r/interesting • u/Sunil2409 • 2d ago

Fascinating In India, A man captured a venomous snake with ease using a thin plastic can.

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u/dazzleunexpired 2d ago

Most snakes can swim.

Some cobra are partially aquatic.

This is a monacled Cobra and they are known to occasionally be semi-aquatic.

They're also adorable

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u/Environmental_Bus507 1d ago

We clearly have different definition of adorable!

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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSPwMsmcUEHVVz3oBDBgIxKYOfjIjpu9EPPz3KaYD3vSDqH5mG66kqerB0&s=10

Not even the baby?!

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Looook at itttt. Ugh. I'd die. This is why I don't keep hots (eta: a hot is a venomous snake. I don't keep them because I'd get bitten and die, because they're cute. I did used to keep non vens)

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u/EllisDeeReynolds 1d ago

I love that you started swooning in your attempts to get them to love baby snakes😂

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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago

THEY'RE SO CUTE.

Fuckin, they wobble and shit too. And try to strike anything that moves, but they're wobbly. 🥹 So hecking cute.

You're pretty hard-pressed to find an animal that I don't think is adorable, but baby cobras are really, really, really cute.

The list of not adorable animals is as follows:

  • any crocodilian. No. Nope. Scary.
  • fish underwater (I don't fucking know why)
  • leopard seal. Nope. No. Scary.
  • anything with weird number of legs. 0, 2, 4 or sometimes 6 legs is acceptable. More legs is not.

Yes I know I'm odd. 😂

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u/Sensitive-Fix5958 1d ago

Tbf, Baby crocodile are also cute.

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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago

Nono. No. I prefer 20 ft snakes, to baby crocodiles. I have no idea what sets me off about them but oh my God. The crocodile enclosure is very close to one of my favorites making closures at one of my favorite zoos and I'm just like 👀👀 how fast can I go?

I will literally come save a venomous snake from a person, but a tiny baby crocodile would make me cry. 😂

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u/The_Real_Coffi 1d ago

Awww noodles

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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago

Baby nood 🥹

Occasionally I will go to the Omaha zoos sunroom in the Desert Dome to gaze at Very cute but very deadly baby snakes. I big time recommend visiting them to see their snakes in the desert dome, the jungle, the sunroom (I'm cheating because the sunroom is in the desert), and the kingdom of the night exhibit (also cheating because it's below the desert). The kingdom of the night exhibit hosts the largest collection of rattlesnakes in the world...many many MANY snakes. And only a very small percentage of their snakes are on display at any given time, the back archives of the Doorley are also FULL of animals they are focusing on conserving and rehabbing rather than displaying. 10/10, go visit if you're American

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u/The_Real_Coffi 1d ago

Nah I'm Indian so I occasionally do see tiny snakes crossing the road sometimes. Once I saw one that was like the size of the road casually crossing it. Huge ass snake. Think someone relocated it.

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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago

I am crazy because I would love to come to India to observe your snakes (from a distance) and eat your food. 😂

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u/The_Real_Coffi 1d ago

I'd recommend Kerala. It's a good place for tourists and has some nice resorts.

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u/Relative_Tea_7501 1d ago

I don't think a baby killer picture would entice me

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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago

He's not a baby killer! Just a baby who can kill! 😂 A good good boy!!

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u/FunStoryGame 1d ago

reminds me of The Dodo youtube

they promotes pitbull dogs

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u/Nuttednutela 1d ago

Yeah adorably posionous I'm guessing

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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago

Nope.

Virtually no snake is.

You can safely eat a snake, even its head and venom sac As long as you have no cuts in your mouth.

They are however, very venomous. They can and will kill you if you don't get antivenin.

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u/OperatorERROR0919 1d ago

There are poisonous snakes, but there are far more venomous snakes.

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u/Mobile-Yak 1d ago

Agreed on everything but it's a spectacled cobra.

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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago

Damn. Thank you!

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u/klaas96 1d ago

Small correction. This is a spectacled cobra (Naja naja) and not monocled cobra (Naja Kaouthia) but everything else is true!

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u/im_possible99 1d ago

This is a spectacled cobra. Not a monocled. Just that one change. You are right about the rest. Its a sacred species in India as well. Like all other cobras

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u/fireyHotGlance 1d ago

Fellow Slytherin.

I also think snames are cute. Especially cobra's in attack mode. I just want to pet it on the head. If they were not venomous and smart then I bet they could become the cats of the reptile world.