can anyone ID this snake (or maybe legless lizard?) that i found? it got inside my apartment and i had to save it from my cat
edit: also im in central texas if that helps
a quick google tells me he might be a rough earth snek
but im not a snake scientist
or as @dappled-dephs suggested a groundsnake
tiny snakes are great
Yeah, looks like probably a rough earth snake. We get them pretty often in Texas. Totally harmless, pretty small. The worst they’ll do is pee on you. They’re shy and you mostly find them if you flip things over. Release him outdoors underneath some cover if you haven’t already, ideally in leaf litter.
i love that we and cats share pareidolia (seeing patterns where they dont exist), but instead of seeing faces in everyday objects like us, they see snakes
that computer cord? snake. string? small snake. cucumber? short fat straight snake
snake pareidolia is one of the strongest things in human minds too! people report freezing mid-stride before being consciously aware of a snake in front of them, and the same happens with coiled rope, etc. in humans and other primates. it’s even been proposed that the need to detect snakes was a factor in the development of primates’ insanely good color eyesight
It’s because snakes are wonderful and we must stop and admire them at any cost
For anyone intending to be in Brazil, please keep in mind that the “red on black, you’re OK Jack” rhyme doesn’t work for coral vs king snakes there. See above.
If you aren’t sure, don’t touch it!
If you’re sure it’s venomous, just leave it alone. Coral snakes are small, shy, and can’t bite through thick clothing.
Ok, as a biology major, y’all need to chill. Snakes this big are incredibly docile. They have been bred this way. Furthermore, the person taking care of this animal could not properly take care of them if they did not feed them regularly and well. This child is in no more danger than if she was sitting next to a big dog.
Oh, and on snake yawning, the person above is wrong (SOURCE 1; SOURCE 2)
Please don’t demonize snakes people they’re amazing creatures and clearly this one means no harm
This is almost as bad as that shitty urban legend about the snake “measuring” its owner before eating them
Snakes are precious beans unlike the gross people above who demonize and spread false information about snakes.
Honestly snakes are better than tge average person 🤷♂️
Like you shouldn’t 100% trust a big animal around a child that small but I guarantee every single person shitting on this snake owner would trust a big dog in the same situation and NO MATTER HOW SWEET A DOG HAS ALWAYS BEEN a risk is always, always present. Definitely much more of a risk than a snake, which can go weeks or months between big meals without even feeling hungry again.
I wouldn’t leave the snake alone around the kid, just in case it squeezed too much without realizing, but it’s not that dangerous of a thing. I don’t think it could fit the kid’s head in its mouth anyway, let alone the shoulders.
Fun fact: there have been only a handful of instances of a constrictor snake killing a human, and one possibly-true story of one actually eating a human. Our shoulders don’t fit through their jaws, plus we’re too tall for them to easily grab by the head+neck like they prefer to catch prey.
Plus, most large constrictors are chill as heck. Unless you starve one or do something like poke it in the eye, it’s not going to bite you.
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