snakes do eat people

T.O-SK8TER · 04-21-07, 03:02 AM

k so everyone that has said sankes do not eat people you are wrong! A man i work with lived in Africa for over 30 years, him and some other peeps found an african rock python, they cut open the snake and a woman over 5 feet tall was inside the snake! so yea wats up!

litesnsirens · 04-21-07, 10:29 AM

LOL ... OK. I'm not saying a snake has never eaten a human but I wouldnt let someone feed me that pile of bull-dung.

JAdkins2451 · 04-21-07, 11:58 AM

So yeah I guy I worked with got bit by a cobra 15 times and walked away..So yeah whats up?

Joe · 04-21-07, 05:56 PM

I also know a gut that knows a guy who! lol

SerpentLust · 04-22-07, 09:57 AM

When I was working at the pet store, I met a girl who knew a guy who got bit by his venomous python and he had to go to the hospital

She said I better "devenom" my pythons before it happens to me. LOL

T.O-SK8TER · 04-22-07, 01:28 PM

we had a big discussion on here a few years ago that snakes do not eat humans, jus wanted too rub it everyones face! lmao

litesnsirens · 04-22-07, 04:57 PM

It's not rubbing it in anyones face when no one believes your story ... well it's not actually your story... so let's put it this way ... no one believes that your friend at work and his "peeps" cut open a rock python and retrieved a 5 foot lady... I think this would be a good one to send into the myth busters show....

Joe · 04-22-07, 07:06 PM

It certainly is possible for a large boid to consume a small human, I too have heard some story's, My uncle was a medic over in Rawanda years ago and came home with some storys for me, I chalk most of it up to folk lore and what not but it certainly is possible and im sure in some case some where it has happened, I have never heard of an actual documented case of it as of yet though, but I do believe somewhere out there one of these story's we hear are actually true!

drec91 · 04-22-07, 07:39 PM

of course this is possible a very large snake such as a retic could swallow a human if forced to that point. There was a case of this in africa where a child gardener was killed and swallowed. Later that week they traked down 4 retics and killed them one of which had the remains of a small boy.

jparker1167 · 04-22-07, 09:53 PM

well if the snake was big enough and the person was small enough it could happen i dont know if i believe it was a 5 foot lady. how big was this snake ?

litesnsirens · 04-23-07, 08:27 AM

As I said in my first post here, I'm not saying it couldn't happen. Big snake.. small person... stands to reason that mechanically and theoretically it's possible. Like Joe said though most of the stories are likely folklore, there are a lot of urban myths going around. It's most likely that the child gardener and the "they" that tracked and killed 4 retics and found the remains of the small boy inside one of them is another example.

drec91 · 04-23-07, 10:32 AM

I wasnt told that myth, i saw it on national geographic. There were a substantial amount of evidence (pictures). But although there are cases of large snakes eating small people, it is not likley in a snakes normal state of mind that it would consider a human as a prey item. The snakes normal prey was probably low in numbers in that area. I see the fact that snakes are preying on people as a glych in the ecosystem.

gonesnakee · 04-23-07, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by drec91

... it is not likley in a snakes normal state of mind that it would consider a human as a prey item. The snakes normal prey was probably low in numbers in that area. I see the fact that snakes are preying on people as a glych in the ecosystem.

Ah what??? Snakes DO NOT have a state of mind as you put it LOL Snakes are creatures of PURE INSTINCT & don't even have a "mind" as far as it goes. If they are hungry & it is of appropriate size & made of flesh it is Prey. If their normal prey is a mammal there is no diference to them if it walks & talks or has any intelligence. If it is small enough to be "taken" & they are hungry it is potential prey. We are not talking about an advance predator here such as mammals that put "thought" into hunting we are talking a creature with primal instincts & ZERO "thought". A snake doesn't "think" I'll just hide here & wait because this is a good spot or I'll cruise down by the water hole & see whats available like an advanced predator might. They are driven by instinct & instinct alone, there is no thought process. As far as them taking humans there is zero doubt in my mind that it has happened before. The occurrence of such is likley very rare though IMHO As per most snake related info it is usually blown way out of proportion & does fall to "urban myth" like stuff. To consider ourselves "above" being "prey" as we are human & are "top predators" we would just be being silly. When other predators are hungry they could care less who's supposed to be "on top" & whats on the menu as long as its flesh & satisfies their hunger they are content. Mark

ravensgait · 04-23-07, 11:12 PM

I had to eat a snake once

Randy

Kurzix · 04-24-07, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by gonesnakee

Ah what??? Snakes DO NOT have a state of mind as you put it LOL Snakes are creatures of PURE INSTINCT & don't even have a "mind" as far as it goes. If they are hungry & it is of appropriate size & made of flesh it is Prey. If their normal prey is a mammal there is no diference to them if it walks & talks or has any intelligence. If it is small enough to be "taken" & they are hungry it is potential prey. We are not talking about an advance predator here such as mammals that put "thought" into hunting we are talking a creature with primal instincts & ZERO "thought". A snake doesn't "think" I'll just hide here & wait because this is a good spot or I'll cruise down by the water hole & see whats available like an advanced predator might. They are driven by instinct & instinct alone, there is no thought process. As far as them taking humans there is zero doubt in my mind that it has happened before. The occurrence of such is likley very rare though IMHO As per most snake related info it is usually blown way out of proportion & does fall to "urban myth" like stuff. To consider ourselves "above" being "prey" as we are human & are "top predators" we would just be being silly. When other predators are hungry they could care less who's supposed to be "on top" & whats on the menu as long as its flesh & satisfies their hunger they are content. Mark

Like you say snakes do run on instinct, HOWEVER, not all appropriate sized flesh things are prey. Snakes typically do not eat cats or dogs, nor do they even eat the types of rodents we somtimes want them to eat. It is beleived snakes are imprinted with certain animals that they identify as prey.

That said, I also believe if a snake is hungry enough, or threatened enough by a non prey item, it's very possible for it to attack, kill, then consume.