Do you think he stands a chance?

[stephanbakir]

Their bodys are built to hold things already in their grasp, you can simply unroll them from the head or tail because they weren't built to defend themselves against that.

[Terranaut]

The neck and tail are the weakest parts of the snake.
BUT.....
IMHO your not pulling off the retic in the pic unless it is willing to let go or you hurt it.
Even at 500 psi it would take a large group of people to wrestle it off.
BUT.....
I also feel the people in these pics have great understanding of the animals they keep and could do this safely even if there is possible risk.

[Philmul]

Originally Posted by bladeblaster

If you say so.

Bit like a Crocs jaws in some respects, you do not want you hand in there when they shut their jaws, but you can easily hold them shut with bare hands. The muscles for opening the jaw are tiny in comparision to those used for closing them, for obvious reasons.

I no i saw steve irwin do that but wouldn't volunteer to do it myself. Lol

[bladeblaster]

Originally Posted by Terranaut

The neck and tail are the weakest parts of the snake.
BUT.....
IMHO your not pulling off the retic in the pic unless it is willing to let go or you hurt it.
Even at 500 psi it would take a large group of people to wrestle it off.
BUT.....
I also feel the people in these pics have great understanding of the animals they keep and could do this safely even if there is possible risk.

the 500 Psi isn't exerted by the muscles that are doing the coiling, uncoling it wouldn't take 500 Psi.

Once they are coiled smaller muscules start to tighten the grip, gradually squeezing tighter and tighter as the get pruchase, the same musclues used for locomation under the belly, and on the flanks. The pressure is apllied over small areas, lots of small areas.

BUT grab the tail and start uncoiling lengths of the snake and you are working against much weaker back muscles.

Put into a reall life situation, and I am not comparing this snake to the size or power of Fluffy in anway, but it illustrates a point. I had a 9ft WC Scrub Python, totally evil. Inevitably it managed to get me one day, latched onto my forearm and coiled down my arm and around my hand. Now I could not move my hand that was in the coils it was impossible, and it was pretty painful, and def close to breaking a few bones. However despite this huge amount of force, with my weaker left hand I was easily able to unwrap the snake, with almost no effort at all.