How would anthropomorphic snakes or eels hold things?
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In my book series (more on that here), the galaxy is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, humans, and mythical creatures. The anthropomorphic animals are similar to Narnia's talking animals, except they are given an anthropomorphic design (their upper 2 limbs are made into arms with opposable thumbs, they stand on 2 legs, and they wear clothes). However, I've run into a bit of a problem: anthropomorphic snakes and eels.
How would these limbless creatures be able to move around anthropomorphically and be able to carry and manipulate objects? I don't want to just give them arms because that just makes them look weird and ruins the aesthetic.
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In my book series (more on that here), the galaxy is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, humans, and mythical creatures. The anthropomorphic animals are similar to Narnia's talking animals, except they are given an anthropomorphic design (their upper 2 limbs are made into arms with opposable thumbs, they stand on 2 legs, and they wear clothes). However, I've run into a bit of a problem: anthropomorphic snakes and eels.
How would these limbless creatures be able to move around anthropomorphically and be able to carry and manipulate objects? I don't want to just give them arms because that just makes them look weird and ruins the aesthetic.
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In my book series (more on that here), the galaxy is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, humans, and mythical creatures. The anthropomorphic animals are similar to Narnia's talking animals, except they are given an anthropomorphic design (their upper 2 limbs are made into arms with opposable thumbs, they stand on 2 legs, and they wear clothes). However, I've run into a bit of a problem: anthropomorphic snakes and eels.
How would these limbless creatures be able to move around anthropomorphically and be able to carry and manipulate objects? I don't want to just give them arms because that just makes them look weird and ruins the aesthetic.
biology creature-design
In my book series (more on that here), the galaxy is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, humans, and mythical creatures. The anthropomorphic animals are similar to Narnia's talking animals, except they are given an anthropomorphic design (their upper 2 limbs are made into arms with opposable thumbs, they stand on 2 legs, and they wear clothes). However, I've run into a bit of a problem: anthropomorphic snakes and eels.
How would these limbless creatures be able to move around anthropomorphically and be able to carry and manipulate objects? I don't want to just give them arms because that just makes them look weird and ruins the aesthetic.
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@Sasha magic exists but using it for this purpose violates this universe's incredibly complicated magic system.
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is magic avaible?
â Sasha
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@Sasha magic exists but using it for this purpose violates this universe's incredibly complicated magic system.
â The Weasel Sagas
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is magic avaible?
â Sasha
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is magic avaible?
â Sasha
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@Sasha magic exists but using it for this purpose violates this universe's incredibly complicated magic system.
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Prehensile tail.
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=2014
Here, Kaa from The Jungle Book demonstrates how it is done. The tail of these limbless creatures is used to grab, wrap, poke, tickle and all the other things one might do with a finger or tentacle.
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I've noticed that for many animals, when they need to carry something they'll carry it in their mouths. I'm not sure if that goes well with the aesthetic.
If they're sufficiently technologically advanced they might use some kind of cybernetic implant that gives them short-range telekinesis. Hope this helps.
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Well, snakes used to have four legs. This is, I believe, a skink, but you get the idea:
Here's a fossil of a four legged snake from Brazil:
So, holding things would really not be at issue if you decided to go this route.
A typical image of an anthropomorphic snake~person might look like this:
But in the literature there are depictions of limbless snake~people:
I would suspect the hair is such a mess because, well, there's no way this poor person can get it anywhere near a brush or comb!
I rather suspect this one has a friend who's a hair dresser.
But these poor lasses lack the ability to manipulate objects! So, without further ado, kindly allow me to introduce . . .
Ophiunculla, an armless medusoid!
Nether regions of a serpent; upper stretches of her medusoid cousins, but in more snakey fashion, lacks limbs of any kind.
But unlike her medusoid cousins that have arms, Ophiunculla has practiced very hard learning how to control the snakelets that grow from her head. These, she has discovered, are able to reach out and grasp objects, manipulate them and singularly or collaboratively, quite literally do anything her two armed cousins can do with their hands!
As you can see, she's getting ready for her morning slither through the park. She's got her ophicomb in one snakelet, a stylus for jotting a quick geopoetical note in another snakelet, her cup of morning joe in a third snakelet, her mirror and favourite torc in a fourth & fifth.
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Prehensile tail.
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=2014
Here, Kaa from The Jungle Book demonstrates how it is done. The tail of these limbless creatures is used to grab, wrap, poke, tickle and all the other things one might do with a finger or tentacle.
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Prehensile tail.
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=2014
Here, Kaa from The Jungle Book demonstrates how it is done. The tail of these limbless creatures is used to grab, wrap, poke, tickle and all the other things one might do with a finger or tentacle.
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Prehensile tail.
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=2014
Here, Kaa from The Jungle Book demonstrates how it is done. The tail of these limbless creatures is used to grab, wrap, poke, tickle and all the other things one might do with a finger or tentacle.
Prehensile tail.
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=2014
Here, Kaa from The Jungle Book demonstrates how it is done. The tail of these limbless creatures is used to grab, wrap, poke, tickle and all the other things one might do with a finger or tentacle.
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I've noticed that for many animals, when they need to carry something they'll carry it in their mouths. I'm not sure if that goes well with the aesthetic.
If they're sufficiently technologically advanced they might use some kind of cybernetic implant that gives them short-range telekinesis. Hope this helps.
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I've noticed that for many animals, when they need to carry something they'll carry it in their mouths. I'm not sure if that goes well with the aesthetic.
If they're sufficiently technologically advanced they might use some kind of cybernetic implant that gives them short-range telekinesis. Hope this helps.
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I've noticed that for many animals, when they need to carry something they'll carry it in their mouths. I'm not sure if that goes well with the aesthetic.
If they're sufficiently technologically advanced they might use some kind of cybernetic implant that gives them short-range telekinesis. Hope this helps.
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I've noticed that for many animals, when they need to carry something they'll carry it in their mouths. I'm not sure if that goes well with the aesthetic.
If they're sufficiently technologically advanced they might use some kind of cybernetic implant that gives them short-range telekinesis. Hope this helps.
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Well, snakes used to have four legs. This is, I believe, a skink, but you get the idea:
Here's a fossil of a four legged snake from Brazil:
So, holding things would really not be at issue if you decided to go this route.
A typical image of an anthropomorphic snake~person might look like this:
But in the literature there are depictions of limbless snake~people:
I would suspect the hair is such a mess because, well, there's no way this poor person can get it anywhere near a brush or comb!
I rather suspect this one has a friend who's a hair dresser.
But these poor lasses lack the ability to manipulate objects! So, without further ado, kindly allow me to introduce . . .
Ophiunculla, an armless medusoid!
Nether regions of a serpent; upper stretches of her medusoid cousins, but in more snakey fashion, lacks limbs of any kind.
But unlike her medusoid cousins that have arms, Ophiunculla has practiced very hard learning how to control the snakelets that grow from her head. These, she has discovered, are able to reach out and grasp objects, manipulate them and singularly or collaboratively, quite literally do anything her two armed cousins can do with their hands!
As you can see, she's getting ready for her morning slither through the park. She's got her ophicomb in one snakelet, a stylus for jotting a quick geopoetical note in another snakelet, her cup of morning joe in a third snakelet, her mirror and favourite torc in a fourth & fifth.
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Well, snakes used to have four legs. This is, I believe, a skink, but you get the idea:
Here's a fossil of a four legged snake from Brazil:
So, holding things would really not be at issue if you decided to go this route.
A typical image of an anthropomorphic snake~person might look like this:
But in the literature there are depictions of limbless snake~people:
I would suspect the hair is such a mess because, well, there's no way this poor person can get it anywhere near a brush or comb!
I rather suspect this one has a friend who's a hair dresser.
But these poor lasses lack the ability to manipulate objects! So, without further ado, kindly allow me to introduce . . .
Ophiunculla, an armless medusoid!
Nether regions of a serpent; upper stretches of her medusoid cousins, but in more snakey fashion, lacks limbs of any kind.
But unlike her medusoid cousins that have arms, Ophiunculla has practiced very hard learning how to control the snakelets that grow from her head. These, she has discovered, are able to reach out and grasp objects, manipulate them and singularly or collaboratively, quite literally do anything her two armed cousins can do with their hands!
As you can see, she's getting ready for her morning slither through the park. She's got her ophicomb in one snakelet, a stylus for jotting a quick geopoetical note in another snakelet, her cup of morning joe in a third snakelet, her mirror and favourite torc in a fourth & fifth.
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Well, snakes used to have four legs. This is, I believe, a skink, but you get the idea:
Here's a fossil of a four legged snake from Brazil:
So, holding things would really not be at issue if you decided to go this route.
A typical image of an anthropomorphic snake~person might look like this:
But in the literature there are depictions of limbless snake~people:
I would suspect the hair is such a mess because, well, there's no way this poor person can get it anywhere near a brush or comb!
I rather suspect this one has a friend who's a hair dresser.
But these poor lasses lack the ability to manipulate objects! So, without further ado, kindly allow me to introduce . . .
Ophiunculla, an armless medusoid!
Nether regions of a serpent; upper stretches of her medusoid cousins, but in more snakey fashion, lacks limbs of any kind.
But unlike her medusoid cousins that have arms, Ophiunculla has practiced very hard learning how to control the snakelets that grow from her head. These, she has discovered, are able to reach out and grasp objects, manipulate them and singularly or collaboratively, quite literally do anything her two armed cousins can do with their hands!
As you can see, she's getting ready for her morning slither through the park. She's got her ophicomb in one snakelet, a stylus for jotting a quick geopoetical note in another snakelet, her cup of morning joe in a third snakelet, her mirror and favourite torc in a fourth & fifth.
Well, snakes used to have four legs. This is, I believe, a skink, but you get the idea:
Here's a fossil of a four legged snake from Brazil:
So, holding things would really not be at issue if you decided to go this route.
A typical image of an anthropomorphic snake~person might look like this:
But in the literature there are depictions of limbless snake~people:
I would suspect the hair is such a mess because, well, there's no way this poor person can get it anywhere near a brush or comb!
I rather suspect this one has a friend who's a hair dresser.
But these poor lasses lack the ability to manipulate objects! So, without further ado, kindly allow me to introduce . . .
Ophiunculla, an armless medusoid!
Nether regions of a serpent; upper stretches of her medusoid cousins, but in more snakey fashion, lacks limbs of any kind.
But unlike her medusoid cousins that have arms, Ophiunculla has practiced very hard learning how to control the snakelets that grow from her head. These, she has discovered, are able to reach out and grasp objects, manipulate them and singularly or collaboratively, quite literally do anything her two armed cousins can do with their hands!
As you can see, she's getting ready for her morning slither through the park. She's got her ophicomb in one snakelet, a stylus for jotting a quick geopoetical note in another snakelet, her cup of morning joe in a third snakelet, her mirror and favourite torc in a fourth & fifth.
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is magic avaible?
â Sasha
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@Sasha magic exists but using it for this purpose violates this universe's incredibly complicated magic system.
â The Weasel Sagas
3 hours ago