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[–] Kyrgizion 47 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I've seen at least one video where a snake of similar size manages to depress a door handle and gets it to open, although that might've been lucky coincidence.

As for my own snakes, they definitely grasp the concept of a sliding door and how its mechanics work, since they try to get it open regularly. That's why they sell locks for those.

[–] Confused_Emus 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This one? The THUD it makes cracks me up every time.

[–] Kyrgizion 13 points 2 weeks ago

Yes!! Such a classic.

My hognose once surprised me by "throwing" rocks off his ridge. He was trying to burrow and apparently thought they were in the way, so he carefully yeeted them down one by one. I was rather impressed by that as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

First time seeing that clip, but even expecting the THUD it still made me laugh. Thanks for that!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What kind of snakes are these? They are so cool. I would never be able to have one, I would be terrified and I’m sure my dog and cat wouldn’t be very amused either. It’s incredible to me that people are willing and able to live with a snake that big.

[–] Confused_Emus 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Burmese Python. I think the one in the video and in the OP are the same one - do a search for Julius the Python and you can find a decent amount of info. There’s an AMA from her owner on that other site.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s really cool to me that there is a pet snake with internet cred, what a world, thank you, I’m going to go try to find some videos and read up on his story. Such a big boy and so yellow. I love it, even more because he can’t eat me over the internet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Big girl come to find out. I assumed Julius was a male name.

[–] Confused_Emus 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think snakes are one of those animals that can be difficult to identify their sex, so they can get stuck with a name that may not match.

[–] Wizard_Pope 15 points 2 weeks ago

My geckos also know how sliding doors work and open them if they are not closed 100% of the way.

[–] Viking_Hippie 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As for my own snakes, they definitely grasp the concept of a sliding door and how its mechanics work, since they try to get it open regularly. That's why they sell locks for those

Huh. Never knew that sliding door locks were all specifically meant for keeping snakes in 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In? Surely you mean for keeping them out.

[–] kautau 4 points 2 weeks ago

Your out is somebody else’s in

[–] Viking_Hippie 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nah, I'm pretty sure that pet snakes are usually kept inside, not outside. I could be wrong, though 🤷

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah their weight pulls down on the handle and open sesame. No way a snake can open a microwave door though, because they'd have to pull straight outwards instead of just down.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder if someone just dethawed a mouse in there and the snake can smell it or if the snake has watched that happen enough times that it thinks the microwave is some sort of mouse vending machine

[–] Seleni 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or they’re nuking chicken. Snakes this size generally eat rats, chickens, or rabbits. So if they’re making chicken then that could get the snake interested.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've never had a snake, though I did help take care of one we had in our HS biology classroom. I know feeding them frozen mice is common, and some people thaw them in the microwave, but it makes sense a snake this large would need something more substantive than a mouse.

[–] Thcdenton 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thats a big shit on the floor waiting to happen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Snake shits are more like bird shits.

[–] Thcdenton 6 points 2 weeks ago

But longer.

Source: I got shit on by a snake while wearing a business suit.

[–] MudSkipperKisser 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like to think that note on the fridge is a to-do list of chores for the big old snake. I hope he remembered to fold the laundry and pick up some milk on the way home

[–] Noodle07 2 points 2 weeks ago

And paying rent, yesterday was the 10th

[–] RaoulDook 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's the wiggly man, you know, the long-mover

[–] umbraroze 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh, I didn't know snakes can climb that well.

One of my favourite surprising animal facts is that many semiaquatic turtle species can actually climb over substantial obstacles. They have claws, and when climbing, they actually move very slowly and methodically. (Turtles are also surprisingly fast on flat ground. It's just that the shells are a bit cumbersome.)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

These kind of snakes climb up jungle trees when they're in their natural habitat.

Three pictures showing a python tied around a tree trunk, then with its head reaching upwards and then with half its wrapped around the trunk higher up.