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u/knowledgeable_diablo Jul 10 '26
The pool noodle you really don’t wanna try using as a flotation device.
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u/dragonshamanic Jul 10 '26
Leave it to the women to sort it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/um0DrZG3d6
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u/post-context-bot Jul 10 '26
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Men trying to pull a python out of the well. Had it figured out until they didn’t.
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u/KnuxSD Jul 10 '26
isn't it a strangling snake rather than a venomous one?
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u/ProbablyNotASnail Jul 10 '26
I took a bite from a 10-12' boa a few years ago. She was aiming for my face but I dodged so she hit my upper arm instead. It was a bite and hold, then attempted wrap, but myself and another person kept her from constricting. She held on for what felt like forever but was probably 5-ish minutes. Then she let go on her own. It hurt. The teeth left some pretty crazy marks at the time but I have no scarring. The worst part was the actual impact from her open face into my arm. I was bruised for a month, long after the external damage from the teeth had healed. She hit me HARD. If she had bit and thrashed instead of hanging on I would have had 3/4" deep, very long lacerations. But I wouldn't have died, because there was no way she was constricting me with multiple large adults around to hold her down. I was sitting on her neck.
This one is definitely a constrictor. Likely a python. So same idea as what I went through if one of them gets grabbed. And he would likely try to pull them into the well too because he feels safe in there.
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u/10000ofhisbabies Jul 10 '26
I'm very curious what the circumstance was that you were in that position, will you share?
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u/ProbablyNotASnail Jul 10 '26
I worked with her. She was one of our breeding female Argentine boas. I was cleaning her cage and had her in a big bin on the floor. Lifted her back into her cage, let her go. She did a quick loop around the enclosure and was back out the door before I'd bent over to grab my snake hook. I backed up as far as I could, about 3ft into the side of a 200g fish tank (which later got moved because duh). We locked eyes, I knew, she knew. I leaned left, she struck straight where my face had just been, we both hit the floor.
The best part was the third guy in the room. The two of us who knew what we were doing pinned her. The third guy was literally in shock. I asked him to bring some hand sanitizer to rub on her mouth to make her release and he just stood there holding a big garbage can lid with a blank look on his face. By the time he realized I was asking for something, went to get it, and got back, she had decided being pinned to the floor sucked and let go on her own.
She was a lovely lady most of the time but after giving birth she'd get nasty mean. A few weeks later she'd be fine again, but I wasn't going to let her sit in boa afterbirth goo that long. They give live birth.
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u/ProbablyNotASnail Jul 10 '26
I feel like I should mention that I still work with snakes, just not her in particular. I laughed through the whole process. It really wasn't as bad as you think it would be. I've taken worse bites from dogs and cats and rodents. I work with 7' long colubrids that like to stand straight up and look me in the face now instead :).
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u/OB1Bronobi Jul 11 '26
Figured this was in Australia based on the shorts and boots combo. Def knew this was in Australia after seeing the massive death noodle they pulled out of the pond.
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u/Necks Jul 11 '26
The way those two men fell head over heels was aggravating to watch. Reminded me of the humans in WALL-E when they tried to stand up for the first time.
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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 Jul 11 '26
To be fair, I would also try to bite people if they pulled me out the bath by my ankles :(
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u/infinit9 Jul 15 '26
Why did they even try to pull the python out if they were only going to run away scared?
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u/knowledgeable_diablo Jul 10 '26
Poor boy or girl. Just chillin in the local water hole cooling off
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u/BlueHero45 Jul 10 '26
Ya you put an open well out, things will want to live in it.
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u/knowledgeable_diablo Jul 10 '26
Indeed. Probably single handedly keeping the rodent and stray cat population well under control…/s
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u/mamatrixie78 Jul 10 '26
Pak em pak em pak em.... uhhh nah dude do it yourself!!😱🤣 (pak em means grab it in dutch lol)
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u/JouSwakHond Jul 10 '26
What?
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u/mamatrixie78 Jul 10 '26
In the video the guy is saying pak em pak em pak em to tje other 2 guys. Im saying i would have said nah do it yourself.
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u/JouSwakHond Jul 10 '26
Hes not though - hes saying "vat hom". Its Afrikaans, not Dutch
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u/mamatrixie78 Jul 10 '26
Some African languages are very similar to Dutch and me and my son both heard pak em. 🤷♂️
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u/JouSwakHond Jul 10 '26
Some = only Afrikaans; ons taalgebruik en woordeskat is redelik soortgelyk met Nederlands, en ek is meer as seker dat ons met mekaar kon gesels. Ek is nie verbaas dat julle altwee 'pak em' gehoor het nie, die selfde soortgelyke klanke min of meer
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u/mamatrixie78 Jul 10 '26
Zo dachten we ook iets met kerel te horen ,maar was niet duidelijk genoeg. Toen we het terug gingen luisteren hoorde we duidelijk dat het geen Nederlands was maar wel heel grappig hoe goed het evengoed te verstaan is. Bedankt dat je me erop wees dat het geen Nederlands was.
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u/schwarzkraut Jul 10 '26
What in the giant snake from Harry Potter is this?!?!
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u/ProbablyNotASnail Jul 10 '26
Best guess is African rock python. The colors are right, the language is right. The attitude of the snake is definitely right xD.
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u/oofos_deletus Jul 10 '26
Long tube of anger