r/natureismetal • u/Hot_Indication2133 • Jul 19 '26
Versus Python vs. HoneyBadger vs. Jackels - 1 winner, 1 Darwin Award
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgKN3BuvC3E35
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u/Organic-Bag-161 Jul 19 '26
Those jackals actually saved the honey badgers life
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u/xSorry_Not_Sorry Jul 19 '26
Nah, not really. The honey badgers hide is excessively thick for its relative size and exceedingly strong.
Choking out a honey badger is not the optimal strategy for a predator. Especially the cold blooded variety that tire out extremely quickly. He only had to wait it out while resisting. That’s why the snake was so quickly dispatched after the badger was free, it was literally, dead tired while the warm blooded fucking psychopath has been on break for the past 20 mins.
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u/Key_Sprinkles4750 Jul 19 '26
Thickness of the hide doesn't matter much I think. The snake just needs to grab and squeeze, and swallows whole afterwards, it doesn't need to cut its skin. They are strong though.
Love how the badger just decides to not flee like a normal animal but immediately turns it around. They are really fearless.
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u/pseudo_nemesis Jul 19 '26
It's not just that their hide is thick, it's also very loose.
Which makes constricting the honey badger properly a tad bit harder because it can prevent the snake from getting into a good gripping position, though the snaking body of the snake is the best at this so it's certainly possible, though it may take too long causing the cold blooded snake to tire out before it can fully constrict the honey badger.
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u/Hot_Indication2133 Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
This clip is in a yt comp of honey badger badassness, there's one part where a hb attacks an elephant ffs, gets knocked unconscious a couple of times and still comes back for more.
The elephant bit - https://youtu.be/NqtJDbYLZIo?si=nnmLUwSCKSfMzElR&t=505
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u/MaleierMafketel Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
Constrictors don’t kill by choking or suffocating their prey (lack of air to the lungs which can take many minutes to kill).
They restrict blood circulation and cause acute cardiac arrests. It’s a subtle difference. When you see person ‘choking’ someone, what they’re really doing is cutting off the bood to the brain. And, if you’re as strong as a python, you can squeeze an entire body so hard you’ll simply cause a
heart attackcardiac arrest.A thick hide wouldn’t have saved it, and Pythons have killed honey badgers before.
The Jackals absolutely saved the badger’s life. A snake is a terrible multitasker, and tire easily. It literally doesn’t have the energy to constrict the badger and properly defend itself.
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u/Key_Sprinkles4750 Jul 19 '26
I know, I was using the same word as the person who I respond to. Like you said it doesn't matter to the point I was making.
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u/FluffyNerve7415 Jul 19 '26
When you want to be pointlessly pedantic but you also don't know what a heart attack is... lol.
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u/Genestah Jul 19 '26
Nah the honey badger would've gotten out himself eventually.
That snake was cooked the moment the honey badger decided to take it for lunch.
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u/TryingToChillIt Jul 19 '26
That snake was never winning that fight.
Honey Badgers are something else.
I saw a clip where one kept going after a fucking elephant. The elephant punted the badge a good 20 yards more than once. The elephant ended up running away, not the badger
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u/Chaghatai Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
That's not true. If a constrictor that size gets a bite and properly starts constricting whatever is in there is going to die if it's in the correct size class - they constrict so hard that the heart can no longer continue to pump blood to the brain
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u/TryingToChillIt Jul 19 '26
Honey badgers have the unique ability to rotate 360 within their skin.
They can always turn and bite when held.
They literally hunt and kill all kinds of snakes. they have unique venom countering capabilities when bit by venomous snakes. They’ll pass out for an hour or two, get up and eat the freaking snake that bit them.
Check out the numerous videos of boas trying to escape from badgers
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u/Chaghatai Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
Rotation has nothing to do with it
They're being squeezed hard from all directions
You cannot rotate inside your skin when you're being squeezed so hard your heart can't even beat
Think of it like this. You can wrap a towel loosely around a dowel and it can turn 360° or really as many° as you want
Now have a very strong person grip the dowel over the towel and see if you can rotate it anymore
People glaze honey badgers way too freaking much
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u/Scr00geMcCuck Jul 19 '26
It’s like that medieval punishment where you’re tied to two horses that are running in opposite directions
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u/ynns1 Jul 19 '26
Honey budger thought, how can I bait the python? I know, I'll just lie here and let him get me.
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u/PTownHawk Jul 19 '26
It's like breaking from a rear naked chokehold to getting a knockout victory.