Two-headed tortoise Janus turns 25!
Janus, who also has two hearts, two pairs of lungs and two distinct personalities, would not have survived long in the wild as he cannot retract his heads into his shell to seek shelter from predators. But at the Geneva Natural History Museum, where he hatched in 1997, Bourgoin and her team of carers - who believe he is the world's oldest bicephalic tortoise - can cater for his every need!
He is under constant surveillance in case he flips over, which could be fatal, and survived a bladder stone operation in 2020. His heads need periodic treatment with vaseline to stop them getting sore when they rub together.
His two personalities also generate different moods and tastes that can occasionally lead to conflict, for example over which direction to walk. "The right head is more curious, more awake, it has a much stronger personality. The left head is more passive and loves to eat," Bourgoin said, adding that one head was partial to endives and the other to carrots.
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Finished one more piece before artist block consumes my soul :)
Outfit is based on (twitter) BreiGraces' April calendar art, and pose is from (tiktok) mellon_soup!
Art style is inspired by @abd-illustrates .
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some demus ponies to makeup for the lack of remus in my last post
tracked time: 5 hours 32 minutes
no reposting to other sites
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3 bros chillin in a dark kitchen
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sanders sides commission for @hello-its-an-aj!
i had a blast with this^^
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So this episode has given us wonderful information such as...
Virgil can be summoned by an adrenaline spike
Roman sleeps for over 11 hours in one sitting
Janus is canonically cold-blooded (and roman knows this)
Remus named his shower drain "Joanne's Fabrics"
Both of the other dark sides have already known this
Janus and remus had to "come all this way" for the video
Logan doesn't usually plan Secret Santa, someone else does
Logan voluntarily wore a Santa hat and invited the dark sides
Logan called roman a "master of (almost) all rhythms"
Patton knows very little to nothing about remus as a side
Virgil arguably knows logan the most of all the sides
And I think that's beautiful
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What do you mean I’m a bit late for Janus’ big day? Of course not, how could you say such a thing! I definitely didn’t forget all about it in my absence and only get reminded in the incorrect quotes video live chat; that’s not like me at all ;]
Anyways I decided to dress our sassy snake in some different outfits I think he’d like. He seems like the type to get all dolled up on his birthday and it goes with Thomas posting pics in outfits inspired by the sides on their appreciation days!
@thatsthat24
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Just some sides being their normal idiotic selves.
First image: You're all gonna need to tear Janus is the shortest from my cold dead HANDS!
The second image: He likely got too many L's during a debate with Logan about a thing Thomas was asking for input about.
Original poses by Mellon_soup on Instagram
Pose 1 I Pose 2
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