Snake venoms are generally classified into four main functional types: neurotoxic (attacking the nervous system), hemotoxic (disrupting blood clotting and destroying red blood cells), cytotoxic (destroying local cells and tissues), and myotoxic (causing rapid muscle breakdown). https://a-z-animals.com/animals/snake/snake-facts/4-types-of-snake-venom/
I love my slithery friends! Met a chonky python at the zoo yesterday and got to give him pets. Even came home at night to a wiggly garter snake on the welcome mat. Glad I saw him in the shadows, I'd have felt terrible if I hurt it.
I'd be happy to include some more snakes. They could always use positive coverage.
One thing I get a certain naughty kick out of is the way domestic cats (originally African wildcats) startle so easily when they see snake-like objects in the area. Makes perfect sense to me, though, as they'd be natural prey to various snakes across the greater range of their habitats.
OTOH, on our end, we seem to be unusually scared of some animals, such as spiders, even though spiders for the most part are natural allies, especially in our homes. We so silly...
Excellent!
There's also the fact that most spiders have mouth-parts completely incapable of breaking human skin, so a little diagram or example of such might be worth finding and sharing with the wife?
Now, whoever's reading may hate me for this, so go ahead and hate, but there's some interesting ideas here I wasn't aware of: (includes a boatload of high-quality supporting links, not unlike a good Wikipedia entry)
It never ceases to amaze me how little survival instinct many people have these days. Like you ride on your bike with your headphones on and your eyes on your phone and delegate all responsibility for keeping you alive to other people.
I have the same opinion.
I think that as a society, we have become far too dependent on having something playing in our ears at all times, almost as if we're afraid of being with our own thoughts.
When I am out walking, it's just me and the sounds of whatever is happening around me. Don't just hear, but listen to the birds, distant vehicles, a dog barking, wind in the trees, and in this case, a rattlesnake looking for something to nibble on.
Lemme be real here: I do not make it a habit to go places where there are rattlesnakes. As far as I’m concerned, I spent a lot of money on my house, and see little reason for leaving it, least of all for places far from EMT support.
I was just noting that my city-smarts-only self would be the one having a “let me go find myself with a hike” moment and absolutely get bit because it never occurred to me to leave the headphones at home so that I could hear the rattlesnakes.
Well, actually unfortunately generations of poaching have selected for rattlesnakes that don’t rattle before they strike. It’s like a big problem and stuff :(
I have one or two of these come to hang out near my house each year so I just load them into a garbage can and take them to the north forty so they don't bite my dogs.
Hey look at me, im a rattle snake! I camouflage well info my environment then wait till you get close to loudly announce my presence like some sort of joke. GREETINGS!
I was watching a nature documentary last week. Rattlesnakes are some kinky motherfuckers. When the male approached the female to mate, the first thing she did was smack his head around with her tail. Then when it was time for copulation, she wrapped her tail around the male's penis and dragged him by it to their mating spot.
I once dated a guy who was an extreme sub, who really wanted me to put him in a dog cage while I went off to work (I didn't do it, I wasn't ready for that level of kink at the time.) I think he would've been down for a rattlesnake-style mating ritual.
Yeah... it's perhaps down to a difference in experience giving us very different perspectives on the same thing.
I see the "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" line repeated all the time, and it's become extremely popular with the Man-O-Sphere chuds like Andrew Tate. While it was just a somewhat tired meme, it's rapidly turned into a genuine guiding philosophy that people live by, and it plays very easily into the conservative "an indication of sexuality is an invitation to sexualize" mindset. It's become the same thing as 4chan's "Tits or GTFO", but phrased in a less expressly offensive way.
There's been plenty of discussion about the lack of 3rd spaces and it's impact on society, so I do understand that people feel motivated to seize the opportunity for interactions when those rare chances present themselves, but it's an impulse that's really making it exhausting to exist in those few shared spaces we do still have.
Wow, you live somewhere that looks cool as fuck from inner city England. Should probably wear high boots when you're out for a walk tho. Safe and sexy.
This is why I stay on the walking paths in my neighborhood. They're supposed to be here in NM, too, but I've never seen one where I live. I don't want to meet one. Where I am it's sagebrush and sand, maybe they're closer to the mountain where the ground rocky like in this picture.
We had a real problem with the babies around the house when I was a kid - they often don't have enough of a rattle grown yet to alert you.
It's one of the reasons that now, I leave some tidbits out for the local family of possum - they come by each night. They love to munch on small snakes, and are immune to most snake venom. Plus they eat mice and rats as well:
When I was a kid we had multiple occasions of rattlers getting into the house and/or walls. It was the main reason we ended up moving and refer to that place as "The Snake House". Some of my earliest memories are of the insane battle when my stepdad killed one that came at us in our living room with a giant clock.
I've heard them but never seen any on a trail. When I was a boy, my friends and I found a nest with a whole bunch of babies. We watched them for a bit but stayed far enough away. Thankfully we didn't seem to excite them
I'd love some augmented reality glasses that do only like vector graphics to outline things or project text over reality, with advanced cameras to measure and map things. I bet you could see tons of interesting things in nature that you wouldn't notice.
Of course you can also just train yourself to see more!
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Fun fact:
So fun!
I think he misspelled "scary".
Yes, I want to subscribe to Snake Facts
Try here.
@[email protected]'s been doing a killer job with it. 🙂
I love my slithery friends! Met a chonky python at the zoo yesterday and got to give him pets. Even came home at night to a wiggly garter snake on the welcome mat. Glad I saw him in the shadows, I'd have felt terrible if I hurt it.
I'd be happy to include some more snakes. They could always use positive coverage.
Sounds good!
One thing I get a certain naughty kick out of is the way domestic cats (originally African wildcats) startle so easily when they see snake-like objects in the area. Makes perfect sense to me, though, as they'd be natural prey to various snakes across the greater range of their habitats.
OTOH, on our end, we seem to be unusually scared of some animals, such as spiders, even though spiders for the most part are natural allies, especially in our homes. We so silly...
Those poor cats get spooked by those cucumbers... 😂
The wife and I have reached a peace deal with spiders. She knows I leave them in the house, I just need to make sure she doesn't see them.
My coworker and I have both been ensuring spiders get moved out of high human traffic areas.
Excellent!
There's also the fact that most spiders have mouth-parts completely incapable of breaking human skin, so a little diagram or example of such might be worth finding and sharing with the wife?
Now, whoever's reading may hate me for this, so go ahead and hate, but there's some interesting ideas here I wasn't aware of: (includes a boatload of high-quality supporting links, not unlike a good Wikipedia entry)
https://chatgpt.com/share/6a876492-d118-83ea-9835-17f1868c8248
This seems to be what she falls under. 😅
She understands they are good, she just does not wish to knowingly share space with them due to her mind categorizing them as creepy-crawlies.
Much like with most of my other friends, she's happy I have them, but she wishes to spend no time with them. 😂
Also [email protected]
Those were some fun facts! Thank you 👍
First thing I noticed was the cactus that is wanking one out behind the bushes there
I absolutely cannot explain why, but at first glance I keep seeing an elephant.
Something's living in that hole, isn't it?
Fun Fact: Pervy Cactuars are indigenous to Southern Arizona!
Snakes: I am going to evolve to have perfect camouflage so I am undetectable by all.
Also snakes: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING YOU STEPPED ON ME ARE YOU BLIND
I would not have seen that, before it was to late.
They would probably rattle before you too got close.
Me with my headphones in, on my last day on Earth… 😬
Wear tall boots if you're hiking in rattlesnake territory
that's when they go for the balls
Tall boots and a cod piece it is then.
Just tall boots and a codpiece, if you’re feeling confident
What?
You're right, arousing them is the way to go.
Wear tall boots while hiking regardless. Ankle support is important when you don't have the infrastructure to make it easy to get to you.
Except, naw, Crocks.
You deserve to be flogged and then bit!
It never ceases to amaze me how little survival instinct many people have these days. Like you ride on your bike with your headphones on and your eyes on your phone and delegate all responsibility for keeping you alive to other people.
I have the same opinion.
I think that as a society, we have become far too dependent on having something playing in our ears at all times, almost as if we're afraid of being with our own thoughts.
When I am out walking, it's just me and the sounds of whatever is happening around me. Don't just hear, but listen to the birds, distant vehicles, a dog barking, wind in the trees, and in this case, a rattlesnake looking for something to nibble on.
You are describing me. It stops my own thoughts from being too bleak.
Lemme be real here: I do not make it a habit to go places where there are rattlesnakes. As far as I’m concerned, I spent a lot of money on my house, and see little reason for leaving it, least of all for places far from EMT support.
I was just noting that my city-smarts-only self would be the one having a “let me go find myself with a hike” moment and absolutely get bit because it never occurred to me to leave the headphones at home so that I could hear the rattlesnakes.
I was talking specifically about city people in cities.
This is where the phrase “If it had been a snake, it would have bit me.” comes from.
Me trying to see the "little guy"
The one time where a red circle would actually have been useful...
i am no red circle camp, the search was part of the fun
I upvoted both cause I'm being a fence sitter and can't decide which I agree with.
do you need a red circle around my comment?
If you would be so kind I'm having trouble finding it.
There you go.
You have to respect that rattlesnake warn you before biting. It’s very polite.
Well, actually unfortunately generations of poaching have selected for rattlesnakes that don’t rattle before they strike. It’s like a big problem and stuff :(
But the pos sat itself in the middle of the fucking road?
Sneak snake
I have one or two of these come to hang out near my house each year so I just load them into a garbage can and take them to the north forty so they don't bite my dogs.
Casual badass. *no /s
Oh. I thought you were talking about the masturbating cactus.
Man snakes are so cool
Regular snakes are pretty dope too, but enjoy the lifestyle.
Danger noodle
Bitey rope
Sting stick
Nope rope
Murder shoelace
Shakey snake
Snappy snek
Hey look at me, im a rattle snake! I camouflage well info my environment then wait till you get close to loudly announce my presence like some sort of joke. GREETINGS!
I was watching a nature documentary last week. Rattlesnakes are some kinky motherfuckers. When the male approached the female to mate, the first thing she did was smack his head around with her tail. Then when it was time for copulation, she wrapped her tail around the male's penis and dragged him by it to their mating spot.
I once dated a guy who was an extreme sub, who really wanted me to put him in a dog cage while I went off to work (I didn't do it, I wasn't ready for that level of kink at the time.) I think he would've been down for a rattlesnake-style mating ritual.
Clears throat awkwardly Are you... uh... seeing anyone now?
You miss 100% of shots you dont take
An unfortunately common justification for harassing people :/
True. Now I've got anxiety over if I've displayed that in a light-hearted enough manner.
But anxiety is why people don't meet other people or establish reasonable connections. What are you about, friend?
Yeah... it's perhaps down to a difference in experience giving us very different perspectives on the same thing.
I see the "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" line repeated all the time, and it's become extremely popular with the Man-O-Sphere chuds like Andrew Tate. While it was just a somewhat tired meme, it's rapidly turned into a genuine guiding philosophy that people live by, and it plays very easily into the conservative "an indication of sexuality is an invitation to sexualize" mindset. It's become the same thing as 4chan's "Tits or GTFO", but phrased in a less expressly offensive way.
There's been plenty of discussion about the lack of 3rd spaces and it's impact on society, so I do understand that people feel motivated to seize the opportunity for interactions when those rare chances present themselves, but it's an impulse that's really making it exhausting to exist in those few shared spaces we do still have.
[...the conservative “an indication of sexuality is an invitation to sexualize”] - Ew, and I totally understand.
[4chan’s “Tits or GTFO”] - Ew. Again, I totally understand.
I meant well. Hopefully I haven't caused offense. I just wanted to juxtapose the conversation with a casual absurdity.
No offense here, at least! It's just one of those ones that's common to the point you don't even think about it until someone brings it up.
and for assassinations
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Evolution gives no fucks. Well actually, only cares that copulation happens. Else is gravy,
Yesssss I love r/findthesniper posts. Good shit
Wow, you live somewhere that looks cool as fuck from inner city England. Should probably wear high boots when you're out for a walk tho. Safe and sexy.
I hate it when cacti suddenly jack off at me
Rattlers are adorable and I refuse to think differently. Their little angry snoots and tail wiggles. Maraca butts!
If I hadn't somehow clicked right on it when enlarging the pic, I never would have seen it.
This is why I stay on the walking paths in my neighborhood. They're supposed to be here in NM, too, but I've never seen one where I live. I don't want to meet one. Where I am it's sagebrush and sand, maybe they're closer to the mountain where the ground rocky like in this picture.
Not so fun fact, because people out right killed every venomous snake they could see or hear, the venomous snakes evolved to be quieter over time.
We had a real problem with the babies around the house when I was a kid - they often don't have enough of a rattle grown yet to alert you.
It's one of the reasons that now, I leave some tidbits out for the local family of possum - they come by each night. They love to munch on small snakes, and are immune to most snake venom. Plus they eat mice and rats as well:
https://animalhype.com/mammals/do-possums-eat-snakes/
When I was a kid we had multiple occasions of rattlers getting into the house and/or walls. It was the main reason we ended up moving and refer to that place as "The Snake House". Some of my earliest memories are of the insane battle when my stepdad killed one that came at us in our living room with a giant clock.
Now I'm envisioning a giant rattlesnake trying to bonk your Dad over the head with a Grandfather clock.
It was one of those weird 70s clocks made from a cross section of a large tree actually, now the visual is even weirder!
It was the second one that got me!
I can't tell if this was a joke, because I couldn't find a second one! I'd be doomed lol.
It was a joke haha, if there was a second one I'd be doomed too
Genuinely took me a hot minute to find that nope rope
All I saw was the very jumbled-up rocky area and thought "well, there's probably a snake in there someplace".
Little jerks have amazing camouflage, but get all bitey when it works too well.
Well if he didn't want to get stepped on, he shouldn't have been looking so much like a rock while hanging out among all those other rocks!
That looks like West Tucson!
Yep, I got out at 4:30 this morning to the El Camino del Cerro Trailhead before it got hot.
findTheSniper
If it was a snake, it would have bit you
Even after seeing the zoom in crop I couldn't spot snek in the full photo for a minute.
I had to find the parallelogram rock first
Badger badger badger badger, mushroom mushroom! badger badger badger badger AH! Snake! Snake! Snake! Ooooh, it's a snake!
Never ran into one in Phoenix but in Tucson, we ran into a green one on the way up Mount Lemmon. Beautiful but frightening.
I've heard them but never seen any on a trail. When I was a boy, my friends and I found a nest with a whole bunch of babies. We watched them for a bit but stayed far enough away. Thankfully we didn't seem to excite them
'Sup. Got mouse?'
I'd love some augmented reality glasses that do only like vector graphics to outline things or project text over reality, with advanced cameras to measure and map things. I bet you could see tons of interesting things in nature that you wouldn't notice.
Of course you can also just train yourself to see more!
I'm pretty sure I would have died. It took me way too long to spot it.
I guess IRL the sound would've helped.
I would not last long if I lived in a country with any dangerous plants or animals or geography or meteorology.
I spend a lot of hours trying not to think about all the snakes I have not seen while hiking.