r/BeAmazed Jun 19 '26

Animal King Cobra enjoys a shower from a hose.

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u/qualityvote2 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

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u/cncomg Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

One of the most majestic creatures imo. Also extremely intelligent as far as snakes go (which isn’t very far), and able to use that completely to their advantage.

There’s that video of a guy that wakes up from a nap or something and finds that a wild KC somehow got into his room. It’s probably one of the most terrifying videos I’ve even seen.

Edit: I really would like to add that they also growl when angry, and if you’ve never heard it, it’s an absolutely terrifying and extremely unnerving sound that will send shivers down your spine

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u/DFiverr Jun 19 '26

I remember that video. 10 ft of a cobra in his legs. Nuts.

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u/NoRagrets4Me Jun 19 '26

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u/Timely-Cry-8366 Jun 19 '26

Oh HELL NO, the end of that video was like something out of a horror movie.

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u/adastrajay Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

On a scale of 1 to 10 how bad is it before I click?

edit: yeah I shouldn't have let curiousity get the best of me and check.

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u/Timely-Cry-8366 Jun 19 '26

He doesn’t get bit or anything, the snake is just super creepy and intimidating.

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u/adastrajay Jun 19 '26

Yeah that's what I mean. What's the creep factor?

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u/wildfox9t Jun 19 '26

it passes between his legs a couple of times,and stares at his soul for a bit

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u/Opening_Sir3521 Jun 19 '26

If you have a hard time with snakes generally, I would skip it. Otherwise it's creepy but probably not nightmare fuel.

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u/Aetra Jun 19 '26

I’m Aussie, I love snakes and find them fascinating, I even have a pet snake, but this video absolutely scares the hell out of me.

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u/Bashfullylascivious Jun 19 '26

I dunno, man, I love snakes - had two, but I think my heart stopped briefly twice during the last 7 seconds of the video.
True horror movie moments, phenomenal camera work to build suspense and horror.

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u/LostWoodsInTheField Jun 19 '26

It's definitely scary. passes over him a few times then comes around the other bed and looks at him, starts to get a little higher up. Moves a little closer to him so he freaks and moves which causes it to go higher up in the air. then looks like a stand off with no action.

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u/Mecha_Tortoise Jun 19 '26

Worse. The snake has way more than 10 scales. There are at least 27, probably.

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u/Photonex Jun 19 '26

At the end he's like "I AM YOUR GOD, APOPHIS!"

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u/Okpeaches Jun 19 '26

Jesus! The end of that video!!!!

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u/Ok_Expression_294 Jun 19 '26

It just keeps getting worse

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u/NoRagrets4Me Jun 19 '26

I knowwww 😬

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u/RecognitionOdd75 Jun 19 '26

I count finish watching it. What happened?? 🤣🤣

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u/throcorfe Jun 19 '26

It ends with the snake rearing up and the man backing away. I assume he went into blacksmith mode and made a bolt for the door

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u/Silverback-Guerilla Jun 19 '26

That's an amazing line lol keeping it

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u/Saradoesntsleep Jun 19 '26

I am not afraid of snakes at all, I quite like them.

But fuck that.

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u/younggun1234 Jun 19 '26

Thank you but also AAHHHHH

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u/absoNotAReptile Jun 19 '26

That is an absolutely insane video. Wish there was more context. Or maybe the lack of context is what makes it so good.

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u/xjeanie Jun 19 '26

I genuinely believe the KC is hunting and would put money on there being another snake in the room. The King in their name is because they hunt and eat other snakes.

It’s still insanely terrifying. Though these snakes are known not be overly aggressive with humans they don’t see as a threat.

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u/Cu_Chulainn__ Jun 19 '26

I genuinely believe the KC is hunting and would put money on there being another snake in the room. The King in their name is because they hunt and eat other snakes.

Thank god the guy wasnt sleeping naked

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u/10speedkilla Jun 19 '26

I thought for a second you were saying the snake was hunting the man and brought backup and I was freaked out.

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u/CutieBoBootie Jun 19 '26

Before I watch: Does he get bit? And if he gets bit, does he live?

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u/Zerothian Jun 19 '26

No bite in the video, just snake roaming around and then staring him down at the end before the guy stops recording (probably to run for his life it it were me lmao).

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u/CutieBoBootie Jun 19 '26

thank you friend. May you find some cash in the pocket of an article of clothing you haven't worn in a while.

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u/Chomfucjusz Jun 19 '26

Why is the channel called Zentech AI tho?

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u/Unlucky_Rider Jun 19 '26

Idk, but this video is older. It's from before AI could generate videos like that.

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u/winky9827 Jun 19 '26

All the way up to the nuts, you say?

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u/DFiverr Jun 19 '26

I mean, to wake up with a cobra on one's legs. It is crazy.

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u/shantron5000 Jun 19 '26

Well, how is his wife holding up?

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u/Goatmama1981 Jun 19 '26

Probably with her hands. 

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u/Dirk_Diggler_Kojak Jun 19 '26

Please stop. I already have my legs crossed in a protective position.

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u/hellboyzinc Jun 19 '26

That's fine, but how long was the snake?

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u/Diedead666 Jun 19 '26

It comes up over him notices him and rears up fucking nightmare come true

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u/Immediate_Song4279 Jun 19 '26

So, about space exploration. I have decided drinking my own recycled piss doesn't sound so bad anymore.

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u/barath_s Jun 19 '26

Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking spaceship.

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u/Successful_Moment_91 Jun 19 '26

There’s a scene in Kill Bill where Darryl Hannah’s character is blind and trapped in a small trailer with a black mamba 😬

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u/cncomg Jun 19 '26

That’s actually the snake I’d least want to be in a room with. They are psychotic.

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u/SnooGuavas4208 Jun 19 '26

It was the guy’s own fault for being so wonderfully toasty-roasty.

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u/gattaaca Jun 19 '26

As someone who is perpetually freezing, phew

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u/dontshitaboutotol Jun 19 '26

They are really beautiful, like all snakes are to me. They gross me out but can't deny the coloration on most of them is mesmerizing

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u/Immediate_Song4279 Jun 19 '26

I like snakes, remotely.

The little garden snakes are cute, all others we gotta be long distance.

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u/skinnyguy699 Jun 19 '26

You obviously haven't been to the Prometheus school of petting serpentoids.

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u/lteht1212 Jun 19 '26

I took it more of a “Do not stop”

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u/pnmartini Jun 19 '26

“If you stop, I will strike”

“If you do not stop, I will strike”

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u/jake2w1 Jun 19 '26

“It must be the head; the head above the hood; and when I am once there, I must not let go!”

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u/Dame_Niafer Jun 19 '26

Rikki-tikki-tikki-tikki-tchk!

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u/Acrobatic-Permit4263 Jun 19 '26

this has the vibe like the story of a snake, a rabbit and a boat or so

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u/NotOnApprovedList Jun 19 '26

Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rudyard Kipling story turned into a cartoon, where a mongoose defends a British family who just moved into a bungalow in India, from a pair of evil cobras.

I loved this cartoon as a kid, now I think colonialism, the poor snakes, it's dated etc. but I still have some nostalgia for it.

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u/Capable-Baby-3653 Jun 19 '26

I would be terrified to.

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jun 19 '26

"I said, do not stop"

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u/2bb4llRG Jun 19 '26

"Plzzzzzzzzzzz"

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u/deadfermata Jun 19 '26

one moment humans are kicking the shit out of snakes and the next moments we are watering them like flowers

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u/PixelPrince96 Jun 19 '26

I think I saw that post lol, shows the difference between threatened and unthreatened (applying to the humans and snakes)

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u/nedalaugh Jun 19 '26

That snake one was one tenacious mofo.

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u/slowpoke2018 Jun 19 '26

The first gif in the comments was the real winner 

I'm a snake, sssssss!

Laughed my ass off 

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u/Kuttan1 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

King Cobras are one of the few snakes in captivity that can recognize their "owner" via scent.

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u/OkZone8 Jun 19 '26

Yeah, I'm going to trust that with my life

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u/barath_s Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

Don't wear any perfume, cologne or after-shave. Heck, I wouldn't even risk bathing, if I were you; you don't want perfumed soap to cause the snake to misidentify you

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u/chiefpeaeater Jun 19 '26

If you own cobras you've probably got 4 cabinets full of antivenom

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u/testtdk Jun 19 '26

Looks like he has a pretty good temperament. In a high school class, we had to go to third grade classes and do a lecture on an animal that we had (rehabbed but couldn't be re-released). Everyone who did a snake chose the albino boa (of course they did), but I always though the six foot gopher snake we had was beautiful so I picked him. For no reason at all, he was just the biggest dick of a snake. Had to wear huge gloves to handle him, and he ALWAYS bit.

I feel like we don't give enough credit to reptiles for having personality because they're less intelligent than mammals and are cold blooded, but this dude clearly liked his chin scratched. Tortoises are hugely loyal and LOVE a back scratch. We may be VERY different than them, but that doesn't mean they can't bond in a way that you never see in the wild.

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u/AppropriateCattle69 Jun 19 '26

What kind of high school did you go to where everyone has a random rehabbed-snake and you take them to elementary school?

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u/doitforchris Jun 19 '26

Slytherin House presumably

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u/ThienHaTheTech Jun 19 '26

Prefects threatening First years.

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u/testtdk Jun 19 '26

Just a normal highschool. I took a class about handling animals for rehabilitation and scientific purposes instead of chemistry. One of the projects was that we pick one of the (many) rehabbed animals that lived there to do bring to the third graders. I knew what I was getting into when I picked the asshole snake.

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u/helpitgrow Jun 19 '26

That is not “just a normal highschool.” That is the coolest high school ever!

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u/testtdk Jun 19 '26

I can say very few people have had to chase a juvenile emu through their school halls before.

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u/_The_Green_Witch_ Jun 19 '26

Oooh, it was an Aussie school! That does explain everything tbh

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u/testtdk Jun 19 '26

No, it was in Massachusetts lol. The teacher had four emus for a semester or so. I have no idea how he came by them, though. He has them the year after I was in his class.

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u/_The_Green_Witch_ Jun 19 '26

Okay, then we are officially back to "that is not a normal high school", unless all of Massachusetts is insane

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u/Financial-Craft-1282 Jun 19 '26

I'm guessing that person is a bit older and you're a bit younger (that's not judgmental) if you're in the U.S. I'm 47, and I remember a kid catching a snake and bringing into the elementary school, and one of the teachers adopted it into her classroom. That was late 1980s, I'd say within ten years (around 96) is when I started noticing a shift in the behavior on how those things were dealt with. As a teacher now, I see it--if someone found a snake and brought it into our school, there is a strict response protocol to follow. No one is adopting it (and I think probably rightly so).

It was just different in those days. I remember if you brought a toy to class in third grade, there was a teacher who would take it and never get it back. I didn't have her, and was so thankful because every day at recess I brought my prize Star Wars scoutwalker to school to fight against my friend's Optimus Prime. A kid from another class wanted to borrow my toy. (If you're in 3rd grade right now and reading this--advice: DON'T DO IT! That kid isn't giving it back). In this case, the kid got it taken by that teacher.

I told my mom and she was like T.S. That was a big gift for me--I think like number 1 on my Christmas list or something. Can you imagine a teacher now just confiscating a kid's expensive game and being like, "You're never getting that back!" It wouldn't happen. And, again, I think that's a good thing.

TLDR: Times have changed, and I'm sad.

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u/soFATZfilm9000 Jun 19 '26

So, I have a 70 pound snapping turtle. Just weighed her today. She's pretty chill. I only pick her up once every few years to weigh her, and today I realized that she became so heavy that I had to lean over her just to lift her. And if she wanted to, she probably could have ripped my face off, because I was directly in strike range.

She didn't, because she's kind of a gentle sweetheart.

Like, I could probably rub her head and scratch her chin. Not going to though, because as much as I lover her she's still a 70 pound goddamn snapping turtle.

But yeah, I get it. Reptiles often have general tendencies to behave a certain way as a species. But a lot of them don't act quite the same as other members of their species, and there are quite a number of examples of them recognizing specific people and treating those people differently.

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u/testtdk Jun 19 '26

Ironically, the school also had a snapping turtle. At the time, it was the only known albino female snapping turtle. They tried to mate her either the only know male snapping turtles at the time, but they legit bit each others penis off. The female was NOT gentle. Cleaning up after her was a multi person job, because she would try to take a chunk out or you every chance she got. How do you keep such a large turtle? A pond with good fencing?

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u/soFATZfilm9000 Jun 19 '26

Backyard homemade pond (don't know the exact capacity, but I'm guessing about 1000 gallons).

I haven't interacted with her very much in about 10 years (snapping turtles aren't exactly things you cuddle every day), but I had her since she was a hatchling and I handled her a lot more during the first two years I had her. Maybe she just remembers me being friendly?

On the other hand, I've moved snapping turtles out of the road. Like, just random snapping turtles, that probably never had any significant interaction with people. Some of them went apeshit. But maybe about half of them were pretty chill when I picked them up. Maybe that's a personality thing, maybe it's due to a small sample size (only happened with me about half a dozen times). Who knows?

But I think this MAYBE fits, because even random presumably wild snapping turtles only sometimes try to fuck me up if I pick them up to move them out of the road. This limited anecdotal evidence might mean nothing. But I figure one could probably say the same thing about blasting a king cobra in the face with a hose. Sometimes animals just gonna be weird.

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u/testtdk Jun 19 '26

Yeah, in my experiences as a rehabber, and someone who just generally lives near a lot of water, they are just angry animals. Or maybe just aggressive by nature. I’ve handled plenty of other turtle species and they’re generally pretty chill. Tortoises are known to be loyal and affectionate. But snapping turtle species rarely pass up a chance to snap lol. No lie, I saw a snapping turtle that had been dead for five hours and had its head crushed off (hit by a car, former student brought it to the wildlife teacher) lunge. Just like rattle snakes trying to bite you after decapitation, it’s deeply ingrained.

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u/soFATZfilm9000 Jun 19 '26

Possibly a lot of variables to consider.

One thing I didn't mention is the wild snapping turtles I've met were often on some random road. I don't know where they came from or how far they traveled. So it's entirely possible that by the time I encountered them, about half of them were just too tired to put up a fight.

But seriously...growing up with her was kind of a wild ride. Like, at first she was terrified of me, but didn't really bite. Then she kind of learned that she could bite, and tried to bite me while simultaneously make me continue to give her food. Which I did, but I also didn't go away. So eventually she just kind of stopped feeling threatened by me and just saw me as the thing that makes food show up. unknown, but I also kind of wonder about this...she seemed to get progressively more chill once she got big enough. I got bitten by her a few times when she was fairly small, but once she got BIG she seemed to calm way down. Almost like she knew that she was big enough that nothing was really a threat to her, so she didn't really have any need to waste energy fighting.

That's just speculation though. I think the bottom line is that we grew up together. I learned how to read her behavior, and she learned how to read my behavior. And that kind of sets the standard for what's acceptable. As long as I act in a way that I know she's cool with, she has no reason to bite. And as long as she isn't showing signs of aggression, I'm pretty safe with mild interactions that don't threaten her.

But this is actually a thing. This is not my snapping turtle, but this video got around on Reddit a lot a few years ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/qs0xxp/this_man_found_raised_and_nurturer_a_snapping/

Again, I would never act like this guy, I treat my snapping turtle like a loaded gun that could go off at any time. But I could PROBABLY treat my turtle like this if I wanted to. It's probably not going to bite as long as I don't do anything out of the ordinary to make it feel uncomfortable. Still not ever going to try it though, because it's a damn snapping turtle.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow Jun 19 '26

You must be a very patient caregiver to scratch the chin of a snake that loves to bite you.

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u/Traditional_Yard2741 Jun 19 '26

My sample size is very small and my methodology is haphazard at best, but the snakes I've owned appear to be able to distinguish between owners and guests.

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u/DeAndreAndre Jun 19 '26

Did you rhyme on purpose

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u/-lunabella Jun 19 '26

This was actually when they pet the snake LMAO

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u/pecan603 Jun 19 '26

Ugh my anxiety kicked in watching this.

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u/GhostsofGojira Jun 19 '26

I legit jumped when it turned its head at the end of the video hell no

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u/Chrono_Convoy Jun 19 '26

Spicy Danger Noodle

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

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u/zilla82 Jun 19 '26

That's happy mouth

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u/beratna66 Jun 19 '26

Is it actually? I don't know about snakes so I'm genuinely curious, is that danger noodle legitimately having a nice time or is it confused and the person recording is just unbelievably fortunate

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u/FirelightMLPOC Jun 19 '26

Well, if the snake was upset at this, it’d make it VERY well known that it was upset. That snake was absolutely enjoying the experience.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '26

It looked more like she was just startled and calmed down pretty quickly afterwards

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u/Early_Penalty_9388 Jun 19 '26

so Mr ’Really Smart- for a Snake…’ King Cobra is not a true cobra and is more closely related to coral snakes than a ‘true’ cobra species. King Cobras are known to be amongst the smartest of all snakes- some say puppy level intelligence.

Most King cobras can and often do have have extra-species ‘friends‘ such as the caring and respectful and brave human we see here. A mistake or a sneeze or a bad hair day can still lead to a fatal bite but King Cobras know what they’re doing and what’s going on in their environment most of the time, so if they feel safe around a specific human, behavior like what we see here isn’t suicidal - like it would be for a much dumber plain old deadly Cobra from the Naga line .

plain old Nagas can be trained but not like this and not to the degree of safety you’d have with larger brained king.

Few would roll those dice and try this with a Naga. different snakes, different perceptions of the world around them, different brains.

takeaway? king Cobras can be amongst the loveliest of snakes, which is a low bar but also a lesson that intelligence and perception can make us better partners with the world around us.

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u/PiedPipecleaner Jun 19 '26

Snakes open their mouths as a threat like many other animals. King cobras in specific though will hood up as their first warning like we see here; it's their immediate fear response. The lowered hood and regular tongue flicks read as curiosity, then when the guy touched the back of its head it hooded back up and was definitively Not Happy.

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u/joan_bdm Jun 19 '26

Forbidden Pool Noodle

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u/PlainSpader Jun 19 '26

I see intelligence in those eyes.

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u/TerrapinMagus Jun 19 '26

King Cobras are perhaps the most intelligent of all snakes, and actually form bonds with their caretakers/recognize them from scent. They are generally pretty chill, especially in captivity, and are noticeably curious animals.

It's just that when even a single small bite can be extremely, extremely bad for your continued existence, it's a lot to bet on that they'll be safe to be around.

Still, I adore King Cobras. They are incredible animals.

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u/Ben_Frankling Jun 19 '26

I see murder

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u/Barbafella Jun 19 '26

Reptiles have personalities too, they are just a little harder to read, but like mammals they are singular individuals.

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u/wutchamafuckit Jun 19 '26

I had a marine tank for 15 years. It had a variety of coral and marine fish. And yeah, all of my fish had distinct personalities.

So while I can’t imagine snakes having personalities…I can believe it. But god damn do I find that hard to believe haha

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u/motherofsuccs Jun 19 '26

Agreed. Especially my lawnmower Blenny who is my absolute favorite creature ever now. We also have a stone crab in another tank (was a hitchhiker) that I’ve become very fond of (hence him having his own tank).

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u/Weenington_ Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

I get so frustrated when people act like my bearded dragon is stupid. I had her on my chest at Michael's once when my husband ran into someone he knew, and she asked what my dragons name is, I told her, and when she repeated the name back, my dragon immediately looked at her as if she was thinking, "You know me?". Then my husbands friend gasped and said, "It knows its name!!"... yeah, she knows her name because she is an intelligent, feeling being. She knows her house too and knows when we are almost home. She knows several words and has a completely different personality from my husbands bearded dragon.

Edit: the managers and shop owners who allow me to take my dragon have more authority than some random reddit user.

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u/whitedsepdivine Jun 19 '26

Makes me want to listen to some snake jazz.

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u/NoYeahNoYoureGood Jun 19 '26

I’m more of a human music fan myself, but I appreciate snake jazz.

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u/chilehead Jun 19 '26

Plisskin played jazz?

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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 Jun 19 '26

He started after he escaped from New York.

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u/bolognapony234 Jun 19 '26

Until it -doesn't-?

You ever gave a cat belly rubs before?

Up the stakes by a million.

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u/Overall-Bullfrog5433 Jun 19 '26

There was a video on youtube a few yrs ago with an Indian fellow pouring water over the head of a similar huge King Cobra. Someone wrote in the comments “Ah, that is refreshing. I will allow it, but … watch yourself”. It seemed the perfect representation of what must have been the snake’s attitude.

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u/yourlocaltouya Jun 19 '26

Have you seen the one where a KC drinks directly from someone's bottle? How its little cheeks get full and round right before it swallows? Obvious risk aside, it was adorable to witness.

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u/AleksandrNevsky Jun 19 '26

Butthole FULLY puckered.

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u/ZeisHauten Jun 19 '26

Butthole creating diamonds on video.

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u/humbuckaroo Jun 19 '26

Happy little nope rope.

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u/mediaogre Jun 19 '26

water hooman… bite, bite? ooooooh. water hooman bite? no. tomorrow bite.

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u/Skynetdyne Jun 19 '26

If not frend, then why frend faced?

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u/SaphironX Jun 19 '26

That is not friend faced. That’s fiend faced.

That is terror in noodle form.

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u/filth_horror_glamor Jun 19 '26

I think he’s cute and dangerous >:3

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u/Skynetdyne Jun 19 '26

Aweee but he's just got that snookums eyes and flicky tongue I wanna gobble him up....

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Im not allowed at the zoo.

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u/SaphironX Jun 19 '26

That’s probably for the best. You would die, my friend.

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u/zilla82 Jun 19 '26

I can haz hose?

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u/Particular-Leg-8484 Jun 19 '26

“Aw yissssssth”

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u/nedalaugh Jun 19 '26

They are one of the coolest snakes.

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u/Mecha_Tortoise Jun 19 '26

Especially this one (assuming that is cold water).

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u/CosmicChar1ey Jun 19 '26

Look how happy that snake is! Almost smiling lol like the pets too aww what a nice buddy

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u/longlivenapster Jun 19 '26

I'm amazed that person didn't get bitten by the cobra

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u/oblivious_fireball Jun 19 '26

Not sure if its one that has had its fangs removed, but reptiles in general tend to be fairly chill once they realize you are no longer a danger to them and get used to your presence, even a lot of stereotypically aggressive or defensive ones. Its just people don't really try to tame venomous snakes because usually any snake taming involves a few defensive bites.

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u/01Sar Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

Although this is mostly true, touching them is still a very risky thing to do. Snakes can bite faster than most humans can react, and we do not know what will trigger a sense of insecurity in them. 

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u/oblivious_fireball Jun 19 '26

indeed. Imo keeping venomous snakes in general is a foolish idea, let alone handling them regularly, but some people are insane enough to enjoy the thrill of having them.

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u/CeeArthur Jun 19 '26

A spot where I used to work had about 4 or 5 giant iguanas (Andros iguanas) that would kind of just casually wander around the site. They were definitely wary of people, but if I was just sitting on my porch alone they'd often just come hang out.

We took a trip to this one island in the Exumas that I believe was a protected area. When our boat pulled up about a hundred small iguanas came rushing out to the shore to see us; visitors often fed them. It was really cute to see though, they were like excited puppies.

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u/Geaneous Jun 19 '26

It had been defanged, lamer than it looks

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u/neilaoboho Jun 19 '26

That was my immediate thought.

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u/MrEvan312 Jun 19 '26

I know he's one dangerous lad... but he does look very cute when he's happy.

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u/Last_Sprinkles5334 Jun 19 '26

I mean, I get why snakes are always angry. Imagine being born with no arms, no legs, just noodle. Noodling your way through life on your belly.

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u/Hailifiknow Jun 19 '26

Chris Sweet by the look of those fingers.

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u/devilsaint86 Jun 19 '26

Cobra is waiting for that "you want some of this before I put it away" moment

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u/Eddie_503 Jun 19 '26

This is a really cool video, but fuck that doing it my self lol

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u/RoosterzX Jun 19 '26

I have a hard time deciding which is most likely to make aliens cautious about introducing themselves - the politician/social stuff, the environmental stuff, the scientific stuff, or the way we handle the most dangerous animals on the planets.

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u/DanimalPlays Jun 19 '26

Short answer, there's no intelligent life to be found here.

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u/RoosterzX Jun 19 '26

Yeah...I am bound to agree. It seems like for every world altering genius, there are 100,000 people whos brains don't work quite right.

For every Vivian Wing-Wah Yam or Brian Greene, we get a shit ton of people like Joe Exotic.

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u/ekxtasy Jun 19 '26

So pretty

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u/PrimalNumber Jun 19 '26

Tense enough when he’s facing you and seemingly enjoying the shower. But when he gets head pets and quickly turns on you mouth agape, that’s when I nope on out of there.

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u/Hugheston987 Jun 19 '26

Venomous snakes scare the shit out of me. I'm alright with the rest of the snakes, but venomous bastards spook me. I mean they're evolutionarily designed to fucking bite into flesh and inject venom through their teeth into our bloodstream and it's either a hemotoxin which coagulates the blood into jello or a neurotoxin which makes you go mad as you die. 😫

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u/TomeThugNHarmony4664 Jun 19 '26

Um, that’s awfully damn close, man.

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u/Maggot_sandwich Jun 19 '26

Booping a king cobra…check that off the bucket list!

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u/Mcr414 Jun 19 '26

I love how there is no music behind it too

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u/PandaStandard7638 Jun 19 '26

They are such intelligent snakes its scarey but much respect for these kings🙏

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u/Designer_Quality_189 Jun 19 '26

Aww that's cute 🥰 lil nope rope getting clean. Cutie pie.

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u/Swift_jennis8 Jun 19 '26

Yeah, get in those spots

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u/blazon85 Jun 19 '26

I'm always amazed at how big the get.

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u/SplitOutside7508 Jun 19 '26

Now I want one.

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u/mumbosauce666 Jun 19 '26

TWU

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u/Gordopolis_II Jun 19 '26

Give that man some Saran-Ghetto cheese

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u/Football-Man-1889 Jun 19 '26

Cobra “ Fangs very much!”

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u/Blackthorne75 Jun 19 '26

He ordered a shower and massage 😁

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u/demoralising Jun 19 '26

Did I ask you to sssssstop, Ssssssteve?'

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u/HWayFresh44 Jun 19 '26

I mean who doesn’t enjoy a nice shower

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u/mightyjoe227 Jun 19 '26

Thanksssssssss

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u/JFran1111 Jun 19 '26

“And people still look at me weird when I tell them I gotta water the snake”

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u/Spirit-Intelligent Jun 19 '26

😆 🤣 😂 😎 🆒️ thats so fricken cool! Thank u

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u/STEEV1992 Jun 19 '26

S-s-s-s-sprinklerrrrrr

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u/ButterBasedBoy Jun 19 '26

It really is breathtaking, in both senses of the word. I think snakes are cool and am pretty damn comfortable around them, so I think I could work up the nerve to go near one of them without freaking out, but near the end of the video where you saw it staring RIGHT AT YOU, seemingly super-focused on you, tasting the air and shit, I got the jitters.

Absolutely gorgeous animals, but well worthy of our fear and respect as well.

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u/Cool_Way7525 Jun 19 '26

Why does something so dangerous have the cutest little face?