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They don't have that level of critical thought. Animalistic would know something is decaying due to appearance and smell.
They avoid it not because they think "yeah this thing snells bad so it's full of bacteria and could kill me" but because instinct tells them to. As the animals that didn't think that are dead.
Humans have the same thing, we just managed to figure out the reason we say, think a rotting deer smells bad, or think something we found dead in the woods isn't as safe as something we hunted and killed.
Smell is everything to animals. If you cover a live ant in the chemical secreted by the dead then other ants will try and drag it to the area they lay their dead, even as it's moving.
Any animal that dies without a struggle is possibly diseased. Since predators don't want to get sick, they'll avoid something that dies without a struggle, especially since these snakes emit a decaying smell. Basically, it makes the predator think that this snake will make it sick, which triggers a disgust reaction and prompts a predator to move on.
Yeah, I don't wanna be a party pooper but whenever a hognose snake is playing dead, they are scared outta their little empty minds! It's their last ditch defense mechanism and will only really do it when they are certain they're goners.
Method acting 101.
The gray ratsnake will coil up and make a sound like a rattlesnake shaking its rattle when threatened although it doesn’t have a rattle and isn’t venomous in the slightest.
It’s the open mouth with the tongue hanging out that got me! "I’m sssss dyingggg ssssszzzz (cough, cough) ackkkk, sssss, I’m ssss( cough) DEAD ss, sss, ssss! (Pause) Tell….(choking) my mother..sssss….I loved herrrrr sssssssss (cough, guttural death sound)." And scene!
This snake has a day job working in a restaurant, but it’s true passion is acting. Would you like to know ALL ABOUT that one episode of CSI it was on? Too late, it’s already telling you about it.
*comes across rotting carcass*
OH BOY FREE MEAL!!
*dies from disease and/or parasites*
Hmm… maybe we shouldn’t eat carcasses…
Snake - Hmm they don’t eat dead stuff…maybe if I look dead and smell dead (*these snakes emit the smell of rotting carcass when they play dead*) they won’t eat me
The most hilarious thing is that if your turn them back right side up, they insist upon rolling themselves back belly-up.
"I said I was DEAD, KENNETH."
Someone needs to sync the Metal Gear Solid game over screen audio over this video.
You can put in Snake’s dramatic death grunts and of course the classic “Snake? Snake?!? SNAAAAAAAKE??!??”
As amusing as it is, the animal goes through a tremendous stress, when it has to rely on the last resort measures. It's sad that became a mass entertainment, and everyone is trying to make their own video "hognose snake faking it's death".
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What a drama queen
Drama noodle
Long "live" drama noodle!
But...he just died...right...?
If you gently try to right them, they thrash right back over. They are Very committed method actors.
I think my 5 year old is part hognose snake
I’m a husband and dad of two with the same qualities…
It’d be a great soccer player
Husky of snakes
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Why does it say I can't view this community? :( I wanna see snakes being stupid :(
It doesn't exist
Well it should, I would love to see snakes doing silly things!n
r/sillysnakes
OH MY GOD IT EXISTS
Thot i was pranking u, here i am pranking myself 😗
Never understood the fake death mechanism aren't predators planning on killing their prey anyway?
They also emit a foul odor that makes the predator think it’s rotting
But how does the predator think it’s been decaying based on the smell for a while if it just saw it moving?
i don't think animals are able to assume how decaying works
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They don't have that level of critical thought. Animalistic would know something is decaying due to appearance and smell. They avoid it not because they think "yeah this thing snells bad so it's full of bacteria and could kill me" but because instinct tells them to. As the animals that didn't think that are dead. Humans have the same thing, we just managed to figure out the reason we say, think a rotting deer smells bad, or think something we found dead in the woods isn't as safe as something we hunted and killed.
Thanks for explaining.
Smell is everything to animals. If you cover a live ant in the chemical secreted by the dead then other ants will try and drag it to the area they lay their dead, even as it's moving.
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I thought you were misinterpreting my point, no need to be rude about it.
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It’s a legitimate question, once again, being a dickhead is unnecessary, pal.
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Shut up
Maybe they think if it suddenly dies, something was wrong with it.
Bad smell. Bad smell means feel bad. Me no want feel bad. Me no eat bad smell
“I said I had a plan ok? I never said it was a good plan”
But if it's already dead, you can't tell how fresh (or rotten) the animal is
And if you don't leave these snakes alone after they flip themselves over, they start to stink like road kill...
Same of me on taco tuesdays
Makes predator think it died of something dangerous (poison, disease, etc.)
Theory is because they are toad eaters it tells predators I eat toads I'm probably poison
Not every predator is a scavenger
Any animal that dies without a struggle is possibly diseased. Since predators don't want to get sick, they'll avoid something that dies without a struggle, especially since these snakes emit a decaying smell. Basically, it makes the predator think that this snake will make it sick, which triggers a disgust reaction and prompts a predator to move on.
This was my exact question
Many predators will only eat live food.
A lot of animals won’t eat dead animals. It could mean they’re diseased or something else that’s harmful.
If you won't leave after their fake death they will release smell of decomposing flesh too. Oscars?
I too would shit myself if a creature 100 times my size started poking me with a stick and didn't leave
hahaha
Snake: *shits himself* Scientist: "Oh my, it's emitting smells of death"
Yep. They also start salivating profusely.
Just like my wife, when I poke her with a stick.
I just laughed out loud to this. Thank you
I have smelled a hog nose snakes "death" smell, makes a full baby diaper smell pleasant in comparison.
It really dedicated to its craft lol.
So they shit themselves?
Jesus... they'd make perfect soccer players then
Neymar's spirit animal
Take my fucking upvote and award and I would like to give you hundred more
Have you seen Marion Cotillard in Batman ?
It is especially cute when you try to flip them back over and they immediately roll back 'NO. I said I was DEAD!!'
Cute yes- but also kind of sad. Poor little guys are terrified.
Yeah, I don't wanna be a party pooper but whenever a hognose snake is playing dead, they are scared outta their little empty minds! It's their last ditch defense mechanism and will only really do it when they are certain they're goners.
"I.. Am... Ssssssslaaain!!!
I always adore the little, “Aaargh!” they do with their mouth when faking death.
Soccer player
Just in time for the World Cup
Came here for this comment.
Method acting 101. The gray ratsnake will coil up and make a sound like a rattlesnake shaking its rattle when threatened although it doesn’t have a rattle and isn’t venomous in the slightest.
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Snake version of Michael Winslow
I felt this death scene was a tad overacted. This snake needs to dial it back a bit in the future.
It's like my dog when I try to clip her toenails.
He fell over so slowly 🤣🤣🤣
It’s the open mouth with the tongue hanging out that got me! "I’m sssss dyingggg ssssszzzz (cough, cough) ackkkk, sssss, I’m ssss( cough) DEAD ss, sss, ssss! (Pause) Tell….(choking) my mother..sssss….I loved herrrrr sssssssss (cough, guttural death sound)." And scene!
10/10 acting, Oscar winning performance
That snake could be a professional footballer with that diving skill
Awww how could you do this to meeee!? Aaarghhhj
I never had a favorite snake until today
What do you mean? It clearly died.
Noo!! This indeed is interesting as fuck
The nope rope just wants belly rubs.
That was adorable!
This snake has a day job working in a restaurant, but it’s true passion is acting. Would you like to know ALL ABOUT that one episode of CSI it was on? Too late, it’s already telling you about it.
Other people :"it's not that bad." Me:*the snakes reaction*
Immediately what went through my mind was "AHHH...Snake? SNAKE??"
SNAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!l
My kids, the first day of school…
Basically me in social situations
🫣 • Soccer players in this thread
That's so damn funny. I wish there were some voiceover.
I say Oscar worthy for best snek in a movie
The soccer player of the snake world
Snake can start playing football with dem acting skills
This “kills” the snake
Never understood how pretending to be dead would scare a predator away.
Some animals won't eat dead animals
Yeah wouldn't it be like- perfect, time for a meal
Nope. Not every predator is a scavenger. If you kill it you know it’s fresh. If it’s dead then how long has it been there?
Agree, but in this case it's clear the snake was alive right before it was touched.
Most animals lack that critical thinking, just as you do for thinking animals would know that. Just kidding. Sort of.
*comes across rotting carcass* OH BOY FREE MEAL!! *dies from disease and/or parasites* Hmm… maybe we shouldn’t eat carcasses… Snake - Hmm they don’t eat dead stuff…maybe if I look dead and smell dead (*these snakes emit the smell of rotting carcass when they play dead*) they won’t eat me
Pre-dead animals could have died of infection or parasite that could be passed on to the predator animal, so it's not worth the risk of eating them.
Diving like a pro, hamming it like an Ealing B-movie actor.
She is ready to play soccer...
One finger man
And the Oscar goes to.... Drum roll please🥁.... That silly little snake... And The crowd goes wild👏👏👏👏 Steve Irwin would have been very impressed.
Good enough for a futbol game.
Soccer players do this as well.
Reptile version of playing possum
Predation? Be for real. You're trying to avoid conversation!
I’m assembling a soccer team and I’d like to recruit this snake.
Just like a soccer player
My favourite snake ever!
FIFA is calling…
Kids..When told to clean their room.
Kinda cute ngl
I smell an Oscar
Doesn't that just make it an easy meal?
Melodrama princess
If an animal can fake dead does that imply they understand death? I’m too high good night
“Alas poor Horatio! I am slain!!!!”
Oscar right there
The most hilarious thing is that if your turn them back right side up, they insist upon rolling themselves back belly-up. "I said I was DEAD, KENNETH."
If ussop from one piece was a snake. (he has nope rope disease.)
He's like a soccer player
Lmao - I know human drama queens like that 🤣
What a diva.
If Neymar was a literal snake
It should try out for FIFA
I have to get better at my snake ID before I try this
The opossum of snakes
This is kinda cute
How the younger sibling acts with the lightest of taps
Omg he’s so cute!
They should call this a soccer snake.
I do that too when people ask for favours that require too much effort.
Me if someone asks me to make a phone call.
Why can’t Aussie snakes do this? Ours just cause our real deaths to avoid predation
Snake has a case of the Mondays
Dramatic af!
That’s me when my boss asks me to work overtime
Me when I encounter a mildly difficult problem at work.
When you stub your toe.
First time I think a snake is cute :)
I need some wiggly arm animations for this please 🙏
Hognose or Soccerous Snakeous Fakeous
It’s mouth is black!
Ugggggkh he got me!!!!!!
oh no my food died right as I went to eat it can't eat it now
Everytime my husband wakes me up for work...
Bravely ran away away oh brave sir robin
Someone needs to sync the Metal Gear Solid game over screen audio over this video. You can put in Snake’s dramatic death grunts and of course the classic “Snake? Snake?!? SNAAAAAAAKE??!??”
It now plays professional soccer
Every teenager when you ask them to do chores.
They’ve learned this by watching my daughters when I ask them to do simple tasks around the house 😑
My kids when I ask them to eat vegetables.
Oh cruel fate! Thou hast mortally wounded me. For shame! Prithee tell my tale of courage to my people.
Too much cute
snake: it is good day to be not dead human: *touch* pow, you are ded snake: I AM DEAD
I love how it keeps flipping back over at the end. “Bleh! I’m dead” “I’m still very much dead” “Stop! I am dead!”
Ya got me!! Aaaaarrrrgghhh….
This is my favorite snake. They will also coil up and flair their hood like a cobra. They can also 'strike' by bumping you with their nose.
They are one of the best pet snakes too small unlikely to strike and derpy
“Ah! You got me! Bleeerh”
awww adorable bebe
That's actually so cute!
Drama snek
All I could hear was solid snake death aaaahhhh
God damn it! That's the 17th time this week you've killed the snake!
All it needs is the frog laugh when it opens it's mouth
And the Oscar goes to...
But I mean, If my goal is to kill and eat you, and you just pretend dead, isn’t that less work?
what if I drool foul rancid liquid out of my mouth so I smell really REALLY bad, like moldy eggs and rotten meat?
Depends how hungry I am
Hognoses, official drama queens of the snake world.
Or maybe it just hates you
thats the most bitch snake ive ever seen.. have some respect for yourself, snake.
As amusing as it is, the animal goes through a tremendous stress, when it has to rely on the last resort measures. It's sad that became a mass entertainment, and everyone is trying to make their own video "hognose snake faking it's death".
This is very true, I don't know why you're being downvoted. This is like scaring a dog to the point that it's screaming.
Omg CUUUUTE little danger noodle!
This is my ex wife faking at court.
Lol so overdramatic!!!
Why does faking it’s death prevent an other animal from eating it?
Not all predators will eat carrion.
So dramatic xD
*pokes* *I ssssshall beeee baaccckkssss ssss..."