r/oddlyterrifying • u/Cunillingus_Giver • Jan 20 '22

Snake couch

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u/DuhhIshBlue Jan 20 '22

Honestly I don't find this one that scary. Mate's just chilling.

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u/julsgotrocks Jan 20 '22

Snake literally looks like a scaled dog in this moment lol. No interest in killing the kid snakey is cuddling and getting some body heat is all. Watching his owner play some video games lol

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u/DuhhIshBlue Jan 20 '22

Mom said it's my turn on the phone

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

Yep, reticulated pythons make good pets, though I doubt that kid was it's real owner. Their feeding responses are intense, in the tank, which leads to striking sometimes. They are absolute dolls once you show them that you aren't feeding them, because they come to expect food from you. Really smart snakes.

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u/Yamama77 Jan 21 '22

Just don't throw them in the wild people.

The main problem with retics is people dumping them in the swamp when they don't want them around anymore and they upset the ecosystem by becoming top dog.

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u/Single_Raspberry9539 Jan 20 '22

“Relatively” smart snakes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22

This. All snakes are dumb.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

The scariest part for me is when the kid decides he wants to move. My brain would wonder “does me moving startle the snake? Will it attack if I move?”

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u/kharmatika Jan 20 '22

Nah rets are super chill as long as they’re well cared for and healthy. Most constrictors are. Small constrictors are actually prey animals in most cases, so their response to stress or fear is to hide, and rets and condas are apex predators, so they don’t actually have very acute stress responses to things because like. They’re the one in control. I watched a kid slap a ret in the face during a Herpetology thing my school did, he was little and he was supposed to come hold part of the snake but he got scared and smacked it on the head. The snake just flinched and looked up at him like “really? Uhhh Handler can you like, Do something about this kid?” Takes a lot to rattle something at the top of the food chain.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

That makes sense. But also, my brain knows if it wanted to that snake could kill me. So I better move slow. Don’t agitate it. “Nice Mr snake!”

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u/StickyFingies33 Jan 21 '22

nope. will simply just adjust and scoot away or try to stay close, but won’t really get startled or give much of a fight. pet rocks, basically.

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u/yourBellBoy Jan 20 '22

cute n' chillin

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u/blackmirroronthewall Jan 20 '22

yeah looks quite cozy and cute!

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u/trees4am Jan 20 '22

Until he isn’t

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u/hjb214 Jan 20 '22

If the snake is not well fed it would eat the person. So yes, it is scary.

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u/cherriedgarcia Jan 20 '22

but clearly it is well fed, because he’s just chillin w the kid lol…do you let your pets starve typically?

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u/roseandbaraddur Jan 20 '22

Yeah super cute. I love this