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[–] MoonMoon@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, I missed the "by a" and thought a woman swallowed a python and thought, "fuck yeah, see how you like it, you bastard!"

Need my coffee.

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I love this

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I'd have 3 nickels which isn't a lot but weird that it happened three times.

[–] 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dumb question but the snake kills the person before swallowing them right?

[–] TMarkos@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The snake usually constricts the person or animal until they die by suffocation, due to an inability to expand the lungs. There have been cases where they eat living creatures, including people, but suffocation is pretty guaranteed once they swallow the head.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a shitty way to go, if you're not quite dead before it decides to swallow you 😫

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Luckily constricting snakes can feel you gasping for air. It makes them constrict even more. The use to much energy to not fully kill its prey.

[–] sinkingship@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

It is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was growing up in Jakarta, they found two enormous pythons in the culvert right next to the elementary school. They sacrificed a goat to lure them out, then when they were dated they just packed them up and took them to a local safari park. The smaller one was about 21 feet long, while the bigger one was 24 or 25. Just huge.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thoar's a very calculated and mature response to something that could literally eat you children

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They found kraits in culverts next to the kindergarten the next year. They just killed those.

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

On a side note, mosquitos can literally eat your children too. Pineapple too.

[–] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

that's why i grew so large; so i can't be swallowed easily.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Python: .. hsssss ... challenge accepted.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I dunno what would be a better attempt at self defense against such large snakes, but I think I'd start carrying around both pepper spray and also a stun gun, just in case.

No idea if either would be fully effective, but damn that would be a hell of a way to go, might as well try to be prepared to defend myself.

[–] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll take a machete and a shot gun thanks.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You spelled flamethrower wrong.

[–] OZFive@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Your autocorrect accidentally replaced the word aerial bombing.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

My spell check gave me .... thermo nuclear device

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, hate it when that happens.

[–] Smc87@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

You mean orbital bombing?

[–] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I used to use rubbing alcohol on my pet snake's nose if he accidentally latched onto me instead of his food. I don't have any idea if that would work on snakes that kill by constriction though

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Fair enough, seems a handy enough trick.

In that case, I'd probably carry around a super soaker water gun loaded with some strong alcohol, and just hope I'd be able to shoot it at a distance before it gets close enough to wrap around me.

Could also in a pinch light the alcohol on fire as a crude flamethrower, packing a double punch...

[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cue pissed-off flaming snek coming at you fast...

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, you're right. Welp, guess I'll bring my chainsaw too..

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All these assume that you'll see the snake before it latches onto you.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Very true..