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u/Gregorievo 1d ago
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u/Uzofugs2112 19h ago
All glory to the hypnotoad
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u/YeOldeMuppetPastor 11h ago
Shows the age gap on Reddit that no one else is responding— ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.
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u/rastawolfman 1d ago
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u/subone 22h ago
I was today years old when I connected these two things.
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u/MyEmbarrisingAccount 21h ago
Do you mean you didn't realize the snake was trying to eat him?
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u/subone 21h ago
When I saw the movie I thought it was some sort of cheeky role reversal, like how a human hypnotizes a cobra. I only more recently have seen this behavior of snakes to roll when in danger, creating this hypnotic pattern, even when coiled up, which I think is super impressive. But it wasn't until u/rastawolfman posted this image that a made a connection between the two. I don't know if the animators were aware of this behavior, but I find it gives a little more dimension to the character.
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u/Neillur 1d ago
Scary when they attack 99% of the animal kingdom, hilarious when they attack each other.
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u/Pao_Did_NothingWrong 23h ago edited 22h ago
If it doesn't have a heavily triangular head and isn't bigger than you,it's kind of funny to be categorically scared of snakes. Stay out of their way and don't act like a predator (or do anything that makes their stupid brains think you are predating).They are the consummate prey. Cows and deer eat them when they are low on calcium. They don't "attack" things bigger than them; they live in terror because they pretty much are defenseless and also very stupid. These two fellas right here could barely break your skin.
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u/spancor 23h ago
Wish people understood how timid and dumb snakes are. I feel like everything in the animal kingdom is so much less scary when you have a basic understanding of the animal in questions perception
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u/toxic_badgers 23h ago
We're just as dumb. This is how we get bit by snakes.
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u/BougieBobJr 22h ago
I think a lot of people give us too much credit. Like we just got lucky we had opposable thumbs and learned how to swing a stick before raccoons did.
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u/Vladishun 21h ago
You vastly underestimate the amount of neurons in your brain at work, which is ironic given how much thought goes into a concept like "giving our species too much credit". The fact you can have such a thought is testament to why humans are (as far as we know) the most complicated constructs in the entire universe.
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u/baardvark 19h ago
It just takes enough people managing to fuck before getting attacked by snakes to grow a successful species.
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u/FriendlyCraig 20h ago
A huge portion of snake bites in the USA are on the arms and hands. Last I read it was about half of snake bites. And most of those occur when the person has been drinking. It's pretty wild how the largest portion of snake bites are not accidental, but through deliberate action by drunk people trying to grab a snake.
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u/Self_Reddicate 23h ago
I live in an area with a lot of snakes and more than a few venomous snakes. It doesn't matter how small or juvenile they are, that shit can mess you up. But... I still don't hate snakes and am more than happy to let them go on their way when I encounter them. I just treat almost every snake I encounter with a healthy amount of respect unless I can be absolutely sure they're not venomous. And, even then, still give them some respect because they're wild animals.
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u/Pao_Did_NothingWrong 22h ago
Exactly. It helps to know how they think. Knowing that a snake's fight or flight is permanently set to 11, and why, is gonna mean everyone has a better time. Don't step where they're likely to be sleeping and don't do anything that looks like the shadow of a bird swooping and the snake will have absolutely 0 reason to think it should have to defend itself.
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u/KLeeSanchez 21h ago
Wasps too
If they're flying in clumsy loops they're just studying you
If they start flying straight or their wings are standing straight up and not at angles they're in BACK OFF mode
Wasps genuinely do not care about people, if you leave them alone they leave you alone
And swatting at them makes them angry
Yes they're among the few insects/animals that aren't afraid of humans but that also means they're perfectly happy just ignoring the big smelly hairless apes lumbering around them
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u/TinyCarrotHats 21h ago
My sister has an adorable ball python pet. I wouldn't say he's smart, but he does display a fascinating degree of curiosity that I hadn't expected. When he's sat in the floor for supervised "play time," he has to explore everything. He really likes the dog. Isn't afraid of her. It probably is as simple as she's big, warm, and soft, but he'll slither all over her back (she's a black lab, highly trained service animal, totally chill with it, wouldn't let them be together otherwise I imagine) and settle down for a nap on her if allowed. He seems to recognize people he sees often, because he displays more curiosity and interaction with familiar people.
He may not be the brightest little guy but I am impressed by how much he seems to want to discover, it's really cute.
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u/GothicGoddessMari 16h ago
FWIW, new research is coming out that many animals are far more perceptive than we give them credit for. One set of papers has demonstrated that a species of small fish is not only self-aware, but able to pass the mirror test almost as quickly as humans are. Animals are fairly intelligent, even the dumb ones.
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u/BenjiBlackwood222 18h ago
>I feel like everything in the animal kingdom is so much less scary when you have a basic understanding of the animal in questions perception
not grizzly bears lol
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u/spancor 18h ago
I actually went on a hike today and my wife was asking what to do if a Grizzly Bear was to find us, we live in Southern Missouri, so they aren’t local. However, black bears are around here and they are just big scary dogs.
I told her if a grizzly found us, unfortunately one of us would most likely die, and it’s most likely be me. Way she goes
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u/Careful-Lettuce9239 21h ago
Life in general is like this. Except Tim Curry in "It". That's scary no matter what you learn.
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u/Vladishun 21h ago
It only took one time for caveman Ogg to get bitten by a snake and die for the other cavemen to come to the conclusion that if you avoid all snakes, you don't die that way.
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u/ActuatorVast800 20h ago
They lack lots of things we take for granted. Arms and legs obviously, but they also lack ears and eyelids.
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u/Vaxcio 23h ago
Totally agree with the second part, but that first part is real bad advice. Elapids do not have triangular heads and there are members of that group who pack the most dangerous venemous bite in our world.
Best advice is to just leave snakes alone and they will do the same for you.
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u/NoDragonfruit6125 22h ago
Also good advice is to know what all the venomous snakes look like where you live. That way if you come across one you don't recognize it's likely not venomous.
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u/Vaxcio 22h ago
Absolutely agree, but even that can be tricky with some species, so I think avoiding and giving space is always the best approach. If you can't avoid them, then knowing what species you are dealing with is certainly the next best thing.
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u/NoDragonfruit6125 20h ago
It's also good advice on the off chance someone near you gets bit. When calling it in you'd also be able to state exactly what bit them instead of potential delays from trying to describe it. As you said some species look similar but it's usually only 2-3 look-a-likes within an area. Which means you would at least have it narrowed down. Only tricky bit is the cases of non venomous that look like venomous ones.
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u/Pao_Did_NothingWrong 22h ago
Yeah, thank you for that. I've edited my comment to strike out the bad advice.
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u/Crazy-Environment838 23h ago
My son has one as a pet. Dumb as a rock with about as much personality too. The snake that is, not my son.
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u/Polluxadice 23h ago
I call them rope mouths bc that’s what they kinda are lol. If I was just a long body with a mouth and eyes I’d be aggressive af or run away all the time too
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u/hexregeneration 22h ago
they live in terror because they pretty much are defenseless and also very stupid.
I've found my spirit animal
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u/snek-jazz 20h ago
don't act like a predator
but turning invisible and shooting shoulder mounted armaments is one of my favourite things to do when out in jungle with snakes.
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u/Recreant793 1d ago
That’s metal as fuck 🤘
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u/Am1AllowedToCry 23h ago
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u/justified_egg 22h ago
This gif has always made me nervous
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u/becauseiloveyou 21h ago
It should. He could easily get his hair stuck in any bit of rotating equipment and end up missing a chunk of his scalp... and that's just the mildest of outcomes. I work in manufacturing and have luckily only heard stories of far worse.
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u/LucasTheSchnauzer 1d ago
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u/Recreant793 1d ago
Happy cake day!
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u/Deadradio02 1d ago
Damn.. i thought i was tripping..
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u/Whatnowgoddammit 22h ago
I was just thinking.. imagine walking through the woods on acid (yes, I have personal experience) and seeing this..
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u/ADIDAS247 1d ago
Oh, I remember when Sir David Attenborough talked about this.
He said According to the entirely theoretical Oscillating Ventral Chromatic Reflection Hypothesis (OVCRH), snakes roll during combat to generate maximum gyroscopic stability while redistributing kinetic venom potential along the length of their bodies. Once rotational velocity exceeds approximately 14.7 revolutions per second, the alternating light absorption and reflection of the ventral scales creates a phenomenon known as Rapid Ventral Photonic Interference. To the human eye, this appears as a strobe light effect across the snake’s belly. Researchers believe this optical illusion briefly overloads an opponent’s motion tracking, giving the rolling snake a measurable, albeit completely fictional, tactical advantage. Or something like that.
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u/Adorable_Noise_3812 23h ago
Man, I was really hoping that this fine article was going to end with 'Mankind and the Undertaker in Hell in a Cell...' I miss that guy, I think his name was u/shittymorph. Thank you for your most informative post, Adidas247!
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u/Common-Concentrate-2 22h ago
I'm impressed that Gemini cites this comment twice in its response to a google search for OVCRH, considering its 2 hours old
"The Oscillating Ventral Chromatic Reflection Hypothesis (OVCRH) is a completely fictional, viral concept that originated as a joke on internet forums like Reddit to explain snake combat. <citation for this comment>
The hypothesis suggests that when certain snakes fight and roll, they reach rotational speeds exceeding 14.7 revolutions per second. It playfully proposes that this rapid motion, combined with the alternating light reflection and absorption of the snake's ventral (belly) scales, creates a strobe effect called Rapid Ventral Photonic Interference. In theory, this would cause a visual illusion that overloads an opponent’s motion-tracking, giving the rolling snake a tactical advantage. <citation for this comment>
In reality, while chromatic processing and visual oscillations are real fields of study within human and animal neurobiology, the specific "Oscillating Ventral Chromatic Reflection Hypothesis" is not a recognized scientific or biological theory <citation for NIH/>
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u/JockularJim 21h ago
ROFL
Not just because that was funny, but also to throw off my wife's motion tracking.
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u/cheesegoat 20h ago
I am a snake researcher and while most people would think this description hard to believe, it is quite true. Few people have studied snake attack patterns against other snakes, so OVCRH is an area of science that is not fully understood. We are still learning about this to this day. It's a fascinating area of study!
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u/AmsterdamAssassin 1d ago
Fighting or Fucking?
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u/Straight-Crow1598 1d ago edited 1d ago
Neither. Severe neurological damage. Usually when there’s a video of this it’s because someone just picked up a snake by the tail and bashed its head against something.
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u/QuadCakes 23h ago
That's if it's just one snake doing this. This is two snakes biting each other while doing this.
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u/YakResident_3069 1d ago
In the old days they toss a bunch of these in a pit and eat shrooms.
Maybe
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u/sparkplay 1d ago
WARNING: This film contains sequences of flashing lights and severe strobe effects which may affect viewers with photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities. 😂🤣
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u/Woozletania 1d ago
One snake has the other by the head and probably plans to swallow it alive. The second snake doesn’t like the idea at all.
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u/quantum_cue 1d ago
I'm amazed at how the whole body basically turns at once. I qould think it would be more of a cascade. Crazy capture though. How often does that happen. I bet the loser got eaten
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u/West_Engineering2798 1d ago
You’re clearly supposed to pick it up and add it to your inventory.
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u/SlugOnAPumpkin 23h ago
Question: can a single snake do a continuous barrel roll like this, or does it require two snakes?
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u/rivers-hunkers 23h ago
Imagine telling people two snakes gave you a seizure without even coming near you
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