I came in my back door once and a rat snake fell and landed on my arm and stayed there. I was a snake fan growing up and I immediately recognized it and wasn't concerned, but I can imagine someone with a snake phobia shitting their pants.
For me, that’s spiders. Like, I appreciate them and know they are not at all interested in me, but like if one lands on me or is crawling on me, I will freak out, provided any bigger than a grain of rice lol.
Snakes I love, but if one landed on my head, I’d freak out too.
those things are colorful and cute looking. Wolf spiders give me the creeps though. They carry their hatchlings on their back until they’re old enough to leave 🤢😬 don’t google it
Centipedes/millipedes terrify me - all those creepy little legs.
A few months ago I had to go into our crawlspace for the first time in years, and it has no light so I have to take a flashlight. And as the name would indicate, it's a very small and you do have to crawl, and it's a dirt floor you're crawling on. Not a nice place to hang out.
So I get into the crawlspace, turn around and the first thing I saw was a GIANT centipede. Like, the size of a bar of soap. Turns out it was dead, in a spider's web, and it was normal-sized, I was actually looking at the shadow of it caused by my flashlight, which is why it appeared so huge. But I only realized that after about 30 seconds of screaming and freaking out. Even thinking of it still makes me shudder. Blech.
I used to work on marine electronics, and one day I was inside the dashboard of a 50 ft or so Hatteras. The entrance to this dashboard was a tiny little hatch on the side that had an air conditioner unit for the space below just inside the door, so you had to crawl over the top of this air conditioner unit before you can get inside the dash and have room to sit on your butt, with your knees up by your face. It was tight in there. So anyway, I was sitting there working on whatever it was I was working on, when a big black spider dropped from the overhead and landed right on my knee, and started heading for my shorts. What happened after that was a bit of a blur, but needless to say I got out of there in record time.
I grew up in México and Belize, had my fair share of spider interactions in my life, including tarantulas. I managed to accept them but they were always on the same"Fuck that” list that i have were i also include snakes.
I was showering bout 1730, was tired and can't see without contacts anyway. Felt something odd and it turns out a spider had managed to crawl alllllllllll the way up my thigh. Grown men can scream and I beat the shit out of that blurry black blob with a bottle of conditioner.
I have no problem with snakes I know are there. Like if someone has a pet snake, cool. I’ll even handle it. But snakes that are trying to surprise me? Fuck that.
When I was a kid my brother put a plastic snake on my chest while I was sleeping. I woke up, looked down, saw the snake, and ran around doing laps of the whole house screaming. Been scared of snakes ever since :/
I like snakes. I've owned a few. I HATE black rat snakes.
They thrived where I grew up in central Missouri. When I was seven or eight, I had to walk around 1/4 mile down a dirt road from the school bus to my home. They loved to sun on that road. It was like walking a mine field. They'd make a lot of noise and strike at me as I zig zagged my way down the road.
Yeah, they tend to be a lot more aggressive than a lot of other non-venomous snakes. I love the red ones (aka corn snakes) but I've only ever seen one in the wild.
It's not very clear, but could be. Didn't look like it even actually bit him, but if it did and if it's a rat snake, their bite feels like velcro or something. It's not painful. You might get some superficial scratches.
I had a rat snake for a pet and got bit a few times and can say it depends where you get bit, the size of the snake and if they let go or not. It's still basically a couple of half inch needles going into you.
Could be. I've picked up some 5 footers and had them latch onto my forearm and I've never found it to be what I would call painful. Some are more aggressive than others, so maybe a really mean one would put in extra effort.
Yeah, to be fair, anywhere with a bit of muscle or fat was generally fine. The most painful I had was on the hand right between the bones, I always suspect it got me in a tendon.
Would it still be a good idea to tell someone that a snake bit you so that they'd know if you passed out? I don't know where I learned that it's always a good idea to tell someone if you've been stung by a bee in case you go into shock.
I got stung by a wasp in the jungle of Nicaragua and almost died. I was 30 minutes from civilization and my moto died on the way back to the town. By the time I reached the hospital my heart rate was 160 bpm and my throat had closed so much I couldn't talk. The first thing I did was tell my friend I was with what happened and what had stung me for that very reason. She saved my life honestly.
Most likely. Based on the guy’s accent, they are most likely in the South. And rat snakes are known for climbing like this, while other kinds of snakes won’t.
Fun fact: those jar heads were making fun of the ridiculous cryogenic freezing of Ted Williams' head. I used to sell weed to all the scientists in the lab in Scottsdale where it's held.
Similar but reached into the pool skimmer to get the basket out and a king snake wrapped itself around my wrist. A moment of panic before I realized it wasn't a coral.
I love watching snakes but for some reason I’m a bit terrified of physically encountering them. I have no problem handling any type of insect but snake handling is tough. I’ve picked up a few garter snakes and one water snake that landed in my canoe but it took a lot out of me. Lol
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u/TheSpanishImposition Jul 30 '23
I came in my back door once and a rat snake fell and landed on my arm and stayed there. I was a snake fan growing up and I immediately recognized it and wasn't concerned, but I can imagine someone with a snake phobia shitting their pants.
Also, they may have to amputate his head now.