# New DoperPET (yes, pictures; no, not a kitteh)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 21, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289 "2018-02-21T19:19:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/41 "2018-02-22T17:50:47Z")

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Licorice vines?

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**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/42 "2018-02-22T17:56:41Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> _regaliz_… what is [this red candy](https://muyfitness.com/regaliz-rojo-danino-info_26357/) called in English?

Red licorice? I’ve not come across any other name, anyway.

He’s adorable. What’s your python called?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/43 "2018-02-22T18:16:16Z")

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[Kjell.](https://imgur.com/a/Hha1d)

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/44 "2018-02-22T18:45:19Z")

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Victor  
Samuel L. Snakeson

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/45 "2018-02-22T21:09:02Z")

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> [@Filbert](#):
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> Red licorice? I’ve not come across any other name, anyway.

You haven’t??? Twizzlers!

> **[Products](https://www.hersheyland.com/products)**
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> From ALMOND JOY Candy to ZAGNUT Bars, search and shop your favorite Hershey products and candy brands on Hersheyland.

Twizzler would be a perfectly cromulent name.

Or “The Flame”.

Or “Twizzler LaFlamme”.

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**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/46 "2018-02-22T21:15:10Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> You haven’t??? Twizzlers!

Not come across them in England 😛

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/47 "2018-02-22T21:18:03Z")

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> [@Filbert](#):
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> Red licorice? I’ve not come across any other name, anyway.
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> He’s adorable. What’s your python called?

That would be Pretzel, shown here “helping” with laundry.

[https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180222/8ddb66a6801bb428802be5bfcc9ff664.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180222/8ddb66a6801bb428802be5bfcc9ff664.jpg)

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/48 "2018-02-22T22:58:40Z")

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> [@Filbert](#):
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> Not come across them in England 😛

:o Well, that’s embarrassing.

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**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/49 "2018-02-23T22:43:14Z")

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Chips! (Full name: Corn Chips).

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/50 "2018-02-23T23:04:16Z")

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Kernel/Colonel

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/51 "2018-02-24T19:33:59Z")

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> [@Merneith](#):
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> Angel. The markings on his head look like an angel, with a sort of v-shped neckline, and the wings above his shoulders.
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> Also, he has fangs.

The angel has fangs? Or the snake? (Their head markings are nature’s Rorschach test.)

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/52 "2018-02-24T19:36:05Z")

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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> The angel has fangs? Or the snake? (Their head markings are nature’s Rorschach test.)

I think it might refer to this vampiric Angel:

> **[Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer))**
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> Angel is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the American television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel. The character is portrayed by actor David Boreanaz. As introduced in Buffy in 1997, Angel is a love interest for heroine Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a young woman whose destiny as "the Slayer" is to fight the forces of evil, such as vampires and demons. However, their relationship is complicated by the fact that Angel is ...

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**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/53 "2018-02-25T05:12:55Z")

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Well, imma name him Lil Shit if he keeps this up. He’s pooped on me every. single. time I’ve handled him so far.

Ce la vie - you have reptiles or birds, it’s gonna happen. At least his poops are tiny like him. (Not for long, I swear he’s noticeably longer already!!)

He’s eaten twice already since I got him … which reminds me, I need to move a suspiciously round female rat out of a tub with a failing water bottle into a new enclosure anyway. Maybe she’ll have some pink, squeaky little surprises for me.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doperpet-yes-pictures-no-not-a-kitteh/809289/54 "2018-02-25T07:14:43Z")

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I was going to suggest Medusa but I think I must concur with Plisskin.

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