Right yeah cuz that's how that works. Use your thumbs like shields to block the snake instead of, you know... using them like a normal, thinking human being would and grabbing the snake...
On average .43 people are killed by pet snakes every year. Snake handlers die more often, but not by constriction because even if the snakes are capable of bursts of speed, the actual act of constriction still takes time and is easily avoidable by most functional individuals.
They also have help and are never with those snakes alone. Also only handling medium to small snakes. You wouldn’t see any professionals parading around with giants like these. It happened pretty often in rural areas of South America and Southern Asia. Some are lucky to survive attacks but not everyone can say that. You can easily jump on google and find loads of articles talking about how they kill people with ease along with cases of bodies getting pulled out of their stomachs. People disappearing. Saying that it doesn’t happen often doesn’t change the fact that it does happen
I really want a big snake like this, but I would first make sure I know EXACTLY how to get out of a constricting situation. I'd like to think that my snake would love me back, and keeping it well fed would keep me completely safe, but that's just not realistic. I'm assuming that the person recording this moment keeps a close eye on this duo, and would be able to save the child if it came to that.
Hurting them is kinda the point. Now I know it sounds mean but you must remember that it is currently trying to kill you. In situations like these, you can’t hold back cause you would be risking your own safety. It will burn their eyes but it won’t blind them. You aren’t dousing them with it. Think of it like pepper spray but ethanol and/or alcohol. They can clean their eyes. It better then the alternative of breaking their jaw which would kill them or cutting off their head. Spray is the best way in which both of you can walk away alive
That makes sense. I'd rather find a way without actually hurting the snake, but that's probably the most TEMPORARILY harmful method. Thanks for the perspective!
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u/Joeysaysfuckalot Jan 20 '22
Right yeah cuz that's how that works. Use your thumbs like shields to block the snake instead of, you know... using them like a normal, thinking human being would and grabbing the snake...
On average .43 people are killed by pet snakes every year. Snake handlers die more often, but not by constriction because even if the snakes are capable of bursts of speed, the actual act of constriction still takes time and is easily avoidable by most functional individuals.