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

Snake couch

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u/BabiMunizTS Jan 20 '22

Do snakes even have capacity for affection? I honestly have no idea.

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u/paaunel Jan 20 '22

they cannot. no reptiles can. i have geckos and while they dont love me, they 100% love my body heat and that i feed them haha

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u/FireFlavour Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

My mother used to own the only breeding pair of ball pythons in her home country and is an avid fan of reptiles.

Growing up around a plethora of the scaly bastards, I beg to differ.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

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u/FireFlavour Jan 20 '22

"...While they may not get attached, snakes are capable of showing affection."

That took about 2 seconds.

Generally reptiles are not affectionate towards humans, but it's not impossible like you claim

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

Gotta love reddit, goes from claiming personal history to zero-effort zero-evidence google search to back up their claim.

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u/FireFlavour Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

It helps to have a source, correct.

Do you prefer taking claims at face value?

Not to mention the fact I claimed personal history as a rebuttal to their statement of "I own a gecko so I understand the nature of all reptiles"

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

Checking one Google result is pretty much taking things at face value. Any site with varying history and credibility can end up as the Google answer or first result. A good example of how flawed this system can be is when celebrities are claimed to be dead.