Trapped Snake Thanks Its Rescuers


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When people rescue animals, sometimes the animals express their gratitude toward their benefactors. We've previously seen this with a dog, a dolphin, and a sea turtle. And now we can see this expression of thanks from a snake.

Two teenage boys in the US found a snake trapped in a net. They patiently cut it free with a knife. When the snake was free, it regurgitated a whole frog that it had swallowed. It was surely a gift offered to the boys to repay them for their kindness. Unfortunately, the video ends before the boys partake of their reward.

Content warning: a lot of foul language.

-via Blame It on the Voices


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One of the primary causes of regurgitation is handling a snake too soon after it has eaten. The general consensus is give the snake at least 48 hours after it has eaten its meal before you handle it. It seems for the first 48 hours after eating, a snake feels particularly vulnerable to attack, so when it is handled it is much more likely to regurgitate its meal so it can flee.
http://pet-snakes.com/regurgitation-snakes
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a couple years ago the new yorker magazine had a great article on this machine. if you want to read it, clear here - http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/14/070514fa_fact_seabrook
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That is awesome. I've never heard of New Scientist, but after this and the piece on scientists using themselves as guinea pigs, i think i might need to subscribe.
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In middle ages,church could put in fire all Greeks with
?opernikos.
But,but...
if the Greeks had the change to continue,moon?s travel
nowadays is Mars?es one.
Not only using science,but philosophy as well.
You see...mind needs food.
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