re: King Cobra bites a huge Python that crushes it. . .then dies of venom

only one way to handle those:

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Could you imagine being bitten by a gaboon viper? Look at the size of these fangs:

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“In humans, a bite from a Gaboon viper causes rapid and conspicuous swelling, intense pain, severe shock and local blistering. Other symptoms may include uncoordinated movements, defecation, urination, swelling of the tongue and eyelids, convulsions and unconsciousness. Blistering, bruising and necrosis may be extensive. There may be sudden hypotension, heart damage and dyspnoea. The blood may become incoagulable with internal bleeding that may lead to haematuria and haematemesis. Local tissue damage may require surgical excision and possibly amputation to any affected limb. Healing may be slow and fatalities during the recovery period are not uncommon.”

Gonna have to go with a hard pass on that

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Pretty sure neither of those snakes are a cobra. Looking at the heads, they both look like constrictors.

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It's an old viral photo of a king cobra and a retic. Don't make me get all snake nerdy on you.

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King Cobra bites a huge Python that crushes it. . .then dies of venom

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And the winner is.....Humanity!

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“In humans, a bite from a Gaboon viper causes rapid and conspicuous swelling, intense pain, severe shock and local blistering. Other symptoms may include uncoordinated movements, defecation, urination, swelling of the tongue and eyelids, convulsions and unconsciousness. Blistering, bruising and necrosis may be extensive. There may be sudden hypotension, heart damage and dyspnoea. The blood may become incoagulable with internal bleeding that may lead to haematuria and haematemesis. Local tissue damage may require surgical excision and possibly amputation to any affected limb. Healing may be slow and fatalities during the recovery period are not uncommon.”

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Sounds like the "side effects" reading from a wonder drug commercial.

Ask your doctor if Gaboon viper venom is right for you......

frick Twitter. shite never loads.

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Other symptoms may include uncoordinated movements, defecation, urination, swelling of the tongue and eyelids, convulsions and unconsciousness. Blistering, bruising and necrosis may be extensive.

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We talking snakebites or a good time on a Friday night?

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I really don't understand why people seem to get pleasure from being irrationally afraid of snakes (and spiders). It's a strange phenomenon.

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I honestly think it's ingrained in our DNA somehow through natural selection.

You're a mutant

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“In humans, a bite from a Gaboon viper causes rapid and conspicuous swelling, intense pain, severe shock and local blistering. Other symptoms may include uncoordinated movements, defecation, urination, swelling of the tongue and eyelids, convulsions and unconsciousness. Blistering, bruising and necrosis may be extensive. There may be sudden hypotension, heart damage and dyspnoea. The blood may become incoagulable with internal bleeding that may lead to haematuria and haematemesis. Local tissue damage may require surgical excision and possibly amputation to any affected limb. Healing may be slow and fatalities during the recovery period are not uncommon.”

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All this time I've been telling people my ex-wife was an immoral, self-absorbed, narcissistic, bitch of a whore. Turns out I was also married to a Gaboon viper.

Is that in New Orleans? Looks like New Orleans.