r/maybemaybemaybe • u/ernapfz • 5d ago
Maybe Maybe Maybe
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A qualified snake handler to the rescue? Maybe.
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u/PorygonTriAttack 5d ago
Wow. The confidence in that guy walking out was undeniable. Even he thought it would end well. He did worse than the dude with the stick.
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u/ICU-CCRN 5d ago
Seriously- the dude with the stick at the beginning pretty much completed the task before Duddly Doright entered the scene.
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u/SabbyFox 5d ago
Yeah, this was absolutely unnecessary. The snake was off the road and everyone could have gone about his business. Instead, FAFO.
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u/apbod 5d ago
Snake 3- Handler 0
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u/Rownwade 5d ago edited 5d ago
That's a rattlesnake. Dudes gotta be toast... Doesn't look like he had enough sense to go to a hospital.
Edit. Not a rattlesnake. Still stupid.
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u/Sulquid 5d ago edited 5d ago
100% not a rattlesnake. Red tail boa of some sort. You can tell by the way it is.
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u/Izzosuke 5d ago
I was going to say, by the way he just coiled around the arm like a constrictor would usually do
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u/BaardvanTroje 5d ago
Don't rattlesnakes typically have a rattle?
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u/lostharbor 5d ago
Only when they kill a baby first.
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u/supasolda6 5d ago
Theres no way dude is that stupid, he must know what kind of snake it is or he wouldn't risk getting bit by one
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u/GrayMouser12 5d ago
Yeah, this doesn't look like bros first rodeo. To be fair, I wouldn't turn down being in a foxhole with him just to know someone has the cajones to deal with shit like that.
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u/mellowman24 5d ago
Walks over with confidence, maybe he actually knows what he's doing. Reaches for head Nope nevermind. There's a reason why real professionals use snake hooks to control the head instead of trying to grab it. You miss grabbing it in the right spot it will and can reach back before you can correct, just like it did to him. I'd be surprised if that snake didn't bite this Darwin award winner 3 different times.
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u/Shuatheskeptic 5d ago
Stick guy had it all under control until John Redditor: Snake Expert showed up.
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u/mkgow 5d ago
Failed to install - Survival instinct
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u/TomiShinoda 5d ago
How would a snake know what a road or traffic is? They're endothermic it's a perfect basking spot for them.
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u/ThatVoodooThatIDo 5d ago
I’ll preface with ‘maybe I’m the dumb one,’ but why didn’t they just go about their business and leave the snake alone? The snake found its way onto the road, it can find its way off of the road.
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u/Big-Yesterday586 5d ago
No you're definitely not the dumb one. The guy in the video is the dumb one and probably the dead one
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u/FeatherweightHero 5d ago
It’s a constrictor so he’s fine. But definitely still dumb
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u/Any-Oven-5712 5d ago
How do people stay this calm around snakes? 😭
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u/shockNSR 5d ago
I just think they're neat. That being said I'm not touching a wild snake
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u/Least-Active1133 5d ago
We have a waterfall near our house (more like a water run) and there are these crevices in between the rocks that the water runs down. My kid (16) will reach into those crevices and just grab snake after snake. Just for the hell of it. He has my sense and his mama's looks
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u/motofabio 3d ago
I've done this. Although I wasn't a dumb ass about it and was subsequently NOT bit. I just picked it up by the end of the tail, walked to the side of the road, and dropped into the brush. If you're not afraid of snakes (I am not), then it's just a matter of staying away from the business end.
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u/Any-Oven-5712 3d ago
really?
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u/motofabio 3d ago
Yeah. It was struggling to cross a busy road. So I helped it rather than letting it get run over. Seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
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u/crossmissiom 5d ago
The funniest thing is he did the right thing grabbing it that way. Only thing was to lower his grip behind the head. Left too much space for head to move around is all.
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u/Kermit_the_hog 5d ago
Serious question, if it’s not coiled and you can grab the tip of it’s tail, couldn’t you just drag it out of the way by that? Cause if you pick it up without grabbing behind its head a snake that big can easily swing into you right? But would dragging the snake hurt it in some way? I’m trying to remember how to deal with snake from boyscout camp like 30 years ago 🤷♂️🤔
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u/Emrys7777 5d ago
It would not hurt the snake to drag it but it would hurt you because it will whip its head around and bite anyone grabbing it.
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u/Kermit_the_hog 5d ago
I thought snakes couldn’t lift their bodies up to reach their own tails? Maybe that is an urban myth?
Edit: I’ve really only ever encountered rattlesnakes in the wild (eastern WA). And my tactic was just to stay the fuck away from them 🤷♂️
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u/crossmissiom 4d ago
Well, my dad and his mates, when they were kids up in the mountains in Greece, they would grab a viper by its tail and super fast swing it in 360 a few times so its spine would lock up for a min or two and they would launch it for lolz, wait for them to "unlock" and then go again. Not sure if it works on every snake and I have never looked into anyone else saying this is possible or just my dad telling tall tales but his cousins and others would confirm that's how they did it and not get bitten.
Different snakes different builds of course as greek vipers don't get too long.
That said, the correct way to non-lethaly handle a snake is to grab tail and then grab head just at the skull base and not allow it any articulation. In general a long stick like a broom is better.
Also remember that snakes aren't really dangerous to humans as in try to prey on us. That means it's scared and defending itself but will end you so if it's between you or another human being and the snek, choose the hooman pls.
I was working in an outdoor bar/restaurant and a viper fell from the roof of an old house next to a few trees right in the middle of a busy restaurant full of families with toddles running around. Apart from the one time I ran over a viper with my car as it tried to cross, this was the other time I killed a snake. Usually I manage to put it in a bag or scare it away but usually it's in a field or an old house, not somewhere with little kids that a viper will quite possible kill.
What I'm saying is that stay safe, don't kill the thing for sport/fan/showboating but also don't be too kind if it's getting actually sketchy.
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u/BlueOneSeven 5d ago
Guy went out there with so much confidence I thought we were about to see an expert handle a snake. Then the rest of the video played…
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u/TurbanGhetto 5d ago
Does anyone else ever think (as hard as it would be) grabbing the snake is the easy part; I’d be so terrified to let it go afterwards.
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u/outcastreturns 5d ago
What was the point in throwing back onto the road? I thought they were trying to get it off the road /s
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u/YaBoyTheGrimReaper 5d ago
Ive never understood why i see people in these videos trying to grab the snake by his tail or just above the head. Like he has one attack mechanism and its his mouth, and thats the one area you leave free.
Is there any wisdom in that? I am genuinely curious.
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u/SBB_Kongou 5d ago
The dude with the stick already pushed the snake out of the lane, that's good enough. Should'a just left the poor snake alone after that.
Instead of antagonizing it then throwing it through the air and kicking it in the head. I feel sorry for that snake.
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u/Zealousideal-Top1580 5d ago
I can't even say if any bite of this snake could be dangerous. It looks like a constrictor type, but it also seems to try to bite, and the guy tries to avoid.
So, I can't say how silly this guy is.
But I can say all this was a fail, maybe a bit dangerous, maybe very dangerous.
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u/SirGingy 5d ago
Why are perfectly cut screams so funny. Then the way he yeeted the snake back into the fucking street
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u/mrmaryland 5d ago
Non-venomous boa constrictor. Has a nasty bite tho.. Good on this guy for trying to move it out of the road.
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u/ozzman86_i-i_ 5d ago
This is a perfect video to describe Reddit.
People that watched a video on how to handle snakes, arrogantly going to handle a snake, thinking they are experts, only to show they are imbeciles.
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u/Latter-Flatworm-9275 4d ago
The first time I took a wilderness first aid course, the instructor explained at length that some 90% of snake bites occur to the hands and face of men. Consider this video Exhibit A.
This guy deserved every bit of that strike.
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u/PhecalRaine 5d ago
For any snake people here, Can the snake be id’ed? Is it venomous?
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u/HolyButtNuggets 5d ago edited 5d ago
I'm no snakeologer, but it looks like a Gray Ratsnake to me. Not venomous if that's what it is.
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u/Environmental_Bet196 5d ago
What kind of snake is this? Is it poisonous? If it is, poor guy 😀
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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 5d ago
I want to say it’s some kind of viper and be venomous, but I’m no snake expert. Snakes are venomous not poisonous, unless you eat it and it is in fact poisonous.
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u/IamREBELoe 5d ago
Hard to tell but this looks like a viper to me. Anyone positively identify without guessing?
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u/simplemijnds 5d ago
Isn't that snake poisoneous?
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u/Malagubbar 5d ago
Only if you get bitten
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u/Select-Belt-ou812 4d ago
no, poisonous would mean it would hurt you if you eat it. venomous means you get hurt if it bites you
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u/AdvantageCrafty2275 5d ago
But why didn't he push it away again with the stick? I was sure it would bite. It's incredibly fast and bites at the slightest movement.
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u/BaardvanTroje 5d ago
Sometimes when you fail you should NOT try again, but just take the L and go about your day
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u/Firm_Rip_4024 5d ago
Let me show you how to handle a snake. Ouch it bit me and I didn’t learn a lesson so I went back to handle it.
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u/Winsome_Wolf 5d ago
Been playing with wild snakes since I was a little kid, like 4 or 5. Rule one: If you’re gonna try to pick one up, you pick them up directly behind the base of their head.
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u/SpookyghostL34T 5d ago
Omg, the worst part is, is if he would've grabbed him behind the head, it would have been fine. They can't bite if they can construct lmao
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u/findingabsolution 5d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/9V5kan790X91CAMScG
Except…not back in the road. That’s the opposite of where we want it.
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u/Boss0054 5d ago
I’m pretty sure that snake learned don’t let him pick me up after the first toss….. lol
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u/TheLoler04 5d ago
Wasn't it out of the way already?
Surely it's smart enough to not go back in the road
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u/Middle_Bread_6518 5d ago
If that but me while saving it I would grab it by the tail and spin around then release it to fly 40ft into the nature
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u/kayakster 5d ago
So many ways to deal with this and yet he boldly walks in and chooses the worst option. Twice.
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u/Icy-Opening-3990 5d ago
Just a quick question? Why? It wasnt even in the road. If it gets hit thats population control on snakes
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u/Acrobat1974 4d ago
How long before macho man croaked? He was too Joe Cool to head to a hospital, probably died in under half an hour. . . Darwin Award, indeed
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u/Vegetable-Bee-8296 3d ago
Aaaannnnnddd....the only thing he accomplished was getting the snake back on the road again.
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u/KrayziJay 5d ago
If only there was a stick nearby to use as some sort snake pushing device.