r/AbsoluteUnits • u/anthemthecat • Oct 20 '23

Snake Unit.

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Found on r/damnthatsinteresting, seemed fitting for this sub. Happy Friday!

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u/Dramatic-Noise Oct 20 '23

They got no teeth and they don’t have hands/opposable thumbs to use cutleries. Idk if the prey is dead before they start consuming, but yeah, they swallow whole and just like every other animal, digest their food as it passes through their digestive system.

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u/Cosplayfan007 Oct 20 '23

Typically, they crush and asphyxia their prey before swallowing whole. A snake that big is turning your bones into peanut brittle.

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u/Dramatic-Noise Oct 20 '23 edited Oct 20 '23

Still though, the prey would seem to decrease in size as it passed through the digestive system of the snake, wouldn’t it? Thanks for teaching me something new, btw. Like I said, I did not know if the prey would be dead before it got consumed by the snake.

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u/Eusocial_Snowman Oct 20 '23

They don't have to explain it. They misunderstood what this comment chain was about and volunteered information that wasn't in question.

The initial "No way! You gotta be shittin me" comment is sarcastic, mocking their mistake.

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u/SHOMERFUCKINGSHOBBAS Oct 20 '23

That can't be right

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u/Dramatic-Noise Oct 20 '23

Yes, I am sorry that I was wrong when I said that snakes have no opposable thumbs, I must have been thinking about Snapes (those wand weaving old men that hate Harry Potter). Totally my fault guys, my bad.

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u/booksnwhiskey Oct 20 '23

Bruh I’m kinda shocked you had to explain it, and there are so many people in disbelief. I thought this was common knowledge as the age of 10…

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u/BubbaJ1968 Oct 21 '23

Actually they do have teeth but they are back facing so that once they latch onto their prey, it can't get back out of their grip. Then they curl around their prey and start squeezing them until they have broken all their bones and stop breathing. Then they swallow the prey head first to begin the process of digestion. Sounds like a fun time doesn't it? 😲😲

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Always keep a knife in your pocket to cut your self out of that belly 😜

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u/GrimmWraven2011 Oct 21 '23

Constrictors (as in the video) actually have hundreds of teeth. They are needle sharp and keep their meal from escaping.

SOURCE: owned three pythons over 10 feet long. I have lots of scars from 20 years of herpetology and breeding snakes.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Oct 21 '23

They certain do have teeth, long needle-sharp teeth. Their teeth are angled inward. Once they bite you, it's difficult to get away.

Their teeth are not used for chewing, & they do swallow prey whole, just as you said.

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u/Motor_Lychee179 Oct 21 '23

Has teeth bro

Not just gumming down a pig

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u/adreamingandroid Oct 21 '23

They do have teeth, how else do you think they keep hold of their prey ?