This does not look very safe

[Rubycon]

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But the kids certainly are having fun!

 

[Alone]

Yeah, no.

 

[Analog]

Are you surprised?

 

[Q]

Straight up gangstas right there

 

[DrPizza]

I would think that's insane. But, they grew up around crocodiles, so maybe they understand croc behavior better than I do. However, I guarantee every one of those crocs is thinking "just a little bit closer."

 

[slayer202]

wow lol. make sure you watch to the end guys

 

[uclaLabrat]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I would think that's insane. But, they grew up around crocodiles, so maybe they understand croc behavior better than I do. However, I guarantee every one of those crocs is thinking "just a little bit closer."

The crocs? Hell, that's what I was thinking!

 

[Flammable]

they were pulling its tail at the end...crazy

 

[Tiamat]

wow

 

[TridenT]

lol.. Don't try this at home, kids..

 

[Rubycon]

Aren't their tails powerful whippers?

I was whipped by several large wild iguanas once and it hurt! They are tiny compared to a large croc!

 

[Pepsei]

hey, whos' the white woman in the beginning? is she hot or hippie?

 

[looker001]

They grew up around them, they likely understand their behavior better then we will ever .

 

[rasczak]

how neat. too bad none of the kids "accidentally" tripped for the sake of the shot.

 

[her209]

OMFG!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5ixbSMFFU

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: her209
OMFG!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5ixbSMFFU

it was defanged

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: rasczak

Originally posted by: her209
OMFG!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5ixbSMFFU

it was defanged

"Why won't this kid stop annoying me? And WHY CAN'T I KILL IT!!! Argh damn kid, I just want to make it go away!"

Good thing its not the type of snake that suffocate a victim, wonder if it'd be at all strong enough to even squeeze the kid? Looks like it might have been trying to do that as a last defense at the very end, assuming that since the video stops the parents nearby went to get the snake off for fear of actually doing harm.

hmm.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: rasczak

Originally posted by: her209
OMFG!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5ixbSMFFU

it was defanged

"Why won't this kid stop annoying me? And WHY CAN'T I KILL IT!!! Argh damn kid, I just want to make it go away!"

Good thing its not the type of snake that suffocate a victim, wonder if it'd be at all strong enough to even squeeze the kid? Looks like it might have been trying to do that as a last defense at the very end, assuming that since the video stops the parents nearby went to get the snake off for fear of actually doing harm.

hmm.

It's interesting too to see how reluctant it is to try to bite. For all the antagonizing it experienced, it didn't strike too often.

But a constrictor of that length (which a cobra is of course not) would easily be able to suffocate a child, and possibly present a hazard to an adult, assuming said adult didn't know how to properly peel off a constricting snake.
It's surprising how much musclepower is in a relatively small constrictor.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

It's interesting too to see how reluctant it is to try to bite. For all the antagonizing it experienced, it didn't strike too often.

But a constrictor of that length (which a cobra is of course not) would easily be able to suffocate a child, and possibly present a hazard to an adult, assuming said adult didn't know how to properly peel off a constricting snake.
It's surprising how much musclepower is in a relatively small constrictor.

They spit too. That's just nasty. They should grind up all of them. (snakes)

http://www.youtube.com/user/bigshredder

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Rubycon

Originally posted by: Jeff7

It's interesting too to see how reluctant it is to try to bite. For all the antagonizing it experienced, it didn't strike too often.

But a constrictor of that length (which a cobra is of course not) would easily be able to suffocate a child, and possibly present a hazard to an adult, assuming said adult didn't know how to properly peel off a constricting snake.
It's surprising how much musclepower is in a relatively small constrictor.

They spit too. That's just nasty. They should grind up all of them. (snakes)

http://www.youtube.com/user/bigshredder

Not all cobras spit if I'm not mistaken.
And even if they all, iirc they would need their fangs as the venom first travels through the fangs and is simply pressurized through the small holes instead of just slowly releasing in a normal bite (and often not a lot as they don't want to use more venom than necessary, especially if its not a creature they intend to eat, just warn... like a baby).

And Jeff, most certainly a constrictor of that size could kill that baby very quickly without intervention. But yeah I'm wondering how much constricting ability a cobra has, if it has any ability to do so in the first place.
I'm assuming here that all snakes have the ability to curl onto something to "hold on", such as to a branch or something. Or can snakes that aren't constrictors not even do this? Can a cobra grab and hang on a tree limb?

A few of my friends have had small constrictors, basically varieties of garden snakes. They have often been a little smaller than that cobra in the video and has surprising constricting strength when just holding on to an arm, aka when its not even trying to kill, rather just maintain its grab to not fall.


oh, and snakes are so damn cool. Would have had one growing up except my mom absolutely hated such an idea, and hated snakes, but appreciated them in nature.

A random snake makes me a little nervous as I don't know enough about every species to tell the venomous apart from the non-venomous, except in certain obvious ones. That and my area never had truly dangerous ones that I ever encountered.

And after seeing a punk teenager (at a time when I wasn't even a teenager) take a harmless watersnake, and chop its head off and then, seeing that it was pregnant, chopped it up and cut up the unborn babies that spilled out.
A disgusting scene (killing harmless snake).

I'd much rather see a snake on a rare occasion than see disease-carrying rodents more frequently.

I have a similar appreciate for spiders, though spiders more easily freak me out, a lot. Freaky little things, though outside the home I find them intriguing. I'll even study the bigger ones I see, looking for patterns that will help in determining the species. Doing that, I have determined that Cross Orb Weavers frequent my parents neighborhood, and build a very nice web that catches quite a few bugs for us. One time one built on right next to our back door on the deck, which was a cool sight because it kept away from us but also caught bugs that could have gotten inside.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Not all cobras spit if I'm not mistaken.
And even if they all, iirc they would need their fangs as the venom first travels through the fangs and is simply pressurized through the small holes instead of just slowly releasing in a normal bite (and often not a lot as they don't want to use more venom than necessary, especially if its not a creature they intend to eat, just warn... like a baby).

Yes it may not be able to produce venom but still go through the motion just as a declawed kitty will still smack at you.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Rubycon

Originally posted by: destrekor

Not all cobras spit if I'm not mistaken.
And even if they all, iirc they would need their fangs as the venom first travels through the fangs and is simply pressurized through the small holes instead of just slowly releasing in a normal bite (and often not a lot as they don't want to use more venom than necessary, especially if its not a creature they intend to eat, just warn... like a baby).

Yes it may not be able to produce venom but still go through the motion just as a declawed kitty will still smack at you.

Yep. As evidenced by the numerous strikes to the kids head. Which was comical because the kid barely reacted. Kind of looked at the snake as if to say "what the hell did you just do? hmm... well it didn't hurt, so whatever. come here i wanna grab you"

 

[Rubycon]

I wonder what the snake would do under these conditions?

 

[goog40]

It's probably cold and/or early in the morning, so the crocs haven't had a chance to warm up. No heat = no quickness for the crocs.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
I wonder what the snake would do under these conditions?

Become sizzlingly delicious?

Originally posted by: destrekor
And Jeff, most certainly a constrictor of that size could kill that baby very quickly without intervention. But yeah I'm wondering how much constricting ability a cobra has, if it has any ability to do so in the first place.
I'm assuming here that all snakes have the ability to curl onto something to "hold on", such as to a branch or something. Or can snakes that aren't constrictors not even do this? Can a cobra grab and hang on a tree limb?

1) Find a cobra
2) Toss it into a tree
3) If it falls down, it bites you, you die.
4) ...?
5) Your family profits from your life insurance.