps body around prey to immobilise or suffocate before swallowing.
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
from 0.5 to 0.8 kilograms, 0.5 – 1 meter
Pets
Indomalayan realm
Indomalayan realm
Tropical dry broadleaf forest
Head count
Hot steppe
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
{name} jubilee
cm
Old-timers
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Rascals
terrestrial grassland and steppe
terrestrial herbaceous
Tail color
Litter size
Tropical savanna
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
small birds
Where are they found?
Low precipitation in winter
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
small birds — sparrows, tits, hummingbirds
Bro
Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
Forages within or on the surface of soil or substrate.
age
Predator remains still and concealed before launching a sudden attack.
birth date
Head size
Close
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Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
burrow
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
{name} birthday
soil
Always hot
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On the map
Female ♀
all life stages
Body color
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0 Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sandy
sq mm
yr
constriction
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
early young
rodents
Very hot and dry
Duration
This is me
Steppe
Gamers
How are they built?
live lizards
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
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My age?
wk
My size?
very hot during the day, cold at night, almost no rain
terrestrial
Scales color
Asexual
swap
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
active predation
Who among us will transform as if by magic and become like {animal}?
lizards
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Head color
celebrated their {n} birthday
open grassy spaces — steppes, savannas, prairies
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
very hot and almost no precipitation
body
Hermaphrodite ⚥
embryo
Length
kg
very hot and dry, rare rains, cacti live
Observations
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