#borneo python

[herpsandbirds]

Borneo Short-tailed Python (Python breitensteini), family Pythonidae, endemic to Borneo

photograph by Thomas Ryan Harper

[sunfish-exotics]

Timelapse of a sketch for a future traditional pet portrait! I like to lay them out digitally to be able to make quick adjustments to the composition.

[hound-bound]

Morning coffee and news with the big boi

[dilly-monster]

I moved last week and everyone had a terrible time lmao

[stay-wild-smol-child]

Just a couple blue boys today

[bestanimal]

Round 3 - Reptilia - Squamata

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

Our second order of reptiles is Squamata, commonly called “lizards” and “snakes” (though snakes are in fact a suborder of lizards). This is a highly diverse order, containing the families… *deep breath*… Dibamidae (“blind skinks”), Diplodactylidae (diplodactylid geckos), Pygopodidae (“snake-lizards”), Carphodactylidae (“southern padless geckos”), Eublepharidae (“eyelid geckos”), Sphaerodactylidae (sphaerodactylid geckos), Phyllodactylidae (phyllodactylid geckos), Gekkonidae (“common geckos”), Scincidae (“skinks”), Xantusiidae (“night lizards”), Gerrhosauridae (“plated lizards”), Cordylidae (“girdled lizards”), Gymnophthalmidae (“spectacled lizards”), Teiidae (“whiptails” and “tegus”), Alopoglossidae (“teids” and “largescale lizards”), Lacertidae (“wall lizards”), Rhineuridae (“Florida Worm Lizard”), Bipedidae (“Mexican Mole Lizard”, “Four-toed Worm Lizard”, and “Three-toed Worm Lizard”), Blanidae (also “worm lizards”), Cadeidae (“Cuban keel-headed worm lizards”), Trogonophidae (“Palearctic worm lizards”), Amphisbaenidae (“worm lizards”), Shinisauridae (“Chinese Crocodile Lizard”), Lanthanotidae (“Earless Monitor Lizard”), Varanidae (“monitor lizards”), Helodermatidae (“beaded lizards”), Xenosauridae (“knob-scaled lizards”), Diploglossidae (“galliwasps”), Anniellidae (“American legless lizards”), Anguidae (“glass lizards” and “alligator lizards”), Chamaeleonidae (“chameleons”), Agamidae (“agamas” or “dragon lizards”), Leiocephalidae (“curlytail lizards”), Iguanidae (“iguanas” and “chuckwallas”), Hoplocercidae (“woodlizards” and “dwarf iguanas”), Crotaphytidae (“collared lizards”), Corytophanidae (“casquehead lizards”), Tropiduridae (“Neotropical ground lizards”), Phrynosomatidae (phrynosomatid lizards), Dactyloidae (“anoles”), Polychrotidae (“bush anoles”), Liolaemidae (liolaemid lizards), Leiosauridae (leiosaurid lizards), Opluridae (“Malagasy iguanas”), Leptotyphlopidae (“slender blind snakes”), Gerrhopilidae (“Indo-Malayan blindsnakes”), Xenotyphlopidae (“Malagasy blind snakes”), Typhlopidae (typhlopid blindsnakes), Anomalepididae (“primitive blind snakes”), Aniliidae (“American Pipe Snake”), Tropidophiidae (“dwarf boas”), Uropeltidae (“shield-tail snakes”), Anomochilidae (“dwarf pipesnakes”), Cylindrophiidae (“Asian pipesnakes”), Xenopeltidae (“sunbeam snakes”), Loxocemidae (“Mexican Python”), Pythonidae (pythons), Boidae (“boas”), Xenophidiidae (“spinejaw snakes”), Bolyeriidae (“Round Island boas”), Acrochordidae (“wart snakes”), Xenodermidae (“odd-scaled snakes”, “Borneo Red Snake”, “Dragon Snake”, and kin), Pareidae (“slug and snail-eating snakes”), Viperidae (vipers), Homalopsidae (“Indo-Australian water snakes”), Colubridae (colubrid snakes), Lamprophiidae (“house snakes”), and Elapidae (elapid snakes).

As this order is so diverse it would be hard to summarize their anatomy and behavior in one paragraph. Squamates have 4 legs ancestrally, but many groups have secondarily lost one pair or all of their legs. Some of these groups retain vestigial hind limbs beneath their skin. They can be herbivorous or carnivorous, lay eggs or give live birth, be terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal, semi-aquatic, or fully aquatic. Some utilize a flattened body or flaps of skin to glide. Some lack teeth, some have one or more teeth, and some have teeth designed for injecting venom. Venom, used in hunting and sometimes defense, evolved early in ambush predators of the clades Caenophidia, Anguimorpha, and Iguania, before the three groups split. It can be delivered via specialized fangs or saliva. Squamates “smell” via chemoreception, taking in scent particles on their tongue and transferring them to the Jacobson’s organ on the roof of their mouth, which then sends the information to the brain. Thus, when a squamate flicks its tongue in and out of its mouth, it is “taste-smelling” the air.

Squamata and Rhynchocephalia form the superorder Lepidosauria, which is the sister group to Archosauria, the clade that contains crocodilians and birds. As rhynchocephalians first appeared in the Early Triassic, the lineage leading to squamates must have also existed at the time. The oldest known squamate ancestor is Megachirella, which existed in the Middle Triassic. The oldest unambiguous fossils of squamates date to the Middle Jurassic, with the first appearance of many modern groups during this period.

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Many groups, such as the blind skinks and blind snakes, have greatly reduced eyes covered by a scale. These eyes can only sense light and dark. They have little need for eyes though, as they burrow underground and utilize their sense of smell and hearing to perceive the world.

Male squamates have hemipenes (two penises linked together), which are usually held inverted within their bodies, and are everted for reproduction via erectile tissue like a mammalian penis. Only one is used at a time, and some evidence indicates that males alternate use between copulations. Stay tuned for more Penis Facts™.

Snakes, the most recent suborder of lizards, are thought to have evolved from burrowing lizards during the Cretaceous Period. One of the most basal known snakes, Najash rionegrina, was a two-legged burrowing snake from the Late Cretaceous. However, snakes are not the only lizards to have lost their legs, and many other families seem to be following in their footsteps… or lack thereof.

The smallest squamate, and the smallest known reptile, is the Jaragua Sphaero (Sphaerodactylus ariasae), also known as the Jaragua Dwarf Gecko. The Jaragua Sphaero measures 14–18 mm (0.55–0.71 in) from the snout to the base of the tail and can fit on a US quarter. It has an average weight of 0.13 g.

Meanwhile, the longest squamate is the Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus), which can grow up to 6.5 m (21.4 ft), and weigh up to 75 kg (165 lb). This upper range is rare, however. It is surpassed in weight by the Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) which can weigh up to 80 kg (176 lb), the Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) which can weigh up to 150 kg (330 lb), and the Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) with a record weight of 182.8 kg (403 lb) in one captive individual.

The largest squamates in history were the mosasaurs, a clade of lizards within the suborder Anguimorpha, which also includes the beaded lizards, legless lizards, monitor lizards, and others. These fully aquatic lizards were adapted for a life at sea, and ranged from the 1 m (3.3 ft) long Dallasaurus turneri, to the 12 meter (39 ft) long apex predator Mosasaurus hoffmannii.

Though they survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, many squamate species are now endangered due to habitat loss, hunting, the pet trade, invasive species, and other anthropogenic causes. Because of this, some squamate species have recently become extinct. Breeding programs exist in many zoos, both to retain reservoir populations and to boost populations in the wild through releases. Unfortunately, not every species is charismatic, and it can be hard to get the public invested and involved in squamate conservation.

[sapphiresenthiss]

I think Voldemort would enjoy a vacation (or perhaps a retirement trip) in South America. There's an incredible variety of snakes! Plus, the climate is warm and pleasant for snakes.

Sometimes I think Tom would have been a herpetologist; he would have done well, perhaps discovering new species of snakes.

He would also have enjoyed creating chaos and fear among the jungle residents. Mysticism is very strong in South America, so the residents would have created legends and horror stories about Tom and his snakes.

Oh, definitely! To this day I wonder why the hell he stayed in ENGLAND out of all the places on this planet...

South and Southeast Asia would be THE place to go to, too - it's home to reticulated pythons after all!

Myself, I visited Borneo in the past. I think he'd like it a lot. Plenty venomous snakes around. Below is a photo of one of the scaley, veeery dangerous neighbourhood thugs. Was generous and gracious enough to let me get very close to take a few pictures. The poor local guide who was in charge of our group... I gave him several heart attacks, especially after he realized I suddenly disappeared and he couldn't find me for 15 minutes 😂 But in the end we became travel buddies and he even gave me an exclusive tour around the jungle, finding many unique animals for me to take pictures of (as all the other tourists really wanted to do was get to the beach, eat lunch and scream at monkeys stealing their lunch boxes. Poor dude was so excited someone was FINALLY paying attention to him...).

Sounds like something young Tom would 100% do as well IF he weren't all about future world domination.

[regalbois]

tell me about your reptiles? Please?

OKAY YAAY

I still mainly have ball pythons, but my favorites are my reticulated python and my boa constrictor!!

this is my boa, Irene

and my retic, Rearden. He's a 62.5% kalaotoa super dwarf, which means he was bred from a locality of retic that will only get about 6-8ft, rather than the 15ft+ of a mainland retic

and I've also got an anerythristic kenyan sand boa, Rootle, who mostly exists underground LOL

and the only colubrid I own a Baird's rat snake, Tuca

and last of the unique snakes is Katczinsky, my Borneo short-tailed python

and from here it's ball pythons all the way down 💀 I bred them once, which was fun, but for the most part I've rehomed majority of the ones I had. My favorites of the ones I still have are my piebalds, Xavier and Smores, the pinstripe I bred that I still haven't named, and my first rescue, Felix

I've run out of picture space but I also have a bearded dragon LOL she was also a rescue. I've toyed with the idea of getting another different species of snake, or just another reticulated python, but tbh I like having money now and reptiles make it hard to have money 💀 especially when the price of rodents is just ridiculous post covid. I feed all of them frozen/thawed, so none of them are exposed to the risks of feeding live, I've gotten really good at switching ball pythons from live food to frozen/thawed LOL

[scolopendramorsitans]

a blog just for my inverts and snakes (disclaimer 4 any handling pics/videos: handle at your own risk, don't emulate without experience.)

main @cyanocoraxx

🕷 🦂 🩸

⭐pedes: astraeus, akaza, choso, doma, gyomei, guttertank, kokushibo, mindflayer, major, reigen, sunstorm, shrine, sukuna.

click read more for my list of inverts (27/02/25)

⭐ - medically significant venom

⭐? - possibly significant, not enough research

acanthoscurria geniculata - unnamed

aphonopelma sp. jalisco - unnamed

brachypelma hamorii - pleck

ceratogyrus marshalli - kantus ⭐

chilobrachys fimbriatus - hersey ⭐

chilobrachys huahini - unnamed ⭐

cyriopagopoeus lividus - dirge ⭐

haploclastus devamatha - bridgeburner

homeoemma chilensis - iblis ♀ (2015)

lampropelma n. arboricola - tarn

lasiodora parahybana - laios

phormictopus auratus - furnace ♀

poecilotheria subfusca - pepper ⭐

poecilotheria metallica- nacelle ⭐

pterinochilus murinus - reaver ⭐

selenocosmia crassipes - bard

linothele sericata - cupcake (2024)

atypus karschi - hamster (2024)

calommata signata - unnamed (2024)

eresus walckenaeri - gomah (2024)

tailless whip scorpion (damon medius) - mizaru ♂

tailless whip scorpion (damon medius) - kikazaru ♂

tailless whip scorpion (damon medius) - iwazaru ♀

thai vinegaroon (thelyphonus sp. red) - unnamed

scolopendra morsitans (blood red) - sukuna (2024)

scolopendra morsitans (blood red) - shrine (2024)

scolopendra morsitans (dragon head) - major (2024)

scolopendra morsitans - guttertank (2025)

scolopendra subspinipes (java) - choso ⭐ (2024)

scolopendra dehaani (orange) - astraeus ⭐ (2024)

scolopendra mutilans (green) - gyomei ⭐ (2024)

scolopendra polymorpha - sunstorm (2024)

ethmostigmus trigonopodus (yellow) - akaza (2024)

e. austroyunnanensis - kokushibo (2024)

ethmostigmus austroyunnanensis - doma (2024)

ethmostigmus borneo blue - mindflayer (2025)

otostigmus scaber - unnamed (2025)

cormocephalus sp - reigen (2025)

none currently ):

none currently ):

dwarf wood (l. australasiae) - bargie ♀ (2023)

vietnam forest (h. loaticus) - hideous mass (2024)

brazilian rainbow boa - inti ♂ (5-6ft) (2015)

royal python - latte ♂ (4ft)

rosy boa - carmine ♂ (2ft)

"aren't you scared it will bite you" hello job. no i can't come in today. i'm being bitten by my poecilotheria metallica. yeah i'll be off work for 3 weeks. yay

"does it still have its venom" yes. who am i to deny a girl's fun? if she wants to envenomate me one day that's ok with me

"it can't love you" neither could my dad but we move

"why keep centipedes eughghgh gross" i don't have room in my house for an actual dragon so the smaller land ones will do instead

"what do you feed them" small children

"what do you do with them" we vibe. my spiders know my deepest darkest secrets and they will never tell you. on account of being incapable of human speech.

"do they sleep in your bed" yes and they size me up every night. one day they will eat me. please send help!

"how can you sleep at night with those in your house" see above. i'm never alone :)

"can i have some tips on keeping centipedes" YES! the basics are: an escape-proof tub with good cross-ventilation on all sides. no coco fiber substrate, use peat/topsoil/sand in varying amounts depending on if the pede is arid or tropical. varied diet including: raw meats, livefoods, cat food, and some fruits. always remove uneaten food and other rotting things within 24 hrs to avoid harmful gas buildup. don't get bitten. etc. <3

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[fimbry]

I adore your snakes! I've been considering (in the farish future) a borneo python or blood python, but I've heard short tailed pythons in general are quite bitey and being quite large can actually cause damage to wrists and such, is that your experience?

Hello! The Borneo and Sumatran short tails tend to be more mild mannered than Blood pythons, but even bloods can be calm! I have super sweet and spicy bloods, it'll depend on the individual and I'd go to a breeder and ask for their friendliest hatchling available. The innate personality is pretty apparent early on, though you can always earn the trust of more high strung ones too. A good breeder will be able to help you out with a wonderful pet of any of these species.

That said, they have very small teeth. I've taken some bites, including a feeding bite from an adult female, and it was pretty much nothing. The force behind the bite is strong, it'll bruise, but I wouldn't say it's too bad. They leave the same size tiny pin pricks as the teeth of a ball python.

[brookston]

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Brunei Darussalam National Day (From UK; Borneo; 1984)

Evanland (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

February Revolution Day (Russia; 1917)

Mashramani (a.k.a. Republic Day: Proclamation of Co-Operative Republic; Guyana; 1970)

Mississippi Re-Admitted to the Union (1870)

Ondo State Day (Ondo, Nigeria)

Sayville (a.k.a. Dominion of Sayville; Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Texas (Seceded from the U.S.; 1861)

4th & Last Sunday in February

College Goal Sunday [Last Sunday]

Freedom Sunday [Last Sunday]

National Woman’s Day (original date; 1909) [Last Sunday]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Soothing Sunday [4th Sunday of Each Month]

Spud Sunday [4th Sunday of Each Month]

Souper Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sultry Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 23 (4th Week of February)

National Harbor Restaurant Week: Fooduary (National Harbor, Maryland) [thru 3.1]

Peace Corps Week (thru 2.27)

Festivals On or Beginning February 23, 2025

International Sweetener Colloquium (Palm Springs, California) [thru 2.26]

Krewe Carrollton Parade (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Mystic Krewe of Barkus Parade (New Orleans, Louisiana)

National Brotherhood of Snowsports Summit (Keystone, Colorado) [thru 3.2]

National Grocers Association Show (Las Vegas, Nevada) [thru 2.25]

San Pedro Carnival (San Pedro, Belize) [thru 3.4]

Screen Actors Guild Awards (Los Angeles, California)

Tampa Bay Jewish Food Festival (Clearwater, Florida)

World of the Latino Cuisine (Las Vegas, Nevada) [thru 2.25]

Feast Days

Alexander Akimetes (Christian; Saint)

Boisil, Prior of Melross (Christian; Saint)

Celebrate Vaccines Day (Pastafarian)

Day of Ebisu (Japanese God of Fortune)

Dositheus, Monk of Palestine (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Friends (Pagan)

Festival of the Boundary Markers (Ancient Rome)

Herb Garden Planting Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Lola and Tamir (Muppetism)

Milburga of Shropshire (Christian; Saint)

Monty Python Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ovid (Positivist; Saint)

Peter Damian (Christian; Saint)

Polycarp of Smyrna (Christian; Saint)

Remember the Alamo Day (Pastafarian)

Serenus the Gardener (Christian; Martyr)

The Terminalia (Festival of Boundaries; also End of Old Roman Year Festival)

Willigis (Christian; Saint)

Orthodox Christian Liturgical Calendar Holidays

Shrove Sunday (Orthodox Christian) (a.k.a. ... 

Cheese Fare Sunday

Judgement Sunday

Meatfare Sunday

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 1 (Wu-Yin), Day 26 (Gui-Hai)

Day Pillar: Water Pig

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Receive Day (收 Shou) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: None Known

Secular Saints Days

Emily Blunt (Entertainment)

Bernard Cornwell (Literature)

W.E.B. DuBois (Literature)

Victor Fleming (Entertainment)

Balthazar Gerbier (Art)

Rebecca Goldstein (Philosophy)

George Frederick Handel (Music)

Howard Jones (Music)

Kelly MacDonald (Entertainment)

Kazimir Malevich (Art)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Art)

Samuel Pepys (Literature)

Norman Taurog (Entertainment)

Franz von Stuck (Art)

George Frederic Watts (Art)

Tom Wesselmann (Art)

Guy C. Wiggins (Art)

Johnny Winter (Music)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [13 of 57]

Premieres

All’s Well That Ends Well (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Annihilation (Film; 2018)

Apple & Onion (Animated TV Series; 2018)

The Band Concert (Mickey Mouse Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Bend Sinister, by Vladimir Nabokov (Novel; 1947)

Caviar (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1930)

DC Showcase: The Spectre (WB Cartoon; 2010)

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by Tom Robbins (Novel; 1976)

The Fable of Farmer Al Alfa’s Bride (Aesop’s Film Fable; 1923)

The Faithful Maid, by George Frideric Handel (Song; 1715)

FanMail, by TLC (Album; 1999)

The Farmer (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)

Fireman Save My Child (Mutt & Jeff Cartoon; 1919)

Foxy by Proxy (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

Game Night (Film; 2018)

The Glutton (Hearst-Pathe News Cartoon; 1918)

Go Fly a Kit (WB MM Cartoon; 1957)

Goode Knight (Aesop’s Fable Cartoon; 1934)

The Hare and the Hounds (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Harper (Film; 1966)

Henderson the Rain King, by Saul Bellow (Novel; 1959)

He’s SO fine, by The Chiffons (Song; 1963)

Holiday for Shoestrings (WB MM Cartoon; 1946)

Interjections (Grammar Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1974)

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (WB Animated Film; 2010)

Ko-Ko’s Reward (Fleischer Inkwell Imps Cartoon; 1929)

Land of Black Gold, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1950) [Tintin #15]

Last Bus to Woodstock, by Colin Dexter (Novel; 1975)

The Last Straw (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1934)

Les Sylphides, by Frédéric Chopin (Ballet; 1907)

Little Lulu, by Marjorie Henderson Buell (Comic strip; 1935)

Man of Tin (Scrappy Phantasies Cartoon; 1940)

Midnight at the Oasis, by Maria Muldaur (Song; 1974)

Oratorio, by George Frideric Handel (Oratorio; 1732)

Piano Man, by Billy Joel (Song; 1974)

Pinocchio (Animated Disney Film; 1940)

Public Speaking (Documentary Film; 2011)

The Saint in Miami, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1940) [Saint #23]

Scenes from a Mall (Film; 1991)

Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoop (WB Animated Film; 2021)

The Slim Shady LP, by Eminem (Album; 1999)

Standard Parade for 1939 (Disney Cartoon for Standard Oil Co.; 1939)

Swiss Tease (Columbia Favorites; 1956)

Things Fall Apart, by The Roots (Album; 1999)

This Land Is Your Land, written by Woody Guthrie (Song; 1940)

Trainspotting (Film; 1996)

Tweety and the Beanstalk (WB MM Cartoon; 1957)

University of North Dakota (School; 1882)

Today’s Name Days

Raffaela, Romana (Austria)

Grozdan, Polikarp, Romana (Croatia)

Svatopluk (Czech Republic)

Papias (Denmark)

Lehar, Leho, Lehto (Estonia)

Aslak (Finland)

Lazare (France)

Polyk, Raffaela, Romana (Germany)

Polychronis, Polykarpos (Greece)

Alfréd (Hungary)

Livio, Policarpo, Renzo, Romana, Romina, Sereno, Teo (Italy)

Almants, Haralds (Latvia)

Butvilė, Gantautas, Romana, Severinas (Lithuania)

Torstein, Torunn (Norway)

Bądzimir, Damian, Florentyn, Łazarz, Piotr, Roma, Romana, Seweryn (Poland)

Policarp (Romania)

Anna, Valentina (Russia)

Roman (Slovakia)

Policarpo (Spain)

Torsten, Torun (Sweden)

Boswell, Gloria, Gloriana, Glory, Reilley, Riley, Rylan, Rylee, Ryleigh, Ryley, Rylie (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

National Rudy Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 54 of 2025; 311 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 7 of Week 8 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Wu-Yin), Day 26 (Gui-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 16 Amshir 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Pine (Feb 19-28) [Day 5 of 10]

Hebrew: 25 Shevat 5785

Islamic: 24 Sha’ban 1446

Julian: 10 February 2025

Moon: 23%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 26 Homer (2nd Month) [Ovid)

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 65 of 90)

SUn Calendar: 24 Gray; Threesday [24 of 30]

Week: 4th Week of February

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 5 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 11 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 2 of 27)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 7 of 23)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 8 of 24)

[homestuck-human-generator]

Name: Mr. Mell Smirnov Color: Hibiscus #B43757 Symbol: jaguar Strife Specibus: cordkind Handle: captivatedTacenda Animal: ground hog Pronouns: they/them Age: 26 Birthday: 167th day of the year Sexuality: This person hasn't, would, and never would think about sexuality. Interests: thrifting and craft Dream Moon: derse Classpect: Thief of Time Land: Land of Healing and Shrines, a sleepy place, with poised Borneo short-tailed python consorts. It is a place full of concrete jungles and balloons. Typheus lurks. Instrument: terpodion

[hound-bound]

Had Bakar out for some sun today! First time this year it's been warm enough, I think he enjoyed himself 🧡

I love how his salmon blushing is still so vibrant!

[roll-a-troll]

Name: Ms. Nitram Letevi Ancestor: The Patience Strife Specibus: rollingpinkind Blood Color and Sign: Rust; Argo Handle: callousGael Lusus: shearling dad Pronouns: it/its Age: 7 sweeps Interests: massaging and butchering Sexuality: irrelevant Class: Maid Land: Land of Carnival and Sticks, a mysterious place, with hungering Borneo short-tailed python consorts. It is a place full of stormy forests and plastic. Prometheus lurks in this land's villages. Quirk: have a bad habit of media references via roll-a-troll https://ift.tt/bpKZvWo, do as you please

[azaleakamellia]

33rd National Geoscience Conference 2021 (NGC 2021)

Tool: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Pro Deep Learning extension, Python, Jupyter Notebook Technique: Deep learning; semantic segmentation, cartography, remote sensing

The presentation of abstract outlining the implementation of deep learning in land cover classification across the Borneo island. It uses the Sentinel-2 image data and the band combination that differentiates the bareland, tree cover as well as waterbodies and croplands whilst training the U-Net model using the referenced data collected.

Please find the abstract published here:

Warta Geologi, Vol. 47, No. 1, April 2021

The presentation slide can be accessed at the following link 👇🏻: