r/HumansBeingBros • u/Gurdel • 27d ago
Bro saves rattlesnake
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u/leftyscaevola 8d ago
There have been many occasions in which I couldn’t leave the house until I took a dump, either. Nature is truly interconnected!
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 12d ago
The way he says "aw buddy" is so sweet and tender. Thankyou sir for protecting the wildlife from the shit humans do once again
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u/Nacho_Beardre 20d ago
I have used oil to help a lizard once but I wonder how the oil affects it’s cooling/heating process
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u/eternal_casserole 24d ago
What an amazing time for a snake oil salesman to show up.
Great job, human!
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u/DipSchnitzel 24d ago
The end of the story gets even better. The snake is released into the wild, where it bites someone's dog while on a hiking trip, killing it, and the snake lived happily ever after.
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u/INS_Stop_Angela 23d ago
My dog has been vaccinated for rattlesnake bites. I wonder why they can’t offer to humans?
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u/Pagan_Owl 25d ago
I have seen rescue videos like this on YouTube by professional pest control. They usually have a tube that they lure the snake to get their head in so they can't turn around and bite.
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u/lauraklupin 26d ago
“True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.”
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u/redheadredemption78 26d ago
For those out there also wondering “where’s that song from?” It’s the music from JimCarreys “The Grinch” when he says “perhaps Christmas doesn’t come from a store.” I had to think on that one for a minute 😂
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u/IngridOB 26d ago
Up in the Eastern Adirondacks the rattlesnakes so-exist with hikers. My son has a video of a rattler crossing the trail about three feet in front of he and a DEC agent. As long as they don't feel threatened they leave the people alone.
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u/EmperorGrinnar 26d ago
I'm glad the snake and rescuer made it out unharmed. Easily could have gone south. Truly an exemplar of the species.
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u/Farhead_Assassjaha 27d ago
Snake goes on to kill lots of other animals
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u/EA-PLANT 26d ago
What the fuck do you expect it to do?! Go graze on some grass? It's a carnivore! It doesn't have a choice! And besides, they eat pests like rats and sometimes slugs
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u/blkkice77 27d ago
Fuck that shit
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u/andmypurplecrayon 26d ago
Same. I woulda killed that thing in a sec. It’s a policy where I live “see a rattle snake, must exterminate”. Too many pets (dogs/cats) and kids around to be “nice” to a venomous legless lizard. I don’t care if it is good for the ecosystem, I wouldn’t want that thing potentially hurting a human.
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u/Acrobatic_Ad5230 27d ago
Although I think it's important to save life, I would have never done that myself. I would have called 911 or the respective local emergency number, but touching a snake? Nope
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u/IndiaDeltaTenTango 27d ago
Did the snake back into the hole, or get stuck coming out. I'm confused on the logistics.
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u/puffer039 27d ago
i thought it was glued to the wall at first,then realized oh,it's trying to wriggle out of a hole....derr
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u/LustoftheLibertines_ 27d ago
The way it was just waiting to die there broke me. So grateful someone took the time and showed it mercy.
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u/PeaceandJoy101 27d ago
I had a close encounter with a timber rattlesnake here in PA a bunch of years ago. Was hiking, a bit of hand over hand climbing on rocks, I was just about to put my hand on the next rock, and heard that amazing rattle!! He could have so easily just have bitten me. My hand was just inches away from him. Got above him and just sat and watched him sun for a while. So lots of love for those amazing creatures here. Thank you for rescuing!!
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u/striker_100 27d ago
The snake is thinking, man, I really should NOT have had that extra mouse today...
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u/NuclearSlushie 27d ago
It's almost like putting that chicken wire under but leaving a hole was a dumb idea.
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u/FireBallXLV 27d ago
As a child I watched a man stomp on a little garden snake.Still mad about it.Around here People shoot copperheads…
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u/ninjaslothbabyx3 27d ago
Would have liked to see the snake happily slithering away at the end. Too bad it just ends abruptly like that.
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u/ChronicSassyRedhead 27d ago
Titanium level of balls right there.
Thank you for saving the poor thing much respect 🙏
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u/siyep_ba-o 27d ago
and so goes the snake off to murder an unsuspecting prey. queue circle of life song
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u/PineAppleDuke 27d ago
And on the other side of that hole is all the shit leftover..
Good day to yall
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u/Free_Based8 27d ago
Found one at my dad’s that somehow got impaled by our chicken wire straight through its body. There was no saving him sadly. I hated it but we had to put it out its misery. I freakin love rattlesnakes. I live in the desert and see them constantly and they’re the homies. They just want to be left alone.
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u/oldsterhippy 27d ago
Ack!!!!!! Hard for me to watch I soooo dislike snakes. Good job you did saving it.
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u/TrueNorthStrong1898 27d ago
I thought it was stuck to the wall and was cringing every time they pulled on it. Glad they were able to save the lil guy
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u/Trowawayzls 27d ago
Just because it can be dangerous to you does not mean you should kill it. Self defense? Sure. “Im afraid” so is a lot of creatures on this planet most of the time not antagonizing things wont make them angry. Snakes can be scary, sure. But they are a valuable part of the ecosystem and deserve to live
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u/BenjaminDover02 26d ago
Rattlesnakes are even nice enough to warn you when you get too close. Killing something that is basically saying "hey man I'm over here, let's all just be really fucking cool about this" is neither funky nor fresh, tis simply wack.
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u/Trowawayzls 26d ago
Thats a good point BenjaminDover02, I wasn’t thinking about rattlesnakes in my particular comment. It would absolutely be messed up to do to them. Sorry, I’m not a herpetologist so I didn’t think of all the possibilities.
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u/BenjaminDover02 26d ago
No need to apologize at all mate I was agreeing with you, sorry if I didn't make that clear enough.
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u/PioneerLaserVision 27d ago
There are essentially no situation in which killing a rattlesnake would be self defense. They only bite humans in defense, it's never an act of predation. Even if you accidentally step on one and get envenomated, killing it is just revenge and also likely to get you bit again. You can simply move away from it to avoid getting bit again.
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u/ManintheMuir 27d ago
And in appreciation, the snake immediately turned around and bit him given the chance
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u/xXProGenji420Xx 26d ago
if you're looking for gratitude from the snake as justification to save a life then that's on you. obviously rescuing an animal doesn't suddenly make it lose its survival instincts, that doesn't mean we shouldn't applaud it.
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u/platonicnut 27d ago
Thanks for saving this guy. Snakes get a bad reputation, venomous even more so. They’re not out there trying to hurt anyone, they’re actually some of the best natural pest control around. So thanks for helping.
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u/tocammac 27d ago
And rattlesnakes have the decency to warn you when they are feeling threatened
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u/INS_Stop_Angela 23d ago edited 23d ago
I live in town in northern New Mexico. One hot August afternoon, I was yanking out weedy grasses and I heard an unusual sound. I presumed it was my gas meter. It went on for several minutes. Then I pulled out the last clump of tall grass and came face-to-face with a rattlesnake. I dropped my tools and jumped back like I was a cartoon character! That was a mighty patient rattlesnake. I love that rattlesnake lol.
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u/todosnitro 25d ago
Walking through the tall grass and didn't notice a rattlesnake until I stepped right next to it, and I mean about two inches away from it. It remained motionless. Rattlesnakes are dangerous, but not as aggressive and territorial as those belonging to the genus Bothrops, which would probably chase me before I got so close.
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u/happycrappyplace 27d ago
I'm sad to tell you that they are slowly losing their rattle, because the ones who rattle are killed more often.
In some areas, the local population has either lost its rattle, or has far fewer snakes with a rattle.
This is incredibly dangerous for people as the snake no longer has a way to tell you to back up.
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u/Golden-Sun 27d ago
Wait so what are they called if they lose their rattle?
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u/KettleCellar 26d ago
There's currently a big debate about that in the herpetology community, as we're witnessing a major evolutionary change. The question is at what point in evolution do we consider something to be a distinct species. The experiment that we're all watching is whether this will have an effect on the sexual selection process, and whether the gene for rattle will present in communities of rattle-recessive generations, which many have begun referring to as Yustabi. As in
"Hey, is that a rattlesnake?"
"Nope. It Yustabi."
Hope all three of you enjoyed this dad joke.
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u/ELEMENTALITYNES 27d ago
Battlesnakes
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u/Sovereign_5409 26d ago
Maybe we can engineer some snakes that like to hang out with rattlesnakes. Then they can rattle when we’re close.
We can call them tattlesnakes.
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u/safereddddditer175 27d ago
Hell yeah you win the internet today. I’m going to close Reddit now and enjoy the rest of my day. Thanks.
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u/Golden-Sun 27d ago
Absolute legend. Once I asked, I thought someone is just going to comment "snakes".
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u/fuckingcheezitboots 27d ago
Most people would just kill it, these people are legends
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u/StoicStogiesAndShots 27d ago
It is also important to note that most people aren't equipped to save venomous snakes, both in physical equipment and training. It is best to contact professionals when you see a stuck snake.
The tool being used to control the snake here is a set of snake tongs, specifically for this purpose.
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u/Royal-Bumblebee4817 27d ago edited 27d ago
Saved the snake but save yourself. Is this person handling the snake safely towards the end to prevent a bite? I'd imagine a grip closer to the snakes head would be safer?
Edit. Ok.. realized that was the tail. *smacks face
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u/JustineDelarge 27d ago
Alex Trejo, Critter Catcher, knows what he’s doing. https://canvasrebel.com/meet-alex-trejo/
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u/Royal-Bumblebee4817 27d ago
Gotcha. My experience handling critters stops at medium-sized, trained household dogs. Just pondering.
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u/Accurate_Koala_4698 27d ago
Snake oil saves the day
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u/IAM100PERCENTNOTACAT 27d ago
Not really, he just oiled up the section he was trying to grip two minutes later
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u/liarandathief 27d ago
It's lucky that that traveling salesman was there.
Spoiler: the snake and he are in cahoots.
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u/GhostDweller 4d ago
Please go to the audiophile topic and tell em you found out that snake oil really works