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In the event that anyone was curious about the inner workings of Maranaga. X3

Which given the purpose of this account... I'm guessing at least someone is. XD

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Finally finished these detailed internal anatomy diagram... Started from a pencil sketch, painted each organ separately in Sai. XD

Includes all major organ systems (sans systemic circulation and nervous things, because that would take weeks by itself to map out XD). Digestive system and the heart/lung are most obvious, but there's reproductive, central nervous and excretory as well.

Key:
(Begin from head)
Large purple structure--Brain and spinal cord.
Whitish pair of structures--Eyeballs.
Medium teal structure--Jacobson's Organ.
Tiny pair of green glands--Venom Glands/Upper Salivary Glands (inactive in most specimens--depends on subtype)
Long Purple structure--Tongue including Root of tongue.

(Human-like "torso" area)
Thick reddish channel--Upper Esophagus (more muscular than later sections)
Massive Grey-Brown structure--Bronchial Tubes, Windpipe, and Lung (singular, as in snakes)
Thinner reddish channel--Lower Esophagus (less muscular, more stretchy connective tissues)

(Lower down--True Torso)
Large oval Muscle--Heart
Massive brown structure--Liver (with green Gallbladder)
Large pinkish-red pouch--Stomach (expands up to eleven times normal size)
Light greenish large gland--Pancreatic Organ
Long squiggly dark tube--Small Intestines
Smaller brown organ--Kidney (with Ureter)
Skinny Yellowish pouch--Urinary Bladder
Large Reddish channel--Large Intestines

(Pelvic Area/Booty)
Dark pinkish pouch--Uterus and Birth Canal (in applicable specimens)
Greenish-yellow glands--Gonads, near-uterus is Ovary and near-Hemipene is Testis (probably will not have both)
Dark pouch with Pinkish organ--Hemipene (represented organ is the Male Hemipene in particular. Female Hemipene is identical but much smaller and squatter.)
The remainder of the body's length is tail, typically less than 1/8th of the Maranaga's total length. This diagram depicts an extremely stubby specimen as far as length goes, as most Maras are up to twice this length with the same organ proportions--I showed a short naga in the interests of space and ease of displaying this diagram.

Unlike a lot of naga species, Maranaga are not "Taur" structured--meaning they do not have mirrored organs in the torso region. A great number of naga have taur-structured stomachs, lungs, hearts, or all of the above, but Maranaga are much more similar to mundane snakes internally. It is currently believed that Maranaga are descendants of early viperid snakes given their "modern" single-lunged and single-kidney design (unlike "primitive" snakes such as boids and pythons) and their capacity for potent venom in some individuals. Approximately 30% of Maranaga have active venom glands and the type of venom seems to reflect the species of snake the individual's pattern and colors mimic, though there are exceptions. No one is sure why Maranaga seem to mimic so many different types of other snakes--theories are to jog predator's memories of other serpentine creatures they've encountered and deter them from attacking. It is believed that aboriginal peoples who caught glimpses of these creatures and their mimicry of serpents dubbed them "divine snakes" for this reason--believing a large naga which mimicked a common rattlesnake was a divine incarnation of a rattlesnake deity. Of course, Maranaga themselves are quite mundane in nature, but nothing stops the human imagination running wild when strange beasts are involved. XD

There is a swallowing diagram upcoming as well as a piece on how Maranaga retard their digestive processes artificially in order to keep live prey (and their own young) inside them.

Description
In the event that anyone was curious about the inner workings of Maranaga. X3

Which given the purpose of this account... I'm guessing at least someone is. XD

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Finally finished these detailed internal anatomy diagram... Started from a pencil sketch, painted each organ separately in Sai. XD

Includes all major organ systems (sans systemic circulation and nervous things, because that would take weeks by itself to map out XD). Digestive system and the heart/lung are most obvious, but there's reproductive, central nervous and excretory as well.

Key:
(Begin from head)
Large purple structure--Brain and spinal cord.
Whitish pair of structures--Eyeballs.
Medium teal structure--Jacobson's Organ.
Tiny pair of green glands--Venom Glands/Upper Salivary Glands (inactive in most specimens--depends on subtype)
Long Purple structure--Tongue including Root of tongue.

(Human-like "torso" area)
Thick reddish channel--Upper Esophagus (more muscular than later sections)
Massive Grey-Brown structure--Bronchial Tubes, Windpipe, and Lung (singular, as in snakes)
Thinner reddish channel--Lower Esophagus (less muscular, more stretchy connective tissues)

(Lower down--True Torso)
Large oval Muscle--Heart
Massive brown structure--Liver (with green Gallbladder)
Large pinkish-red pouch--Stomach (expands up to eleven times normal size)
Light greenish large gland--Pancreatic Organ
Long squiggly dark tube--Small Intestines
Smaller brown organ--Kidney (with Ureter)
Skinny Yellowish pouch--Urinary Bladder
Large Reddish channel--Large Intestines

(Pelvic Area/Booty)
Dark pinkish pouch--Uterus and Birth Canal (in applicable specimens)
Greenish-yellow glands--Gonads, near-uterus is Ovary and near-Hemipene is Testis (probably will not have both)
Dark pouch with Pinkish organ--Hemipene (represented organ is the Male Hemipene in particular. Female Hemipene is identical but much smaller and squatter.)
The remainder of the body's length is tail, typically less than 1/8th of the Maranaga's total length. This diagram depicts an extremely stubby specimen as far as length goes, as most Maras are up to twice this length with the same organ proportions--I showed a short naga in the interests of space and ease of displaying this diagram.

Unlike a lot of naga species, Maranaga are not "Taur" structured--meaning they do not have mirrored organs in the torso region. A great number of naga have taur-structured stomachs, lungs, hearts, or all of the above, but Maranaga are much more similar to mundane snakes internally. It is currently believed that Maranaga are descendants of early viperid snakes given their "modern" single-lunged and single-kidney design (unlike "primitive" snakes such as boids and pythons) and their capacity for potent venom in some individuals. Approximately 30% of Maranaga have active venom glands and the type of venom seems to reflect the species of snake the individual's pattern and colors mimic, though there are exceptions. No one is sure why Maranaga seem to mimic so many different types of other snakes--theories are to jog predator's memories of other serpentine creatures they've encountered and deter them from attacking. It is believed that aboriginal peoples who caught glimpses of these creatures and their mimicry of serpents dubbed them "divine snakes" for this reason--believing a large naga which mimicked a common rattlesnake was a divine incarnation of a rattlesnake deity. Of course, Maranaga themselves are quite mundane in nature, but nothing stops the human imagination running wild when strange beasts are involved. XD

There is a swallowing diagram upcoming as well as a piece on how Maranaga retard their digestive processes artificially in order to keep live prey (and their own young) inside them.