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Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by 30secs(m): 9:40am On Sep 05, 2015 |
Vondata:^^mammy water sighted |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by Dcaliphate(m): 9:47am On Sep 05, 2015 |
tobimillar:good question,.. i dey like ppl wey sabi reason. |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by tomakint: 11:30am On Sep 05, 2015 |
lekjons:this guy no go kill me here, yes you are right, that African Rock Python ought to have been taken to the nearest Police Station for questioning you must be PETA activist |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by jackpot(f): 11:40am On Sep 05, 2015 |
Vondata:you hate dogs pass snakes? |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by sayoberry(f): 12:33pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
Poor dog!!! |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by Brandoji: 12:44pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
tobimillar: Go and read about the anatomy of constriction snakes and how they kill their prey. Don't be close-minded. |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by VeeBabs(m): 12:50pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
This is an adult Rock Python, Africa's largest snake and one of the six largest snake species in the world (along with the green anaconda, reticulated python , Burmese python, Indian python , and amethystine python ), specimens may approach or exceed 6 m (20 ft). Like all boas, they are not venomous. They kill their prey by constriction. However, contrary to popular belief, their killing mechanism is not by "tight squeezing until it dies". Actually, what they do is wrap their long, muscular bodies around the prey (e.g. a dog, goat, antelope or YOU) and each time the animal exhales, the snake would tighten the noose a little more, further reducing the animal's thoracic (chest) volume available for another breath intake. The animal then finds it progressively harder and harder to take in a full breath, as breathing gets shorter and shallower. The python keeps doing this until the animal can no longer breath in. Death occurs my asphyxiation (lack of oxygen) and not by crushing force, as people widely believe. What this means is that, you could survive a python's hold if you could wear/wrap your chest and ribs with a non-compressible "cage" or something like that, that will keep your chest open enough for breath intake. Now, some animals can pretend to be dead, and stop breathing, so if the python lets go of its grip at this point, the animal would quickly run away. Therefore, pythons don't just wait until the animal can no longer breathe. They have the ability to sense the pulse (heart beat) of the prey, helping them better determine time of death, so as to let go and begin the swallowing process. This "heart check" technique has been reportedly used by pythons against some crocodiles (who can hold their breaths very well). So if a python is holding you (yes, I mean YOU) and you pretend to stop breathing (thinking you're smart), you would be fooling yourself. So long as your precious heart is still beating under its curled, sensitive grip, the snake's body, acting like a very long doctor's stethoscope, is telling it in real time that this stupid dude (you) is still alive. It won't let go. Until you do. But this is "just" a Rock Python. Pray that you don't ever encounter the Reticulated Python (longest snake on earth). You would probably die of FEAR before it even finishes wrapping you up like an Easter gift, or like Mega Plaza shawarma! ---- Rock python photos below... Note the yellowish back and whitish belly, similar to the photos the OP originally posted. 3 Likes
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Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by favourmic(m): 12:55pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by BomboyOnline: 1:24pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
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Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by bummyla(m): 2:40pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
creepy! http://www.bummyla.com |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by Baroba(m): 3:38pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
VeeBabs: You deserve your own animal TV show, great write up..thumbs up |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by TheHeGoat: 8:07pm On Sep 05, 2015 |
JuanDeDios:They're beautiful creatures and more valuable than dogs |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by Enouwem(m): 11:47am On Sep 07, 2015 |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by Springz(f): 3:47pm On Sep 07, 2015 |
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Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by Springz(f): 3:48pm On Sep 07, 2015 |
VeeBabs:Wtf, educative post though. |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by ourdelicacy2015: 9:43pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
una know no weather na person papa una dey take do pepper soup sooo |
Re: A Big Snake Killed In My Compound Today (PIX) by babysophie(f): 11:33am On Nov 02, 2015 |
tobimillar:According to dscovery,ds snake cn expand thrice its size. |
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