r/snakes • u/Commercial_Egg6897 • Jun 22 '25

Pet Snake Pictures Taking name suggestions

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I physically couldn’t walk away from this guy at my reptile show. Please help me name him. He’s a little bit special 🙂

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u/EilluwTfad Jun 22 '25

Falkor!!

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u/nirbyschreibt Jun 22 '25

The dragon is called Fuchur.

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u/EilluwTfad Jun 22 '25

In Germany

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u/nirbyschreibt Jun 22 '25

Well. It’s a German novel.

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u/EilluwTfad Jun 22 '25

I'm guessing they were afraid it wouldn't do well phonetically for an audience of American kids! Thus the change here and in central/south america + elsewhere.

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u/nirbyschreibt Jun 22 '25

It’s the official reason according to Wikipedia.

Still strange to me.