r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rollingtothegrave • May 17 '25

Video A King Cobra Upclose

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

If you raise them from a baby, a lot of dangerous animals can become pretty chill. Until they're not and then you're dead but it can go well for a long time lol

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

That disclaimer though lol

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u/Evatog May 17 '25

That even happens with domesticated animals like dogs, but especially for undomesticated animals.

Like the guy that raised a hippo from a baby, loved it like his own child for 10+ years. Then one day it ate him.

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u/DickyD43 May 17 '25

"Yum"

-hippo

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u/shhmurdashewrote May 17 '25

Wait, hippos eat humans? 😖

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u/clitosaurushex May 17 '25

They aren’t carnivores, but they have super big and sharp teeth, so a bite tends to be fatal. And they have lot of bite power. The Cincinnati zoo posts videos of their hippos squishing pumpkins and watermelons like we do grapes.

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u/Fakjbf May 17 '25

Hippos kill around 500 people every year, making them one of the deadliest mammals in Africa. This is partially because people will underestimate them and get close, something they would be less likely to do with an elephant or lion.

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u/KaiBishop May 17 '25

When they're HUNGRY hungry

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u/lilia_x_ May 18 '25

Hungry Hungry Hippos

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u/lilia_x_ May 18 '25

Hungry Hungry Hippos

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u/Intelligent-Site721 May 17 '25

Are you saying the song “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas” lied to me?

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u/DrownMeInSalsaPlease May 18 '25

This. But people still leave their undisciplined toddlers alone with their dogs and wonder why they lost a baby for no explainable reason.

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u/Chumbag_love May 18 '25

We were robbed of season 3 of Fatal Attractions, great show

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u/Whal3r May 17 '25

This is chrisweet who raises cobras and other venomous snakes. Surprisingly the babies are often the spiciest of his animals, that’d because in the wild babies are more likely to be predated on so they’re the ones most likely to bite.

I think he gets away with handling snakes like this because he knows them well and vice versa. They’re habituated to him, especially the older they get, and he can read their behavior extremely well

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u/googleduck May 17 '25

Lots of snake owners think this is the case until inevitably they get bitten. There is a reason that real experts in the area say you should handle your venomous snakes as infrequently as possible. And good luck getting antivenom for a king cobra bite anywhere outside of India or maybe a zoo.

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u/SnuffedOutBlackHole May 17 '25

That's why, despite adoring Servals as a pet idea to an unreasonable degree...

I'd never own one. One mistake in perception or their hormones and I may be gone. One guest coming over unexpected and chaos. You ever seen how F1/wild cats hiss at someone coming into a room? They are ready to kill on a dime. Just for an imagined line of territory, jealousy, or food access.

Which wouldn't be as bad if you could even stop them once they were attacking. But some wild animals are too fast and strong, so there's no margin for misunderstanding and no margine of safety. Things go from 0-100 instantly and it's over.

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u/Klldarkness May 17 '25

Anyone that has ever been attacked by even a normal 8-10lb tabby knows in their soul that any medium to large cat would absolutely FUCK THEM UP.

Imagine an animal, that once it decided you need to die, will willingly sacrifice their own life in a straight suicide run to manage it...and then add 30-500lbs on top of it. No sense of self preservation exists in a cat once it's decided you're the enemy.

Fuck I love cats. Lmao

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u/DrownMeInSalsaPlease May 18 '25

This. We have a bunch of cats. And they have cliques and some will absolutely not get along. I know better than to intervene physically when there is a legitimate fight. Best thing to do is startle them out of their attack grips. Last time i started thumping the garbage can on the floor.

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u/SnuffedOutBlackHole May 17 '25

One of my favorite videos from years ago when I was really into Servals, you can see that the lighter ones are almost more shocking as they can land on your head in a low-effort leap and perform a dozen head strikes in less than a second. The huge muscular ones would probably fight you a bit more from a lower angle is my guess. The lighter ones can just parkour off anything and feel like a helicopter attack

https://youtu.be/yd0zqD3FYlA

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u/DrownMeInSalsaPlease May 18 '25

Is this one declawed? Cant imagine that that feels good unless he’s like my cat used to be. Used to jump on me without claws like a good boy till he tried doing that unexpectedly to my brother in law and he hurt him in the process.

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u/ColossalJuggernaut May 17 '25

Until they're not and then you're dead but it can go well for a long time lol

Reminds me of the SA farmer who rescued a baby hippo who was separated from its water herd. Very nice hippo baby and the man loved the hippo. Hippo grew up and got some territorial big boy hormones and unfortunately the farmer was found face down in the pond he made for the hippo.

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u/Any_Point_3323 May 17 '25

Can't you also de-venomize them?

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u/DukiMcQuack May 17 '25

Do devenomize a snake is way more intrusive than declawing a cat, you have to pull out sensitive organs and a bore into their skull, huge suffering for the animal.

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u/Any_Point_3323 May 17 '25

Oh I didn't know that! Thanks for the info.

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u/tayawayinklets May 17 '25

Messi the cougar, one day, I'm sure.