They do the same.
How do you feel about snakes?
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I hope you never visit a slaughterhouse. If you did, you'd find snakes humane by comparison.
Some people have an aquarium with fish in it - and they eat fish.
Some people eat birds, chickens, ducks, lambs, baby cows, pigs. Many people also have pet birds & pigs.
Humans and carnivorous animals have been devouring creatures since the beginning of time....why doesn't that bother you?
By the way, you are mistaken. Snakes kill their prey before eating it (just like humans do). Snakes that are constrictors kill their prey by constriction. Venomous snakes kill with their venom.
I lived in country settings on and off. I remember sitting outside and there was a frog about 10 feet away. I was staring at the frog but did not notice a snake appeared behind it, opened it's jaws wide and the last I saw of the frog was it's horrified face as it was being swallowed. Decades ago, but can never forget it.
Nautilus
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Somehow, a 4' black snake got into the house. I wasn't home so my wife called 911 while standing on a chair. The 911 operator said, "Honey, if I was you, I'd be gettin' out of that house right now!"...and then hung up! My wife ended up getting a neighbor to come deal with it. He chopped it's head off with a shovel...right on my hardwood floor.
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I'm not afraid of snakes. I leave them alone and they return the favour. However in my bushwalking days I was always careful to wear thick socks and long pants and to look carefully before stepping over any logs. A startled snake coming out of hibernation will strike out but since it cannot eat humans they do not see us as prey. Boa constrictors? Not sure, we don't have any of those.
Duster
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C'est Moi
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I think snakes are disgusting and I can't imagine the attraction of owning one as a pet. And don't get me started on the idiots who released their "pets" into the wild in Florida. Good grief.
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fmdog44
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This a serious question, it only sounds like a joke but birds fly, fish swim, mammals walk, what is the term for snake movement? "Slither"?
Llynn
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Not much of a fan of snakes. When I wander my property, I ususally have snake shot in the chambers of my revolver.
Ruth n Jersey
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I don't like snakes but I'd like to know what the attraction is for keeping a snake? I've had many small animals as well as our cats and dogs and they all had personalities. Even a gold fish I had came up to be fed and followed my finger around the bowl. My daughters hamster learned to sit up for a treat.
I may be wrong but all I've seen a snake do is lay in the bottom of the enclosure or slither around if taken out. Can they show affection? Do they have a personality?
I may be wrong but all I've seen a snake do is lay in the bottom of the enclosure or slither around if taken out. Can they show affection? Do they have a personality?
@Ruth n Jersey
Goldfish can recognize a human face. I was friends with a family and this fish loved the husband over his wife and kids, and even appeared to respond to his voice. Never saw that before, and years later read research that it was true.
Goldfish can recognize a human face. I was friends with a family and this fish loved the husband over his wife and kids, and even appeared to respond to his voice. Never saw that before, and years later read research that it was true.
Gardenlover
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They have their place in the circle of life.
peppermint
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NO THANK YOU!!!!!
katlupe
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I have never minded snakes that are not poisonous. I grew up in FL and we had a lot of snakes where we were. My brother saved me from being bit by a rattler when I got off the bus and was walking in our sandy driveway wearing sandals. The house I lived in before I moved here had a lot of garter snakes around our barn and even in my garden beds. I was not afraid of them and they were actually helpful for mouse and mole control. I prefer living without them and now that I am not in the country, I doubt I will run into very many.
You missed the point. Of course animals in nature eat these other animals. That’s just nature doing it’s thing. They don’t do it for entertainment.
Some humans enjoy watching this as a form of entertainment.
Ruth n Jersey
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I'm still not sold on the snake idea but they do seem to be enjoying each others company but really can't tell. It doesn't hiss or purr,can't bark, squeak,or put its ears back. Hard to read a snake.
That's your interpretation - which calls for the operation of someone else's mind (whom you don't know).
Humans watch nature because they find it interesting. Watching an animal that has no arms or legs kill & eat something much larger than he is is fascinating.
And that’s YOUR interpretation. YOU may find it fascinating.
I also said ‘some’ people enjoy watching this as a form of entertainment which, in MY opinion
(cause last I remember I was allowed to have one), is saddistic.
I’ve got personal experiences regarding the subject but would prefer not to share them so I don’t ‘need’ you to change my way of thinking
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Snakes can't change their facial expressions & they have no eyelids, so it may be difficult for some to know what they're thinking.
But, it's really quite simple. When a snake seems to be exploring, with it's tongue flicking every few seconds (instead of several times per second) & is not making an attempt to get away, & is not hissing or curling its neck into an "S" shape & keeping it like that, it is content.
Like most animals, snakes have different personalities. Compare an aggressive snake (below) to the one in the above video with the child:
Compared to a non-aggressive one:
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