The world is cruel, yet it is still so beautiful
“The world is cruel, yet it is still so beautiful.” -Akuma no Ko by Ai Higuchi from ‘Attack on Titans’. An ode to the song, the anime which I have dearly loved. The world has deemed snakes as cruel creatures for a long time. After all, they leave death in their wake, they were one of the natures deadliest creatures. For decades, the snakes were feared and worshipped. At one point, the fact that such vicious creatures could even exhibit maternal instincts towards their eggs and young ones was widely debated, but the truth was that snakes cared, even up to the point of forsaking their foods, rather than forsaking their eggs. Vipers and pythons were known to forsake food for over months, they would rather prefer to curl up tightly around their eggs and provide them warmth. The mothers often do not leave their eggs, causing their body to deteriorate due to lack of nourishment. Snakes are fierce protectors, yet cunning and deadliest of hunters. Snakes maybe crue...