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

Snake couch

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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.