Rob Lamb
speaker
6,505 appearances
29 recordings
4 series
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 3d ago
Rob Lamb’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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the presumably arboreal lock snake would simply hunker down
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and bind itself around a branch and trust its unbreakable, rock like exterior to protect it.
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The Skexies, of course, saw only potential purpose in these creatures, and adapted them for use as an actual locking mechanism on cabinets and books, to keep out unwanted individuals, and should that individual manage to break the bond, well, then they have to deal with the snake's bite.
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The particulars of how authorized users of the lock snakes unlocked the serpent remain something of a mystery, but it seems as if they might be trained to respond to a particular master.
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Likewise, their use would seem to be time-limited, useful only for temporary absences from the vicinity of these prized chest, tome, or other possessions.
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The concept of the lock snake is, of course, linked to the terrestrial.
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industrial tradition of the Oroborus, the symbol of a serpent biting onto or swallowing its own tail, forming a loop as well as a potent paradox of self-consumption.
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Nothing quite like this exists in the natural world, but the image, the symbolism, as we've discussed before, is potent.
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Now as for the detail that Caesar shares regarding the diet of the lock snakes, that they consume minerals to strengthen their scales, this does have some parallels in our natural world.
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Beavers, for instance, consume an iron-rich diet, which helps fuel the iron-rich enamel of their powerful teeth.
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Animals may consume minerals from time to time to offset dietary deficiencies, and the use of swallowed stones or gastroliths to aid in digestion has been documented in various reptile, bird, and mammal species.
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Given the avian characteristics of the Skexes themselves, it's not unthinkable that the masters of the Dark Crystal might have consumed stones to aid them in the digestion of their many strengths.
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strange meals in their grotesque banquets.
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And finally, one more creature, uh very memorable creature from um Dark Crystal, the Age of Resistance.
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This is gonna be the uh Grunak of Thraw.
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The crimes of the Skexies are many on the planet Thra.
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From the cracking of the crystal of truth to their war of extermination against the Gelfling.
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While the plight of the gelflings is of particular note, other species suffered and died under Skexis rule, including the gentle Grunach.
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As related by Adam Chessery in the Dark Crystal Bestiary, these gray-skinned, flat-faced bipeds were a prominent technologically advanced sentient species on Thra during the Age of Harmony.
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But as the Skexies rose to power during the Age of Division, the twisted lords of the crystal decimated the Grunoch.
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