Birds & Herps

Birds, Reptiles, & Amphibians

**Hemlock (roadrunner):

  • Bird Identity” — writing that goes over being a roadrunner bird
  • Butch as a Bird” — gender in relation to being nonhuman (bird)

*Ilrak (raven & ceratosaurus):

*Indornaga (swamp indoraptor):

*Noel Sol (neosuchian & dragon):

*Nomad (deinonychus):

  • Deconstructing the Raptor” — explanation of various ways he experiences being a deinonychus therian
  • On Extinction” — description of being an animal from another time and environment far passed and feeling like the “living remains” of an extinct species

*Quatz (emerald tree boa & resplendent quetzal bird):

*Serpentine Zebra (cobra):

  • “Snake Eyes: Living as a Cobra Therian” — a descriptive essay on a rarely written about subject (being a reptile (more specifically snake) therian) that traces from her early recognition of being a cobra to how it manifests as a part of herself

*Shimi (saltwater crocodile):

  • Journals 001” — imagery describing a strong connection & sense of self in crocodiles
  • Journals 002” — comparing selkie lore to therianthropy & some ways the author lives their life as a crocodile therian
  • Nest” — a brief piece on a crocodile’s nest
  • To Love a Crocodile” — third-person description of a crocodile-person spouse

*Sonne (winged theropod (erdvogel)):

  • Designing a Theriotype” — provides description of how I went about narrowing my 4th theriotype’s identity down to a seemingly yet-undiscovered kind of winged theropod; also works as a good example for one method of figuring out specifics of oneself as an extinct theriotype
  • On Wings of a Living Past” — describes various details of what it is like for me to be, therianthropically, a winged theropod, with particular emphasis on understanding and phantom sensations of that theropod’s body
  • Vogel” — poem about experiencing feathered theropod & angel, both as bird-like

*Swift (raven & osprey):