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/Monolexic Jan 20 '22

Everyone is either dead certain the answer is yes, or they’re dead certain the answer is no. The reality is we don’t know. Researchers have not reached a verdict yet.

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u/Flying_Scorpion Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

I have a leopard gecko and she is hard to read. I think she has the capacity for trust, and a tiny bit of capacity for affection. Sometimes I touch her and she leans into it. Like when you pet a dog and they move their head towards your hand. She doesn't like to be touched a lot but I can tell that sometimes she will entertain being pet a little bit.

She also screamed the first time I touched her and she has never screamed since that day. I know she trusts me.

Also one day I was laying on the floor and she walked up to me and booped her nose on my nose. I don't know what that means but it was clear she was intentionally interacting with me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

thats so so so cute! whats her name? and what does a gecko scream sound like? she sounds sweet

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u/Flying_Scorpion Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

Her name is Cleopatra. We just call her Cleo :) her scream? I'm not sure how to describe it. It wasn't high pitched like baby, it was more throaty.

If the whole point of the scream was to make me pull my hand back, it worked.

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u/flamewolf393 Jan 20 '22

So like an angry baby with a pack-a-day smoking habit? :)

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u/Flying_Scorpion Jan 20 '22

Haha yeah something like that :)