If I had a nickel…
I dunno what would be a better attempt at self defense against such large snakes, but I think I’d start carrying around both pepper spray and also a stun gun, just in case.
No idea if either would be fully effective, but damn that would be a hell of a way to go, might as well try to be prepared to defend myself.
That’s if you spot it before it grabs you. I imagine it’s gonna be hard to aim a shotgun or swing a machete once the snake starts constricting you.
I used to use rubbing alcohol on my pet snake’s nose if he accidentally latched onto me instead of his food. I don’t have any idea if that would work on snakes that kill by constriction though
Fair enough, seems a handy enough trick.
In that case, I’d probably carry around a super soaker water gun loaded with some strong alcohol, and just hope I’d be able to shoot it at a distance before it gets close enough to wrap around me.
Could also in a pinch light the alcohol on fire as a crude flamethrower, packing a double punch…
Just politely ask the snake that is eating you to wait a minute while you get your alcohol and cotton balls ready.
I’m assuming the person has at least one hand free. A big “that’s not a noife, this is a noife” would solve the problem lickety split. If both arms are pinned then there isn’t much you can do. Try to bite it I guess, but they’re used to being bitten by animals much more ferocious than humans.
Wear a special constrictor armor that deploys buzz saws if it’s ever squeezed with enough force to break ribs.
that’s why i grew so large; so i can’t be swallowed easily.
Dumb question but the snake kills the person before swallowing them right?
The snake usually constricts the person or animal until they die by suffocation, due to an inability to expand the lungs. There have been cases where they eat living creatures, including people, but suffocation is pretty guaranteed once they swallow the head.
What a shitty way to go, if you’re not quite dead before it decides to swallow you 😫
Luckily constricting snakes can feel you gasping for air. It makes them constrict even more. The use to much energy to not fully kill its prey.
Damn, I missed the “by a” and thought a woman swallowed a python and thought, “fuck yeah, see how you like it, you bastard!”
Need my coffee.