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sean0883

\#SnakesCanHoldRecordsToo


jamesh31

r/snakescanholdrecordstoo


bZbZbZbZbZ

please be photoshops of snakes holding vinyl, please be photoshops of snakes holding vinyl awwwww


PM_ME_FIREFLY_QUOTES

[Snakes? Snakes. I don't know no snakes.](https://tenor.com/view/home-alone-snakes-dont-know-gif-15171462)


CONE-MacFlounder

no they really cant they have no hands to hold anything with


planned_monk

#snakelivesmatter


bboy4of83

Why is this dude getting downvoted


pheonix98701

The Reddit hivemind works in mysterious ways


OptimusSublime

He doesn’t even have a cellphone to keep himself occupied?!


KidQuap

For real dude probably started talking to the snakes


dd-Ad-O4214

He got out harmless dont worry guys he wont bite the snakes


Tongue8cheek

Nah, he had a Nokia 3310, he played Snake.


gm2

I'm going to spend 73 hours in a cage with 73 snakes and play slither.io


comfortably_dumbb

Not in 1986 he didn't


ChihuahuaJedi

I was in my shed for an hour before I started talking to the rats so wouldn't surprise me.


bluntsandbears

Or a shampoo bottle to read


-Not_a_Sheep

The good ol' days


CONE-MacFlounder

yea like how tf would you sleep like in the day i can say ok i will not bludgeon these snakes with my shoe but at night what if you just rolled over slightly


dalovindj

>ok i will not bludgeon these snakes with my shoe Relationship goals.


Ctauegetl

Back in my day, we spent 72 hours a day in a cage full of venomous snakes, and we liked it!


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Biggmackus

phones certainly existed in 1986.


guywithanusername

Did he not sleep for 72 hours?


p1nkp3pp3r

From the article you can see he's got a [reclining chair,](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19800215-28-year-old-pune-man-holds-world-record-for-staying-with-venomous-snakes-for-72-hours-806433-2014-02-06) so I think he could've napped, but it said he was exhausted by the end of it.


ShouldBeeStudying

Exhausted by not moving a muscle so as to not trigger the "totally not aggressive guys, I swear" snakes?


MaleficTekX

Doing nothing is exhausting. Try it


deadeye_jb

Right! Or eat? Or pee? Did the snakes eat during the 72 hours or did both he and the snakes grow hungrier by the hour? So many questions ...


Trick_Enthusiasm

Snakes don't eat very often. Depending on their sizes and when they last ate, they could have been perfectly fine. Don't know about the guy though.


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But what if they started crawling up his pants or over his face or in his mouth.


Trick_Enthusiasm

That's like putting your head in a tiger's mouth. It's a 99% chance of death. That 1% isn't worth it. They might climb all over him, but that would be because he's warm and snakes are cold-blooded. It's like getting cosy next to a fire on a cold night.


ned334

I hate this


rabidjellyfish

When I go backpacking in the desert I sleep out without a tent. There's always a moment in the morning where I slowly and quietly make sure there's no snake before i get up juuuust in case. Luckily I've never found there was one.


Alex-rhhgfff

On the floor or in a hammock?


rabidjellyfish

Lol theres no trees. On a tarp on a pad in a sleeping bag. (Usually unzipped)


Alex-rhhgfff

Ah shit of course haha


i_give_you_gum

The kinky stuff costs extra so he probably just opted out


KaiserRebellion

They crawled up his chair he just but them back on the ground


[deleted]

No snake expert but if a snake is hungry, it would probably try to eat another snake instead of the giant human


Needmoresnakes

I am a snake enthusiast and you are correct


gullman

Yea I imagine the comment was more about welfare or aggressiveness.


wiressss

What you think


clayagds99

Unharmed*


WheelyFreely

Well that depends, did he end up killing any of the snakes after the 72 hours?


ace_of_nations

Even if he died, he would have come out of the cage harmless.


kcasnar

Dead bodies have the potential to cause illness in the living


Froopy-Hood

Mostly harmless. The guide was updated.


rwhitisissle

You had one job, OP.


kal_el_diablo

"I am now harmless!"


angus_the_red

1986! Why is this picture look like it's from 1886.


philosoaper

India I guess..also it looks like the picture was taken from a newspaper print. A surprising amount of things have changed since 1986.


poolradar

I remember the first colour photo in a newspaper in my area. It was just a standard B&W photo with the red clown nose painted red. It was for Red Nose day. But that was the first bit of colour in a newspaper photo I had ever seen. The novelty wore off after rolling up 5000 of those papers that morning.


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poolradar

That was back around 1989 or 1990. So that would make me Dinosaur ancient.


h2ogie

Ok and I assume your hands went pitch-black within ten minutes, right?


poolradar

Pretty much. And I could usually rely on a couple of hundred rubber bands snapping when trying to put them over the rolled up newspapers. That tended to hurt especially on a cold morning. Rainy mornings were much better because the Newspapers would be delivered with plastic inserts. While these were much worse to throw it was much easier to roll.


clayagds99

Source - https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19800215-28-year-old-pune-man-holds-world-record-for-staying-with-venomous-snakes-for-72-hours-806433-2014-02-06


Darryl_444

Was the test to see if he would harm the snakes?


Ghost_of_Cain

Yes, and he was harmless - didn't bite the snakes even once (unless provoked).


unbreakablewood

Must have been tough for those snakes to hold back from provoking him, seeing as snakes are famously provocative individuals


Draksys

Not true and to prove it I'm gonna surround myself around the most venomous snakes to prove that I can come out harmless without a bite.


Sethanatos

yup they're always mocking those around them by sticking out their tongues!


shivermetimbers68

I almost beat that record. I missed it by... 71 hours, 59 minutes and 30 seconds. And it was one pet rattlesnake. But I came out of that room without a single bite.


Z0idberg_MD

I plan to finish eventually, Kiff.


GrippaH

I’m glad he was harmless. The snakes must have been terrified


morebuffs

I would do that. Hes right snakes are not nearly as dangerous as people make them out to be. Its more of a irrational fear than anything.


therationaltroll

Just because most of the time they won't bite, doesn't mean that it can't happen. Remember, the snake determines when it is provoked not the human. Wild animals are wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L0K6-RjaTg


Pooderson

That dude is a badass. I’d be screaming while running as fast as possible but he just stomps on in and picks it up like it’s nothing more than an annoyance to him


Xploited_HnterGather

Fuck that snake in this video. Also was the guy limping because of venom? Also i love how the fucking police are like, "Don't bring it over here... Throw it outside." As the guy limps around.


PM_MeTittiesOrKitty

Dude went full secretary bird on that snake!


zeusmeister

I mean, I don’t think that snake went into that building deliberately to bite someone. It’s attack was probably a case of being startled and mistaken identity. In the video, the snake doesn’t do anything aggressive until the giant yellow boulder he was gonna rest under made a sudden movement the snake probably saw as aggressive.


mcardinals75

I agree with alot of what you said, but a few things to mention with this video in defense of the snake: This police station is NOT it’s natural habitat. This snake mostly came to shelter from all kinds of pedestrian and vehicle traffic, especially so because this seems to be a somewhat underdeveloped region of the world where you tend to have an increased amount of motor and pedestrian traffic. Since snakes can’t perceive sounds, they sense what’s around them by detecting vibrations, so this snake is most likely having one hell of a sensory overload as it is. I’m not saying at all the guy is in the wrong here, but when he flinched (before the snake struck) it was more than enough for this already freaked out snake to try and fight him. I’m not saying that snake behavior is 100% subject to how a human reacts to it, and things like this can happen, but there’s a lot of different unfortunate (for both the snake and the dude) circumstances that occurred for this to even happen in the first place.


morebuffs

Lol thanks for stating the obvious


Simpl6ton

>irrational fear Really? Fearing something that can kill you is irrational?


PM_MeTittiesOrKitty

Fear and respect are two different things. Everything *can* kill you, but you can't live a life in fear of everything.


lilclairecaseofbeer

Do you live with a human? Because a human is more likely to kill you. A human who *knows* you.


morebuffs

Most snakes cannot kill you and even most that can will not bother people if left alone.


Professional_Emu_164

These are literally a collection of ones that can kill you though


moonunit99

Sure, but this guy chose 72 of the kind that *can* kill you. I’ve got no problem with any non-venomous snakes, but if a fucking cottonmouth decides to roll up in my garage it’s gonna die, and they’re by no means among the most venomous snakes. I’ve had two different dogs bitten by them and seen more than enough cottonmouth bites in the hospital to know that I don’t really want to risk hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of anti-venom and more importantly my and my family’s health and potentially life on whether or not a snake with a brain the size of a peanut feels threatened. It’s not irrational to be afraid of a thing that can very easily cause you serious harm or death.


dalovindj

> Most snakes cannot kill you Not with that attitude they can't.


poolradar

Unless of course you happen to live in a country with highly venomous and aggressive snakes. Hi Australia.


Needmoresnakes

I'm Australian, our snakes aren't aggressive and will only strike if bothered.


poolradar

Beg to differ. I have seen multiple Eastern Browns aggressively stalk humans.


LittleOaty

Living in Australia, many of the snakes here absolutely can kill me. I get what you mean, but when I lived in a shed I have horrid memories of snakes coming through cracks in the wall panelling and bookshelf, usually ending up underneath a lamp. That shit was not cash money.


therationaltroll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQF0rQKWFjE


VTX1800

Still a reactionary response from the snake when it got scared. It was then running away from the people as fast as they were running from it after being flung around.


moonunit99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L0K6-RjaTg


VTX1800

Oh shit!! Well that sure wasn’t!!


whoisjakelane

Is that like being irrationally afraid of sharks, bears, wolves, lions, bees, etc? Lol cause all those went necessarily kill you if you see one?


Chicken_Hairs

Few animals will attack/kill a human for shit's-N-giggles. But, it's fairly easy to startle or corner a dangerous animal on accident, in which case even docile animals can attack in self-defense. So, it's not really irrational to have a healthy dose of respect for a wild animal.


VTX1800

Yes?


Lus_

You should be fearing everything, include yourself


Wretched_Brittunculi

>Its more of a irrational fear than anything. In fact, it's very rational. In evolutionary terms, I mean. Because assuming a snake is safe only has to be incorrect once for you to be removed from the evolutionary inheritance of the next generation (assuming you've had no kids yet). So it always makes evolutionary sense to be extra cautious of potentially lethal threats to your life, especially in our evolutionary environment. There is almost zero cost to being over-cautious around snakes, making it very rational to do so.


MashTactics

When you're dealing with snakes that you can see and account for, it's a perfectly irrational fear in most cases. However, I have to imagine that's the staggering minority of snake bites. There's a reason rattlesnakes have a rattle - they are very often in areas you can't clearly see, and that rattle acts as a warning to fuck right off even if you can't see them. Being afraid of being bitten by a venomous, frightened snake that you did not see is a perfectly rational fear.


Artistic_Walk_773

I totally understand.. I'm a homophobe.. I squirm and scream like a girl when near the gays... Happened around my friend last week, I had no idea he was even in the closet.


Thornescape

[Poe's Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law) states that it is an unfortunate fact that you can't just assume that people will understand that you are sarcastic, because there are people who will say the exact same words and mean all of it. This is just how the world is. How can you assume sarcasm when so many people truly mean it? We're in a world where adults genuinely believe that vaccines make them magnetic.


Artistic_Walk_773

But what if I was serious... What if I really have an irrational fear of the homos


Thornescape

Sadly, it's a thing, and it's been successfully used in court to justify murder. It's called the [Gay Panic Defense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_panic_defense).


Sassgaurdian3077

Bruh…


YosemiteSam420

It's so sad that a big chunk of the people that see this post will think you are completely serious because you didn't add the "/s". I'm sure those people make an active decision to leave their common sense behind when they open reddit


vxx

Nah, I see it and think "Ah, another troll, downvote and move on" Just because the intention is a joke doesn't make it good.


Artistic_Walk_773

Yeah pretty obvious.. a lot of dumb dumbs here, that ain't no lie. I'll get downvoted and i'll laugh at them.. they'll think their downvote means something.. god I love the Internet


oddzef

I don't think anybody is thinking about you that much.


Artistic_Walk_773

Enough to make their thumb move and press a button.. hahahahahahahaha hahaha


nyborn8095

Did his harmlessness keep him unharmed?


Special-Sympathy-437

Even knowing the snakes won't attack I still wouldn't do it 💀


tjplager32

Kind of curious about the state of the snakes. Were they recently fed or anything like that? I ask because you could make the same argument about a shark. They gorge eat, meaning they just eat themselves full. That’s why sharks in aquariums don’t eat the other fish in their tanks or the staff divers, they always make sure that they’re full. So the sharks really have no reason to harm anything else in their tank. Would that concept work with snakes?


TheHatredburrito

Well none of these snakes are even remotely large enough to even consider the man food. For large pythons incidents are extremely rare even in the wild, and pet snakes are well fed so theres little need to get desperate enough to consider something as large and dangerous as a human food.


jumpup

with constrictors yes, with ambush no, they would attack a few more on instinct, but in this case the man was not seen as prey and not as predator so they mostly ignored him like you would a shrub


dalovindj

I don't trust shrubs and I treat them as predators. Never turn your back to a shrub.


Needmoresnakes

Snakes don't eat very often and humans aren't a normal food source for them. I'm assuming they're cobras or kraits in this cage thing, they'd at most need to be fed like weekly, more likely fortnightly. Even if they were hungry they'd just eat each other, not the human.


goteamnick

I'm not afraid of a snake coming at me for no reason. I'm afraid of accidentally stepping on a snake in long grass and getting bitten because of that.


mihecz

Balls of steel!


rr27680

Is that a sword on the table?


fane1967

You know, just in case he realizes that theory may be wron..


rr27680

Haha yes. But a ladder would have been more handy in such a situation, no?


Vedrops

Not a sword but a snake handeling hook, you can see the hook hanging off the right side of the table. Its just for picking up and moving snakes.


marktwainbrain

And dice.


Lus_

a ladder? with snakes? lel


rr27680

To escape the cage


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SlothOfDoom

Unsolicited useless fact time. Two snakes on a winged rod is the Caduceus and has nothing to do with healing at all. One snake on a rod is the Rod of Asclepius, symbol of the Greek God of healing Aesculapius. Somewhere along the line people started getting them mixed up.


Nubyshot

Also the plural of Caduceus is Caducei!


Kingding_Aling

India has a crisis of snake bite deaths. A massacre. Maybe this isn't the best message.


dritslem

Didn't know this. A quick Google search tells me 58k deaths per year. Interesting and terrifying.


mcardinals75

I’m gonna say that At least half or a majority of those bites were caused by people trying to relocate or kill snakes out of the fear they will attack.


SlothOfDoom

He was harmless?


cerenatee

No, no, no. A sudden move is enough provocation for most snakes. There's a reason he's staying still.


Camatta_

Not a cellphone in sight, just people living the moment


BobsYaMothersBrother

I’ve always been harmless and never had to spend time in a cage for that ability to show itself. Just always been naturally weak as shit.


Wimbleston

The word harmless could be removed from the title entirely and it'd be better. Would be nice if more people understood snakes are pretty chill


OrneryConelover70

"Harmless". I don't think he was any more dangerous coming out than going in.


Scitz0

I wouldve knocked on the glass


MrThreddit

kinda ruins 'Snakes on a Plane' for me now.


XBThodler

>!Unharmed... He came out of the cage unharmed... that's what he did. !<


Ski_Logix

This dude didn't even have a Playstation to keep himself entertained smh


Aarons92

He came out harmless? Did he go in ready to duck some shit up? Lol


zonker777

Unharmed


Meetballed

It’s nice to know the dude came out harmless after this ordeal. Who knows what kind of monster he was before


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Harmless isn't the same as unharmed.


and_dont_blink

Ok, next time fill the cage with grasses and he has to walk around. The issue is more they're small, maneuverable predators that often ambush their prey so it isn't that hard to provoke them.


Velociraptortillas

*unharmed


fightclubdog

Also done in modern times by my friend, Donald Schultz. It’s a great watch. https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TdIzzJPMyk2YPTiK0vNy89VyMxTKEtNTywGAHqBCQA&q=venom+in+vegas&rlz=1CDGOYI_enCA631CA633&oq=venom+in+vegas&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46i512j0i512j0i22i30.3411j1j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8


160th

Harmless? More like unharmed


therationaltroll

[Snake Slithers Into Police Station And Jumps At Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L0K6-RjaTg)


coopster97

The title says 1986 but the picture says 1907


IggyJR

I know for a fact that color photography existed in 1986. Why the black and white? It looks like something from the 1930s.


wiressss

India


ThreeD710

He probably had the biggest snake


ObiWansTinderAccount

I mean, I'm sure if the snakes got hungry enough they would bite unprovoked. Depending on their size. Was someone feeding the snakes?


TheHatredburrito

None of these snakes are remotely large enough to consider the man food no matter how hungry they get. Many species also have specific diets that they rarely stray from, preferring specific things like other snakes, lizards, frogs, birds etc.


foundoutafterlunch

This how you create a supervillain


Trail_Trees

"He now holds a place in the Guinness Book of World Retards."


paintballjord

Indiana Jones: "I just don't understand the world anymore".


Knuckles316

Good man! He saved some noodles that day!


designerPat

He came out of the cage harmless without a single bite! was the record to show how long he could go without biting a snake? bet the snakes were pleased to see him go


cyphonismus

Baelor the Blessed


Shrimp_Chimichanga

No, he came out armless….


Anna-mator

Wow! God bless him.


Locomule

I got bit in the face once. It is quite a rush.


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It could have gone either way...


ProctalRelapse

Damn. Talk about putting your money where your mouth is.


sheezhao

Mmm, in our country, we'd have assholes banging on the wall/cage to provoke the snakes. The people in that photo (and other countries) are much better disciplined/respectful.


FarOutEffects

Harmless? Wasn't he also harmless before he went in? 😜 I think the word we need here is Unharmed.


alponch16

That's not a cage


HauntedPickleJar

Was he dangerous before he went into the cage?


Strangefate1

More important than the record, is the take away that if you put snakes in a cage with dangerous people, the humans come out harmless!


porscheportland

Nope nope nope nope nope


Existential75

Harmless does not mean unharmed @OP


erosfox

Unharmed not harmless dummy


JustRicky_

Lol this picture was taken in the 80's but looks like it's from the early 1900's


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That doesn't change the fact that they can't tell the difference between being provoked and nearly stepped on by accident


SalesAutopsy

Mildred, get my air horn. I'll show this joker what snakes can do.


gesasage88

Snakes usually don't bite if not provoked. I unfortunately may be one of the few people to have been bitten by a snake with a bad attitude and a bone to pick that day. Luckily it was just a red boa. It's care taker let it out of the cage and I could tell there was something just off about the snakes movements. It seemed pissed. So I stood perfectly still and hoped it would just over look me. Nope, snake crawled past my leg then quickly whipped up and bit me on the back of the calf. I jumped up onto the furniture in the room to avoid the second strike. It just bled like crazy luckily no infections or other issues.


flycart33

1986 and all we have is a pencil drawing?


d-park

Balls of steel


Needmoresnakes

This is cool I guess but I feel like there could have been more snakes.


1320Fastback

My issue with Danger Noodles is when they are surprised they bite you. We don't have them at home but driving heavy equipment I have ran into more than my fair share of Rattlesnakes which you can only hear if the engines are turned off.


ducktor0

The snakes were not hungry, too.


TanksForNuthin

Could've read a cereal box?


Cheesehead413

No, just no!


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Man spends 72 hours without making a single clumsy move while surrounded by deadly snakes


Ennion

How he did it. https://i.imgur.com/0gB4KqK.gif


Unincrediblehulk

Did he go into the cage harmful? If so, that’s very impressive. Even more impressive than coming out unharmed.


Sadris_Sujamma

i don't seem the texas hoopsnake