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Shocking Videos Show Snakes Really Do Swallow Their Own Tails
Science Alert ^ | 10 August 2023 | By CARLY CASSELLA

Posted on 08/10/2023 11:11:42 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 08/10/2023 11:11:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
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[Shocking Videos Show Snakes Really Do Swallow Their Own Tails]

So, you’re saying that Obama.....


2 posted on 08/10/2023 11:20:47 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Red Badger

Snakes aren’t pets.


3 posted on 08/10/2023 12:02:42 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Red Badger

Ouroboros bump.


4 posted on 08/10/2023 12:02:51 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Mean Daddy

Sure they are! A boa or python will just hug you to death!...................


5 posted on 08/10/2023 12:06:33 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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A few weeks ago, I had the displeasure of watching a black rat snake first constrict an unfortunate chipmunk, then swallow its dying body. It was like watching a train wreck. I averted my eyes once, then turned back to figure out what animal it had, walked away, then came back minutes later to see if it had finished the job. It was right near my car (door), which I was in the middle of loading. I didn’t want it to get very close to me, so I had to keep my eyes out for whatever movement was going on. I was happy to be finished with my task. I hate snakes. Even baby ones. Even non-poisonous ones. They’re all gross to me.


6 posted on 08/10/2023 12:12:07 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Red Badger

Takeaway: Snakes aren’t particularly smart.


7 posted on 08/10/2023 12:15:09 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Just like my wife: The only good snake is a dead snake.............

She will kill even our numerous ‘legless lizards’ we have here.....................


8 posted on 08/10/2023 12:15:17 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Good wife! Keep her around!


9 posted on 08/10/2023 12:19:45 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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Circle of life. And a chipmunk is just a tree rat.


10 posted on 08/10/2023 12:57:52 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Red Badger

“Tastes like azz...”


11 posted on 08/10/2023 1:38:02 PM PDT by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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Sounds like a “Poof bird”. When they get excited, they fly in ever-decreasing circles until they disappear up their own anus.


12 posted on 08/10/2023 1:49:54 PM PDT by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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To: Red Badger

Just like a libtard


13 posted on 08/10/2023 2:00:45 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: subterfuge

Chipmunks may be cute, but they are VERY destructive. Won’t miss one, two, or ten around here.


14 posted on 08/10/2023 2:12:00 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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My wife acquired a western hognose snake on Monday. They are slightly venomous with rear fangs. The snake readily ate 2 small mice when placed in the new enclosure. Tuesday, my wife was feeding the other snakes with small mice. Her hands smelled like mouse. When she reached in to handle the hognose, it latched onto the middle knuckle of her left pinky finger. A moment later, it dragged her knuckle deep enough to apply the fangs. She let out a yelp and moments later had the presence of mind to push the snake's head under water. It let go. She had a painful puncture on her knuckle and the venom caused her hand to swell over a period of hours. It is now Thursday and most of the swelling has subsided. She took 2 Benedryl immediately after cleaning the bite and put hydro-cortisone cream on the bite/joint. Venomous snake bites are classed as "dangerous" if loss of life is a possibility. Western hognose venom isn't "dangerous", but it is not "harmless" either.
15 posted on 08/10/2023 2:15:16 PM PDT by Myrddin
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Sure they are! A boa or python will just hug you to death!...................

A Burmese python has a good set of teeth. My wife dangled a mouse in to feed the Burmese python and it latched onto the joint at the base of her right thumb. I had to lift the snake out of the terrarium and carefully disengage the backward pointing teeth. A U shaped set of pin-point punctures remained. Easily cleaned. We found a new home for "monty" the next week.

16 posted on 08/10/2023 2:19:43 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: FamiliarFace

In central Florida it’s squirrels that run amuck.


17 posted on 08/10/2023 2:30:29 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Red Badger; Salamander

Weirdness ping.


18 posted on 08/10/2023 2:32:58 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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They’re fairly disgusting. They fight, and can have some pretty large abscesses. I’ve also found large botfly larvae on them.


19 posted on 08/10/2023 2:35:39 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Stacey Abrams wouldn’t starve for a month if she could eat her own tail.


20 posted on 08/10/2023 3:04:15 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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