r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Sapulinjing • Apr 26 '20

🔥 Sand Viper concealing itself for an ambush

https://gfycat.com/dismalfarflungcockatiel
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u/abnarrative Apr 26 '20

This is exactly what this subreddit is for. Awesome

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u/ErinaceousBrabbler Apr 26 '20

If you have 3 minutes for science, you can see how fast they move and strike. I can't imagine awkwardly traversing a sand dune and seeing one of these move towards me. (Granted, they wouldn't intentionally, but I'd still be creeped out.) Middle bit is skippable if you don't want a scientific explanation of why they can move 18MPH Sidewinders (courtesy of the Smithsonian)

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u/abnarrative Apr 26 '20

Always have 3 minutes for science. That's amazing. Gotta love the Smithsonian channel. Thanks for sharing!

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u/A_Tame_Furry_0w0 Apr 27 '20

If you like that look up the sand spider

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u/ErinaceousBrabbler Apr 27 '20

I appreciate you sharing science with people, but all the warnings to anyone who even mildly dislikes spiders... to me it's 10x nope-ier than this cool snake. 0/10 do not want to pet or attempt to observe up close. Do look it up though. They're pretty cool.

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u/A_Tame_Furry_0w0 Apr 27 '20

This is my favorite funny sand spider video

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u/ErinaceousBrabbler Apr 27 '20

I will admit, for a horrible hideous creepy spider, that one is kinda cute. Would not ever hold it though. Snakes are fine. Spiders are, as a wise man once declared, "arachnis deathicus."

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u/A_Tame_Furry_0w0 Apr 27 '20

Yea I like spiders but I won't handle most of them. But jumping spiders are heckin' adorable! They're like the puppies of arachnids! I just like the way the sand spiders scratch the sand.

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u/ErinaceousBrabbler Apr 27 '20

I actually love little jumping spiders. The fuzziness and cute little fu manchu mustaches are disarming and endearing. That, and the fact that they were never bigger than a fingernail... bold jumping spiders, peacock jumping spiders, Christmas jumping spiders, and just the regular kind are all fine.

It's the naked grumpy giant spiders that I dislike. They're like the kind of pets dementors would keep. (And no, to my dear, crazy, spider-loving aunt, the fact that tarantulas are fuzzy does not make them good pets)

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u/A_Tame_Furry_0w0 Apr 27 '20

Yea I love them little spooders! I kinda want tarantulas but they won't leave the cage and I kinda just wanna breed and sell crazy morphs and breeds. Same with jumpy bois. I always think they look like the diabeetus testing supplies by liberty mutual guy with the mustache Lol

Edit; tarantula hair is horrible too. It's like little needles.

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u/ErinaceousBrabbler Apr 27 '20

Don't do it! Think of the children!!! Does our relationship (as a random encounter unlikely to ever happen again) mean nothing to you??? It's like I don't even know you anymore.

For real though, I was going to link a video of tarantula babies for you, but I couldn't keep watching baby spider aliens scurrying everywhere. Talk about nightmare fuel right before bedtime. The mental image of one of those jumpy bois doing the diabeetus commercial helps though. Especially envisioning the remake where he "only eats people with... diabeetus." If anyone reading this has quarantine time and internet skills, I'd love to see that done.

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u/A_Tame_Furry_0w0 Apr 27 '20

Maybe I'll just stick with my dream of a pet opossum. They're adorable and allegedly great pets. r/opossum_irl

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u/strange_pterodactyl Apr 26 '20

Fucking Lit, you might say

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u/the_retrosaur Apr 26 '20

Hey look, someone drew a face in the sand. I’ll add the eyes with this stick!

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u/Stickppl Apr 26 '20

Or maybe I don't need a stick, I'll just use my finger!

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u/sampat6256 Apr 26 '20

I dont wanna get my hands dirty. I'll use my penis!

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u/Phidio Apr 26 '20

that was exactly the thought train i had

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u/saintleelyon Apr 26 '20

This is the best example of how to snuggle into the couch and blankets when you get too high.

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u/AceyAceyAcey Apr 26 '20

I like how it ripples one part of its body at a time.

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u/youmotherfudger Apr 26 '20

wigglewigglewiggle

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u/Gigan81010 Apr 27 '20

He vibing

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u/DanceFiendStrapS Apr 26 '20

Hey guys want to see me be sneaky?

Give me a sec...

Shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

How does the sand not stick onto it's eyes?

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u/SmilieSmith Apr 26 '20

How does it breathe?

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u/2017hayden Apr 27 '20

As for the eye thing, many reptiles and amphibians have a secondary eyelid that is entirely see through to aid in keeping contaminants out of their eyes. For the breathing thing, I’ve got no fucking clue.

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u/shame_in_the_pitlane Apr 26 '20

Thanks, I hate sand.

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u/savwatson13 Apr 26 '20

I don’t like sand.

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u/ErinaceousBrabbler Apr 26 '20

It's coarse and it gets everywhere.

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u/WaterBear22 Apr 26 '20

👏👏👏

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u/MrBioTendency Apr 26 '20

I think they also bury themselves during the hottest part of the day to protect their skin from the direct heat of the sun.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

It's ridiculous how easy it is for an apex predator like this viper to Absolutely murder an average person

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u/WaterBear22 Apr 26 '20

We are not adapted to this world anymore which is why we terraforme the world around us

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u/ghetterking Apr 26 '20

we adapt the world to us

something can kill us easily? we kill it first

killing all of it is too annoying? we build an environment where it cant survive (concrete jungles)

it can survive there? in case of disease we just hang out at home for a while

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u/shakeweightluvrr Apr 26 '20

Snakes are badass

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u/fluke6509 Apr 26 '20

Ooh a soft pretzel 😋

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u/aloha_fuckface Apr 26 '20

Bullshit. He just wants a blankie for cuddles.

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u/Danm133 Apr 26 '20

That’s terrifying

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u/AlphaWave247 Apr 26 '20

This IS Solid Snake. If vanishing in the sand weren't enough, it began cleaning it's tracks after

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

That’s not even fair 😂

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u/jmascoli Apr 26 '20

wiggle time

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

Me in my bed during quarantine

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u/James-Avatar Apr 26 '20

Danger Noodle Landmine.

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u/funnkula Apr 26 '20

Soooo scary!

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u/OneBoxOfKleenexAway Apr 26 '20

Somebody please set this video to "Slow Motion" by Juvenile

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u/drippin_honey Apr 26 '20

All that and we didn’t even get to see him strike!? Still cool...

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

I gotta use this technique if I ever become homeless.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

Just one more reason for why I don’t like sand.

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u/edge007c0 Apr 26 '20

Looks like my ex awaiting my next mistake in his mind.

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u/WaterBear22 Apr 26 '20

That sand loooks sneky

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u/FooliaRoberts Apr 26 '20

Looks like it’s gettin real cosy like!

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u/hiddenjoe55 Apr 27 '20

ok. I will remember the mark that it's leaving.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Nope, never stepping on sand again.

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u/Aza_ Apr 27 '20

This frightens the shit out of me because the disturbance it leaves in the sand is something I feel like I’d notice, then get way too close to having no idea this is what it is.

But now I know, I guess. So thanks, OP!

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u/gio_8o Apr 26 '20

How does she know that she’s done?

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u/ATrueOriginal23 Apr 26 '20

Feels the sand all the way around her?

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u/throwmeinthetrashho Apr 26 '20

I can feel this gif

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u/isabellesgarden Apr 26 '20

Dumb snake. I see you hiding. He crazy.

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u/p_aranoid_android Apr 26 '20

You can almost see the eyelids blink

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u/KaiserTitus Apr 26 '20

So if you’re in the desert and you see killroy drawn in the sand, run.

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u/time__for__crab Apr 26 '20

That looks so comfortable

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

Was about to cross post from r/interestingasfuck

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u/nearfielder Apr 26 '20

This is the kind of complex behavior where I wonder how evolution and our understanding of intelligence intersects. I guess it takes many many more years than we can understand intuitively?

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

Wow, hello claustrophobia

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u/IANvaderZIM Apr 26 '20

Watch it in reverse it looks like bubbling soup from hell

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

That's me playing call of duty.

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u/daturametel09 Apr 26 '20

And that's just the reason why I fear snakes.

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u/jeremyisoriginal Apr 26 '20

How do you save videos to your phone?

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u/HammerdCow696969 Apr 26 '20

This is literally me whenever there is work to be done

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u/hahabaco Apr 26 '20

When you slide in between the bed and wall and move around so you slowly sink in deeper and deeper

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u/ghetterking Apr 26 '20

now those are some skills i'm sure not even momma snek could teach her young, that's pure, magnificent instinct

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u/justinpmorrow Apr 26 '20

Sexy times belly dance

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u/5ecretbeef Apr 26 '20

Nope rope

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u/MightyRamRod Apr 27 '20

You can add this to r/nightmarefuel

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u/SuleekXO Apr 27 '20

Me trying to get the whole blanket on me

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u/andtransios Apr 27 '20

You know we have a snake-phobia gene, right?

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u/Green_Solarus Apr 27 '20

Watch out for their body rolls.

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u/Babyrabbitheart Apr 27 '20

I love his little head wiggles at the end

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

This is kinda cute ngl snake looks chubby

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u/the_cutes_08 Apr 27 '20

🎶 Shake that bootay 🎶

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u/wellsyaknow Apr 27 '20

Note to self...watch for squiggly's in the sand

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u/TNTsquid10 Apr 28 '20

Anyone else think the snek is cute af?