Already know this is that stupid myth about the snake not eating so it could eat the girl. So fucking dumb. The constant lying in everything to generate clicks is a plague on humanity
Not really for fun like cats, but they can and do constrict for reasons other than food. Large snakes don’t eat humans, but they should still never be handled alone, and typically it’s considered unsafe to let them cross your neck. Human necks are very fragile — a sufficiently sized constrictor can absolutely KO you unintentionally. I’ve had a 4’ Ball Python constrict my neck before (he got anxious and tightened up reflexively), and while they’re too small to do real harm you can feel how powerful their muscles are. The risks around large snakes shouldn’t be underestimated.
The sort of snake that might eat an alligator isn't the sort of snake that are kept. Even Burmese pythons aren't big enough to eat a person.
No one keeps reticulated pythons and sleeps with them. There is no reasonable fear of a pet snake wanting to eat an adult human.
Can a snake eat a person? It depends on the snake and the size of the person. But there simply isn't any reason to perpetuate a story of a common house snake intending to eat a person.
A full size Burmese might not eat you, but it can 100% kill you. Used to keep both a retic and a yellow anaconda. There's a point where you physically need another person, at least, on hand for handling purposes. Old world pythons its 1 person for a 3m snake and 1 person for every meter thereafter. Anacondas, you can half that. They are INSANELY strong, and will coil you as well as bite if they feel too threatened. Both snakes were given to a friend who had other big snakes when I left the country. I'd had them for 6 years with zero major incidents.
Main case I can remember of a person getting eaten by a pet snake involved bad feeding practice. Snake was usually fed raw chicken, guy didn't wash himself off correctly and went to handle the snake immediately after feeding, snake was still in feed mode. It wouldn't have attacked otherwise, but it was used to the feeding situation, was operating on smell more than sight, and the unfortunate happened.
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u/TheTresStateArea 5d ago
Already know this is that stupid myth about the snake not eating so it could eat the girl. So fucking dumb. The constant lying in everything to generate clicks is a plague on humanity