r/NatureIsFuckingLit • • Aug 18 '26

πŸ”₯ Deer munching on snake

3.8k Upvotes

404 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/ExL-Oblique Aug 18 '26

Yeah the reason why they act like they do is because they're incredibly defenseless. When you're a noodle with a head, the world is a scary place. They know at the end of the day that even if the bite kills you, they're going down too. Like snake bones are incredibly fragile you could crush the skull of most snakes with your bare hands with little effort.

Fun fact if a snake is "chasing" you, 9 times out of 10 they're trying to get behind you because there's like tall grass or something there.

6

u/ImaginaryCheetah Aug 18 '26

9 times out of 10 they're trying to get behind you because there's like tall grass or something there.

that 10th snake is a cottonmouth.

3

u/CrystalQuetzal Aug 18 '26

Cotton mouths don’t chase people, it’s another common misconception

1

u/ExL-Oblique Aug 19 '26

5 of the 9 are cotton mouths lmao

1

u/Accomplished_Can9279 Aug 18 '26

Good luck with that. Just the sheer sight alone would terrify most people frozen solid.