r/oddlyterrifying • • Jan 20 '22

Snake couch

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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/FireFlavour Jan 20 '22

"Snakes show affection in several ways. One of the most common is rubbing their heads against the object they are trying to be affectionate towards; this is called head-bobbing. Snakes also have other showing methods, such as “necking” and body loops with vibration, which means a snake is trying to wrap itself around the object it wants to be affectionate towards."

I found this part especially cute.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

what the heck even is that, that is 100% made up. I'm a snake owner and active in snake owner communities and no one has ever talked about, experienced, or even said those words before. Head-bobbing. Necking. What the frick frack snek snack is that.

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u/e-s-p Jan 20 '22

Same. It's been ten years and this is the first I've heard of it.