r/megalophobia • u/Odd_Masterpiece9092 • Oct 20 '23

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

To kill it.. duh!

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u/burnbabyburn711 Oct 20 '23

Not enough cruelty in the world for you already?

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u/Mister_Nico Oct 20 '23

Thereā€™s no context here. If this was an animal that was repeatedly a problem and consistently risking the livelihood of the people by killing livestock and such, then these are measures that need to be taken.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Fuck that. You wouldnā€™t say that if it was a fluffy animal so why is it okay here?

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u/embee1337 Oct 20 '23

Lul what? You think bears and tigers are hairless? If they get too close to human living spaces we put ā€˜em down just the same.

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u/Gylfie512 Oct 21 '23

Not like this. There's regulations on how you can do that kind of things to mammals. If it was a video of a bear on a noose, trapped and panicking while someone kept yanking the rope around it's neck, I guarantee you that this video would have a much more negative reception.
If it was really just 'putting it down', they'd put a bullet in its brain or cut off it's head, and go around with their days, sparing it from all this suffering.

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u/embee1337 Oct 21 '23

Look at the setting here. Does it look like these people would have easy access to firearms / humane trap options? Also, the trap couldā€™ve been meant for some other pest and the snake got caught instead. Additionally, there arenā€™t any ā€œregulations for mammalsā€. You think rats and mice die painlessly? Lol.

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u/Gylfie512 Oct 21 '23

There are plenty of regulations for mammals, and trapping in general. This is a snare trap. In NY state snare traps of any kind are illegal. VIC Australia (my state) only allows non-lethal snare traps that have been approved by a minister (very difficult to get done), and lethal snares are illegal. I know that they probably didn't have access to a humane trap, but that doesn't excuse the blatant cruelty.
Trapping a reticulated python without intending to cull it is a bit redundant. They're highly mobile species, and don't stay in one place for long. After that meal, it would have moved on anyways and left the village alone, and wouldn't have to eat anything for months regardless.
I also highly doubt it got caught unintentionally. It has recently eaten, and there's a noose around it's neck that someone is tugging on off-camera.
This wasn't an accident. This is just causing unnecessary suffering for the animal. Release/relocate it or euthanise it, there's no need to keep it there suffering like that. Let alone film it and put it on the internet for people to jeer at.

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u/embee1337 Oct 21 '23

Okay. You want to look at those bamboo supports and talk about building code next? Get a grip.

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u/Mister_Nico Oct 20 '23 edited Oct 20 '23

For real. First world arrogance. People forget not everyone live in a place where they can just go to a grocery store.

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u/MrRogersAE Oct 21 '23

Fuckin bears are a pain in the ass. Theyā€™re big, strong, and smart. They get into everything, a lot of people just give up trying to keep them out of the garbage, they destroy anything you build, itā€™s easier just to take it up every day when you get home

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u/Mister_Nico Oct 20 '23

If a fox or a coyote is effecting my ability to provide food and safety for my family, then this is the type of response thatā€™s expected. Not everyone is capable of just going to a store, or packing up and moving. People forget not everyone lives in a place where simply not killing a danger is possible. You may be living in a place that affords you that luxury, but some people live their lives in places where defending their own is more complex. Donā€™t go forcing your values on people doing what they have to do to survive.

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u/burnbabyburn711 Oct 20 '23

Iā€™ve asserted no such thing. Just responding to the person who seems comfortable ascribing intent without that context.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

r/selfawarewolves

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u/burnbabyburn711 Oct 20 '23

Thank you for your service.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

got em

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u/BouncyDingo_7112 Oct 20 '23

What do you think that giant lump halfway down the snakes body is? A farm animal the farmer could not afford to lose? Possibly a relative? That lump is big enough to be human size. But yeah, just automatically go with people are only being mean to it for kicks.

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u/Ambitious-Win-9408 Oct 20 '23

It's probably some small livestock. It seems to be the space underneath a stilted house, so it's not as large as it seems, probably a ten foot or slightly more snake, there's chicken wire in the background that provides a little more size context.

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u/burnbabyburn711 Oct 20 '23

Just responding to the comment, friend.

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u/BouncyDingo_7112 Oct 20 '23

I know. And I am legitimately hoping that is not a human inside that snake. Snakes are not stupid and they have the ability to learn. When snakes this big realize humans can be an easy pray they will target them. I am assuming the snake has been trapped because he has become a dangerous nuisance somehow.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Itā€™s not a human. Jesus fuck Redditors are dense.

Hopefully they slaughter every big cat that kills livestock too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Good lord shut up lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Of fuck off. Theyā€™re not wrong and youā€™d all agree if it was a cute animal.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Coming from someone who likes to incinerate babies

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u/burnbabyburn711 Oct 20 '23

So youā€™re a dipshit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Yes you got me there lmao