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I'm not bothered by love bugs but a snake that can squeeze me to death and then eat me is rather disconcerting. Pythons make rattlers look cute and playful by comparison.
I'm not bothered by love bugs but a snake that can squeeze me to death and then eat me is rather disconcerting. Pythons make rattlers look cute and playful by comparison.
I'm not bothered by love bugs but a snake that can squeeze me to death and then eat me is rather disconcerting. Pythons make rattlers look cute and playful by comparison.
As long as you have a free hand/arm and a decent pocket knife, you can quickly cut your way out of being squeezed to death.
And, if you're not bothered by love bugs, you must not be a biker.
I have never tangled with a big constrictor but I live next to a state registered python hunter & he is a good sized guy. From what he tells me if you're alone & a big one (9 ft or more) decides to fight you & gets a good hold on you chances are pretty good you're going to get killed. A folding knife with a free hand only works for as long as you can breathe. My buddy blows them away with a shotgun before he even touches them. My battle plan is the same, shoot them in the head as many times as necessary & then cut (w/a machete) whats left of the head clean off. I'm not interested in hauling the smelly carcass across town for a reward. I'll leave it there for the buzzards. (I don't like them very much, just in case someone hasn't noticed)
I have never tangled with a big constrictor but I live next to a state registered python hunter & he is a good sized guy. From what he tells me if you're alone & a big one (9 ft or more) decides to fight you & gets a good hold on you chances are pretty good you're going to get killed. A folding knife with a free hand only works for as long as you can breathe. My buddy blows them away with a shotgun before he even touches them. My battle plan is the same, shoot them in the head as many times as necessary & then cut (w/a machete) whats left of the head clean off. I'm not interested in hauling the smelly carcass across town for a reward. I'll leave it there for the buzzards. (I don't like them very much, just in case someone hasn't noticed)
Exactly. That “free hand and a knife” deal only works IF you can keep that hand free long enough to kill that snake before it kills you. I’d be glad to watch someone else try, but I’m not having any part of it.
Python chest squeeze deaths usually progress over minutes, not seconds. It takes time for a person to get wrapped up. It may be as quick as a couple of minutes once the person's chest is wrapped up. Usually people being squeezed will have one or both hands free, initially, and they attempt to pull the snake off of them, which is a losing proposition.
Like any other crisis, the key is to keep your wits about you. This is a progressive event, not instantaneous.
Gee MC, this thread kind of went off the tracks with all the python talk. lol
For our Texas venomous serpents I use whatever is handy such as shovels, hoes, rocks, post hole diggers, terracotta pots (I got in trouble for that one) and shotguns. To paraphrase the famous Captain Call, "Any man who slows down for a snake might as well walk."
You are assuming you will have one or both hands free and will be able to get to your blade. I don’t make such assumptions when dealing with a potential deadly situation. All the minutes in the world won’t matter when your arms are pinned or flailing about for your knife.
Victim mentality of assuming that you are dead if the snake gets to you will assuredly kill you as much as the snake will.
Victim mentality of assuming that you are dead if the snake gets to you will assuredly kill you as much as the snake will.
Victim mentality? Where the hell are you pulling that from? .
If all you have is a knife I personally do not recommend that you try to take on a big one.