• @over_clox
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    85 months ago

    I dunno what would be a better attempt at self defense against such large snakes, but I think I’d start carrying around both pepper spray and also a stun gun, just in case.

    No idea if either would be fully effective, but damn that would be a hell of a way to go, might as well try to be prepared to defend myself.

    • @YaDownWitCPP
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      185 months ago

      I’ll take a machete and a shot gun thanks.

      • edric
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        105 months ago

        That’s if you spot it before it grabs you. I imagine it’s gonna be hard to aim a shotgun or swing a machete once the snake starts constricting you.

        • Pennomi
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          85 months ago

          The one thing snakes like this do quickly is grab and coil around their prey. Everything else is slow slow slow. You’d really need some sort of pepper spray in a breakable tube that activates upon constriction. Hmmmmm….

      • @over_clox
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        105 months ago

        You spelled flamethrower wrong.

        • @OZFive
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          95 months ago

          Your autocorrect accidentally replaced the word aerial bombing.

    • @[email protected]
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      5 months ago

      I used to use rubbing alcohol on my pet snake’s nose if he accidentally latched onto me instead of his food. I don’t have any idea if that would work on snakes that kill by constriction though

      • @over_clox
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        5 months ago

        Fair enough, seems a handy enough trick.

        In that case, I’d probably carry around a super soaker water gun loaded with some strong alcohol, and just hope I’d be able to shoot it at a distance before it gets close enough to wrap around me.

        Could also in a pinch light the alcohol on fire as a crude flamethrower, packing a double punch…

        • oleorunOPM
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          105 months ago

          Cue pissed-off flaming snek coming at you fast…

          • @over_clox
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            45 months ago

            Damn, you’re right. Welp, guess I’ll bring my chainsaw too…

        • @laughterlaughter
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          24 months ago

          All these assume that you’ll see the snake before it latches onto you.

      • @Buddahriffic
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        45 months ago

        Wear a special constrictor armor that deploys buzz saws if it’s ever squeezed with enough force to break ribs.

      • @YaDownWitCPP
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        35 months ago

        Snek scoffs at humans’ tiny bite force.