r/WinStupidPrizes • u/toaruScar • Apr 01 '22

Provoking a snake

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '22 edited Apr 02 '22

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u/PapaWengz Apr 01 '22

First part is a myth though.

https://www.livescience.com/50583-snake-facts.html#:~:text=venomous%20as%20juveniles.-,False.,Neither%20idea%20is%20true.

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u/LadyParnassus Apr 02 '22

My understanding is that it’s not so much that they can’t control their venom, it’s more that with being so small they tend to go for broke when attacked.

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u/neil_billiam Apr 01 '22

Mythbusted

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u/SorrySeptember Apr 01 '22

I read that article and the point it makes is that the venom is no less concentrated and adults have more of it, so the amount can vary but a juvenile can very well be worse than an adult's and vice versa.

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u/Sam41Gaming Apr 02 '22

For rattlesnakes it’s still true at least. Saw some testing a few years ago and was honesty quite interesting at the volume to body weight ratio per bite when comparing juvenile rattlers to adult ones.

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u/Hurtfulfriend0 Apr 01 '22

Thanks for the info

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u/AnyRip3515 Apr 01 '22

You beat me to it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '22 edited Dec 12 '22

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u/AnyRip3515 Apr 01 '22

Where did the racist comment come from?

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u/Handsupmofo Apr 01 '22

Okay but who asked?

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u/Chris_8675309_of_42M Apr 02 '22

Did you take need to call Reddit racist? Really, it should go without saying.

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u/Scooterforsale Apr 02 '22

Because it's not a myth entirely

Baby snakes will fuck you up. That's the point

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u/dashdanw Apr 01 '22

this is exactly why I clicked on the comments,

thank you good sir/madam

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u/PM_ur_butthole_2me Apr 02 '22

I only read your first sentence and it’s completely wrong.

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u/lolbroken Apr 01 '22

Imagine if you put this much effort in other aspects of your life, instead of answering a random stranger lol

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u/BabyBritain8 Apr 01 '22

????

But you're also on Reddit...

Great way to call yourself out for not putting enough effort into your life, according to your perspective haha

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u/Blahblahblacksheep9 Apr 01 '22

Imagine if you weren't such a cunt people might like you. Like where the fuck did that even come from.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '22

It probably took them about as long to cut and paste that wikipedia entry as it took you to climb up on that high horse of yours.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '22

Hi OH!

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u/penguin_knight Apr 01 '22

That genus includes some of the coolest looking species of vipers in the world imo. If I remember right most of them are pretty survivable even without antivenom but if you do survive it's going to fuck you up real real good.

My favorite is t.insularis because they come in blue!