Nature is Awesome and/or Hilarious

[The Sybian]

So when a python swallows you whole, do they squeeze you to death first? A quick Google search didn't explain how they kill you, but did offer this doozy of a sentence: "Over the course of about an hour, Greene estimates, the snake would walk its teeth over a person's body until it is completely inside the animal's stomach." Fuck, that image really disturbs me! So do they move their teeth like cilia pushing food through the intestines? There was a video I refuse to open. Snakes freak me out.

[rass]

Definitely makes you appreciate the safety of an office job.

Until you walk into the bathroom and one of your coworkers is congratulating himself on the size of his toilet snake.

[sancarlos]

Definitely makes you appreciate the safety of an office job.

Until you walk into the bathroom and one of your coworkers is congratulating himself on the size of his toilet snake.

If Rass had a dollar for every time…

[Shirley]

He could have already been dead.

So..here's the thing. Snakes don't like to eat dead things. They want their food moving and alive.

Well ackshullly... they only eat dead things. They kill you first, then eat you.

Wanna see video of them cutting the snake open? https://nypost.com/2022/10/25/missing-g ... er-python/

Hmmm. But that's things they've just killed. Don't think snakes make meals of road kill etc.

I think that's true of wild snakes. But pet snakes will eat dead mice and rats. Either way, that snake killed that woman and then swallowed her.

[Nonlinear FC]

So when a python swallows you whole, do they squeeze you to death first? A quick Google search didn't explain how they kill you, but did offer this doozy of a sentence: "Over the course of about an hour, Greene estimates, the snake would walk its teeth over a person's body until it is completely inside the animal's stomach." Fuck, that image really disturbs me! So do they move their teeth like cilia pushing food through the intestines? There was a video I refuse to open. Snakes freak me out.

I've read about it before and seen it on some nature shows. What had happened was...

The snake wraps you up, particularly the torso. Every time you breathe, and then breathe back in, the snake squeezes and constricts. The only way for it not to constrict is for you to not breathe, which... Yikes. I also think that a part of the constriction is cracking your rib cage. You know, so it can fit you in its crazy hinge-jawed mouth.

I've dealt with a few snakes in my backyard and shed. Like spiders, they don't freak me out, but I'm not psyched to see them. But these pythons and venomous snakes. Fuck all of that. Nightmare fuel.

[The Sybian]

So when a python swallows you whole, do they squeeze you to death first? A quick Google search didn't explain how they kill you, but did offer this doozy of a sentence: "Over the course of about an hour, Greene estimates, the snake would walk its teeth over a person's body until it is completely inside the animal's stomach." Fuck, that image really disturbs me! So do they move their teeth like cilia pushing food through the intestines? There was a video I refuse to open. Snakes freak me out.

I've read about it before and seen it on some nature shows. What had happened was...

The snake wraps you up, particularly the torso. Every time you breathe, and then breathe back in, the snake squeezes and constricts. The only way for it not to constrict is for you to not breathe, which... Yikes. I also think that a part of the constriction is cracking your rib cage. You know, so it can fit you in its crazy hinge-jawed mouth.

I've dealt with a few snakes in my backyard and shed. Like spiders, they don't freak me out, but I'm not psyched to see them. But these pythons and venomous snakes. Fuck all of that. Nightmare fuel.

I’ve removed a dozen or so garter snakes out of my garage over the years, usually dead and stuck to a glue trap. They don’t bother me at all because they are small and I know they don’t even have fangs. I’ve caught live ones and move them outside, as they are great for pest control. Big snakes… no thanks.

[wlu_lax6]

About a month ago one of my coworkers was walking her dog in a regional park (Black Hills for those who know). Just walking and bam she was bit by an Eastern Copperhead. Ended up in the ICU for a week. I don't see snakes to quickly differentiate harmless from going to kill you. I tend to treat them all with respect.

[Nonlinear FC]

So when a python swallows you whole, do they squeeze you to death first? A quick Google search didn't explain how they kill you, but did offer this doozy of a sentence: "Over the course of about an hour, Greene estimates, the snake would walk its teeth over a person's body until it is completely inside the animal's stomach." Fuck, that image really disturbs me! So do they move their teeth like cilia pushing food through the intestines? There was a video I refuse to open. Snakes freak me out.

I've read about it before and seen it on some nature shows. What had happened was...

The snake wraps you up, particularly the torso. Every time you breathe, and then breathe back in, the snake squeezes and constricts. The only way for it not to constrict is for you to not breathe, which... Yikes. I also think that a part of the constriction is cracking your rib cage. You know, so it can fit you in its crazy hinge-jawed mouth.

I've dealt with a few snakes in my backyard and shed. Like spiders, they don't freak me out, but I'm not psyched to see them. But these pythons and venomous snakes. Fuck all of that. Nightmare fuel.

I’ve removed a dozen or so garter snakes out of my garage over the years, usually dead and stuck to a glue trap. They don’t bother me at all because they are small and I know they don’t even have fangs. I’ve caught live ones and move them outside, as they are great for pest control. Big snakes… no thanks.

I've had young snakes get tangled up in netting in my shed... Legit sad about having to dispose of those. I've also moved 2 pretty large garters... At least 3 to 3.5 feet long... We live near a creek, so I've put them in a yard trim/garbage can and released them down that way.

[P.D.X.]

Like Shirley said you can def feed pet snakes pre-killed rodents but for some picky ones you have to boil them for a quick minute so they have a heat signature to lock onto.

[rass]

Do you keep a separate rodent saucepan or just figure boiling water is nature's best cleanser?

[P.D.X.]

I'm currently snakeless but my friend who has a python puts the rat in a bag when boiling.

[A_B]

Sous Vide Raton!

[Steve of phpBB]

Nope. Just nope to all of this.

[Johnnie]

We're not lion: The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are a good laugh

[Mulligan]

https://www.iflscience.com/turns-out-pe ... lose-65862

[Pruitt IV]

But so adorable in "A Bugs Life"

[Pruitt IV]

Snarl, You’re on Candid Camera - Wildlife cameras in Wisconsin are capturing interspecies encounters

[Steve of phpBB]

[P.D.X.]

[rass]

Settled on an episode of Planet Earth II today while trying to zone out and take a nap and it was all about animals that have adapted to city environments and SDA said NYC has the highest density of peregrine falcons in the world. They like to eat pigeons.

[A_B]

Great. Another story of adult males who live too long at their mother's teat, see things only in black and white and harbor potentially murderous intent.

I kinda wish I was a commenter over there because I'm so clever.

[sancarlos]

Great. Another story of adult males who live too long at their mother's teat, see things only in black and white and harbor potentially murderous intent.

I kinda wish I was a commenter over there because I'm so clever.

Yeah, reminds me of the Swamply-famous term, “basement-dwelling sock fucker.”

(That was the first time the Swamp embarrassed me - when my daughter saw that and burst out laughing.)

[Steve of phpBB]

It’s still snowing in Utah …

[DaveInSeattle]

GF's daughter is in Northern Iceland...in a little village called Siglufjörður, doing photo shoots/ad work for a heli ski company, a hotel (Siglo), and Smith Googles. She sent us this picture last night.

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[rass]

shoulda emailed each other

[Johnnie]

[Pruitt IV]

That is awesome and hilarious

[wlu_lax6]

Wildlife Life Comedy Photo finalists

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gal ... newsletter

[sancarlos]

Great stuff.

[EnochRoot]

Do you keep a separate rodent saucepan or just figure boiling water is nature's best cleanser?

I laughed out loud at this. My dog awakened, lifting his head to the commotion, and then settled back into his sleep.

[wlu_lax6]

https://www.businessinsider.com/funny-a ... rds-2024-3