There was a model making the rounds among the male nude photographers in Italy near
the end of the 19th Century that they called Il Serpente. This isn't him. The other guy got
called that for a reason you can well imagine. I'm sure these reptiles were harmless.
The guy looks scared, but I bet the snakes were not venemous. He also looks to be circumcised, which would not have been common back then.
ReplyDeleteThe one in his left hand looks more like a legless lizard than it does a snake, judging by the shape of its head. But I'm no herpetologist.
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