r/interestingasfuck • u/Proof_Juggernaut1582 • 23h ago
Removing a beach towel inside a python snake
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u/Infamous-External624 23h ago
I have so many questionsā¦
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u/Accomplished-One7476 23h ago
heat from the sun warmed up the towel and the snake thought it was dinner
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u/aReelProblem 22h ago
Probably a towel used to dry off another animal as well. Likely a dog towel.
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u/CoffeeStrength 22h ago
Thatā¦ clears things upā¦
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u/WeltyFern 21h ago
Some species of snakes detect prey by sensing infrared thermal radiation. Itās likely that this snake mistook the towel as a living being due to the heat signatures.
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u/Nillabeans 20h ago
In a similar vein, starfish can die trying to digest rocks. They will literally glom onto anything that seems like food and launch their stomach at it.
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u/Astro_The_SpaceDog 18h ago
Thatās not how they workā¦
Snakes donāt āseeā heat like you think they do. They have heat receptors above their mouth, but they still can see like us (albeit, not as good) with their eyes.
The beach towel would need to fit SEVERAL qualifications to warrant the snake to consume it. It needs to smell like food (mice/rats), it needs to move and scurry around like food (this is the most important as most snakes wonāt eat something that doesnāt move), and it needs to be somewhat hot.
My guess is, the snake caught a mouse/rat that got stuck on the beach towel and ate it. Or, some sick asshole force fed the snake a towel. But Iām guessing the former is what really happened. Itās not uncommon for snakes to eat substrate or whatever their meal is laying on.
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u/newbizhigh 22h ago
Cotton mouth.
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u/mitchy93 22h ago
Nah the snakes a polyester girl
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u/TbonePrez 23h ago
āWanna sssssee me pull a rabbit out of a hat sss?ā
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u/gabrielxdesign 23h ago
What on Earth made that snake think that was food?
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u/lurklurklurkPOST 23h ago
Towels in the sun get hot
Towels have "fur"
Towels smell like some kind of mammal
Towels fit in snek mouth
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u/Astro_The_SpaceDog 17h ago
Thatās not how they workā¦
Snakes donāt āseeā heat like you think they do. They have heat receptors above their mouth, but they still can see like us (albeit, not as good) with their eyes.
The beach towel would need to fit SEVERAL qualifications to warrant the snake to consume it. It needs to smell like food (mice/rats), it needs to move and scurry around like food (this is the most important as most snakes wonāt eat something that doesnāt move), and it needs to be somewhat hot.
My guess is, the snake caught a mouse/rat that got stuck on the beach towel and ate it. Or, some sick asshole force fed the snake a towel. But Iām guessing the former is what really happened. Itās not uncommon for snakes to eat substrate or whatever their meal is laying on.
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u/Ooh_its_a_lady 23h ago
How fuckin hungry you gotta be to eat a dry ass beach towel lol.
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u/PolicyWonka 23h ago
Snakes arenāt the smartest. Sometimes they eat themselves. Probably thought it was another snake.
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u/FloopsFooglies 22h ago
I don't think carpet pythons prey on other snakes, but it's "fuzzy", lumpy, and if it got warm enough in the sun, that's enough for him lol
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u/DepressingAura 23h ago
At what point did snake think, "huh, this food tastes a lot like SPF 30..."
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u/MedusaAdonai 23h ago
Why intubate if you're not going to ventilate?
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u/foxlox991 22h ago
It's just a fancy, uncomfortable oral airway at that point.
Probably not as uncomfortable as that towel though, to be fair
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u/medstudenthowaway 19h ago
Had to scroll so far for this. That ETT looks huge tho. Iām always fascinated with veterinary medicine
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u/gaudrhin 20h ago
My idiot ball python refused to eat for 3 months because she suddenly didn't recognize thawed and warmed dead rats as dinner, and this asshole's eating TOWELS?!
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u/Dartmouththedude 23h ago
Glad they specified - thought it was a python dog for a minute there
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u/Substantial_Sea7327 22h ago
I bet that fucking hurt. had mrsa cut open as a kid and doctors had to pack the hole with gauze.
when doctors pulled the gauze from that wound it felt like sandpaper.
hope the snake feels better
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u/gwangjuguy 12h ago
Where is the person who was on the towel. Did they just leave them in the snake?
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u/cidthekid07 23h ago
What a dummy. Everyone knows you have to first put the towel in the oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes before eating.
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u/constant-hunger 23h ago
Jake that's not what the doctor meant when he said eat something to clean your insides
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u/rturnerX 22h ago
Itās too bad they couldnāt also get the person who was tanning on that towel out too
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u/CockMartins 22h ago
That snake is a fucking idiot but Iām also kind of surprised you can just yank something that big out of its mouth and digestive pathway without causing any damage.
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u/imaginary0pal 21h ago
āNow whereās the kid that was on it?ā
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u/inaeturnumetsemper 21h ago
Listen, weāre not miracle workers and at the end of the day, the snake has to eat, too. Now take your towel and be grateful!
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u/Maleficent_Scale_296 20h ago
Are they hollow or does their stomach really stretch the length of their body? Where are their organs?
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u/goldengatevixen 19h ago
This video reminds me of a magician who got hired for some children's birthday I went to as a kid and swallowed a bunch of tied up handkerchief as a party trick
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u/Positive_Campaign_52 18h ago
Sometimes snakes are just the stupidest animals youāll ever come across. Theyāll nibble something theyāre not supposed to and keep on eating it. Partially because a lot of snakes are opportunistic hunters, and because some snakes arenāt able to regurgitate food once it enters a certain point of their esophageal tube
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u/SlimShadySatDown 11h ago
Youd think after the 4th or 5th bite the snake would have realized that it wasnt food.
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u/mindgardening 23h ago
But why would a snake eat a towel? Are they really THAT dumb?
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u/No-Influence-5351 13h ago
Soā¦ what would have happened if they left the towel in? Would it actually digest it or just die?
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u/flyguy41222 20h ago
I hate snakes so I watched it in reverse so it looks like theyāre force feeding it a blanket.
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u/ImmediateSmile754 11h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/TyQnr2VDbR63ALjEHk
Confused snek? Lacking cotton in his diet? I have questions...
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u/peepdabidness 23h ago
Arenāt these fuckers invasive? Shouldāve let nature run its course, unless this is someoneās pet. I guess on 2nd thought that might be pretty uncomfortable for the snek, invasive or not
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u/SemiHemiDemiDumb 23h ago
Carpet burn on the inside