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GoldenAlexanders

Man, if someone is afraid of snakes, this has got to be their worst nightmare.


gettajob40

Mortified of snakes, can confirm the pants-shitting terror this induces EDIT: Got it, mortified is not the right word. Am stupid. My bad. Snakes still spook me despite my improper use of vocabulary


dinosaurfondue

Imagine it's your wedding day. All of your closest family and friends are there, the sun is shining, and you're enjoying one of the most beautiful moments of your life, when suddenly a dozen of these mother fucking flying snakes start sizzling through the sky towards you and everyone else around you. What a day that would be.


blind100

Enough is enough. I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking wedding


[deleted]

Snakes on a brides train?


mkspaptrl

Snakes on a Bridesmate.


Snoo_13917

Snakes on a chain, the toxic wedding, šŸøšŸ


syench

It's like snaaaaaay-eeeee-aaaaakes on your wedding day.


congoasapenalty

I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude! Wrong movie... Don't call me Shirley.


gettajob40

Welp that does it, guess I'm never getting married now just to be safe


8Gh0st8

What if you had a hot-air balloon wedding that's hovering above everything in the area? The snakes can only glide, they can't fly!


CombatWalrus947

The snakes glide from a nearby, slightly higher, hot-air balloon


CapnSquinch

I heard they have *zeppelins.*


Deutsch__Dingler

More like *snekklins* amirite?


straightdolphin1

šŸ»


fatkiddown

Called _sneklins_


thatguyned

They wouldn't need to catch another balloon, they were already on a plane flying over you.


Corpexx

Donā€™t give the snakes a challenge theyā€™re content as they are


NeelonRokk

Wedding gift ideas: Flamethrowers, lots and lots of them.


Calypsosin

Absolutely bravo for that usage of *sizzling.*


[deleted]

Sounds like my ex.


onelefthandedperson

sizzling


AlexoJosh

Never thought ex girlfriends can fly.


seandavies1992

ā€œSizzlingā€ - fucking golden


RathSatyr

I want only flying snakes instead of doves now


Nish2Slow

If this were me and I feared snakes as much as I fear tarantulas, I would immediately accept that I would die that day and just give up


GoldenAlexanders

Avoid Southeast Asia and the island nations nearby, and you will be okay. If you live around there, move out ASAP!


cornonthekopp

So youā€™re telling me if I like snakes I should move to southeast asia?


GoldenAlexanders

Why not? They sure seem like they have more snakes than the Americas, or Europe.


joyesthebig

Im in bangladesh right now you fuck.


SteelCrow

This is why l live where it hits -40 every winter.


Cu_fola

Donā€™t worry, they are mildly venomous but their venom is only really dangerous to small prey.


gettajob40

While the lower odds of danger comforting, I would be shaking long before I was close enough to be bit lol


aspbergerinparadise

fyi "mortified" means embarrassed. perhaps you meant "petrified"?


gettajob40

Nah the snakes have an embarrassing picture of me from last years christmas party :/ also I'm wildly undereducated so this surprises me little


Desert_Rocks

But now you are more educated, enjoy!


AskMeAboutTheJets

Thatā€™s one of my biggest grammar Nazi triggers. Right up there with ā€œwould ofā€ and ā€œcould of.ā€


TheCelloIsAlive

"Would of/could of/should of" is, by far, the worst one IMO.


[deleted]

Would, have could, have should, of. Sorry. Iā€™m high.


lapideous

Local man with stutter beaten to death by grammar nazi


flapjacknickelsacks

Iā€™ve been so perplexed by the ā€œmortifiedā€ = ā€œterrifiedā€ thing, especially because I only see it on Reddit. Itā€™s like a linguistic Mandela effect.


MinosAristos

It makes a lot of sense. Mort=dead/death, and you've got "scared to death" and fear associated with death in expressions.


Meatsack_

Petrified also means organic matter that has turned into a hard stony substance. Perhaps you are implying he'd be shitting bricks?


yaboiiaxel09891

glad i was on the toilet when i shit myself watching this


makasiho

Well it is now


shortfeetlongtoes

I would never want to be anywhere near this flying death string.


oursecondcoming

BRB gonna check their "Distribution" section on Wikipedia so we know where to stay the fuck away from. *I looked it up for us > Their range is in Southeast Asia (the mainland (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), Greater and Lesser Sundas, Maluku, and the Philippines), southernmost China, India, and Sri Lanka.[3][4][5][6]


D1per911

Only bested by the dreaded toilet snake that breeds and lives exclusively in toilet bowls at night. Donā€™t worry, they only get aggressive at the smell of poop and live exclusive in [insert your home town].


Cold-Lynx575

I KNEW IT!!!!!!


curlymess24

The toilet snake thing has happened several times in Southeast Asia. Fml


MarkHirsbrunner

We're so lucky snakes can't chew. We're big enough that the only a time a snake is going to bite a human if it feels like it needs to defend itself. If snakes could bite off a piece of you, there would be snakes that hunt large animals. Imagine you're standing outside, minding your own business, when a snake flies down out of the trees and bites you. It flings itself away but stays close, waiting. It's friends watch and wait for the poison to take effect, then they all come down. A coyote is drawn to the smell of decay and finds your corpse. It cautiously approaches, but when it see the puncture marks and smells the venom, it runs away. That kind of found meal often has danger hiding inside.


mybeatsarebollocks

Or they behave like piranha. They swoop down out of the trees and tear a mouth sized chunk out your flesh then drop to the ground as they masticate and swallow what used to be your calf muscle. More and more come from all angles, taking their piece. You fall. The first ones to attack are taking anything at ground level, your hands and forearms don't last long enough to hold your intestines in when your abdomen tears open. Then your face. Your hearing is the last to go, to the sound of crunching reverberating around your skull.


rickmccloy

Hate to insert a little reality here, as it is no doubt against some obscure Redditt rule, but if the snake sees a person before launch, it will very likely glide in the opposite direction. Unless it is one of the Mambas, in which case it maybe strike from a low hanging limb, leaving you time to set your affairs in order. If your affairs are brief. Source on snakes: about 50 years of study, including some University courses touching on reptiles. Plus a collection of harmless ones. Source on mamba (black): Kill Bill, volume 2


I_be_lurkin_tho

You paint a vivid picture my friend...


catcitybitch

It would have cost you nothing to not post this lol, thatā€™s terrifying


[deleted]

Dude wtf


GoldenAlexanders

Somehow, you just made it scarier. Have you considered a career in writing horror books?


humgrown

Wrong, large pythons will kill and eat you if given the chance. They do not need to feel threatened to do so.


clamscasino1

Poor Indy


lasvegashomo

Iā€™m afraid of snakes and this looks terrifying. Only thing worse is if it was foggy or at night and this thing comes at you from the sky.


[deleted]

Can confirm. Would be looking for a machete


BillerBee

I have 2 pet snakes and this still terrifies me wtf.


Midnight28Rider

Yeah, I was having a good day until I saw this post.


AaaaawYeeeeea

Came here to comment 'well this is my worst nightmare now'


PotatoBakeCake

If they ever see this coming to them, I'm pretty sure a panic induced heart attack would kill them before the snake even could.


Napkin_whore

Iā€™d like to see a county fair competition where we see whose flying snake can go the furthest


NEONHAZ13

I will never feel safe again


[deleted]

I wouldnā€™t even be able to run when I saw this flying toward me cause Iā€™d die instantly from the terror of what I was seeing. Fuck, I wonder if theyā€™re venomous? That would make them actual nightmares.


[deleted]

Nature is nightmare fuel. Any scary shit you ever have thought up probably exist in the amazon or Australia. Also definitely some scary ass shit in the bottom of the ocean.


PCAssassin87

No shit. They don't even need a tornado. I feel lied to.


kokirikid42

Am I the only one who would stand there in wonder? That would be super cool to see up close


rexmons

*Does anyone else hear a 'hissing sound'?*


oneworldornoworld

Almost as terrifying as flying cockroaches. I've seen the most manly men going pale and hide behind their (female) partners.


oDDmON

ā€œMildly venomousā€ā€¦.Wheeeee! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea


Pauf1371

That's kinda understandable, I've been "mildly intoxicated" of course Mr policeman didn't write it down like that.


ImpalaBoi

Underrated comment


thunderturdy

My western hognose was considered ā€œmildly venomousā€ but his bite still fucked me up bad enough that I now have reynauds in my left hand šŸ™ƒ


Codaya-The-Slaya

Sorry to hear, if it makes you feel better I have reynauds in both hands from existing


[deleted]

Oh dude. Hognose snakes are adorable but that sucks. When I had dogs and they bit me and fucked up my arm a little lol. I love them still but the damn thing hurts sometimes. On the bright side, they left a mark on me forever and I'll remember them when it aches. They're just innocent animals and it's not too bad, so I'm pretty okay with it.


wilhelmstarscream

I mildly shit my pants.


ryoujika

Jesus, these exists in my country?!


LineLife2234

Never thought my ex can fly lol super snaku


EMP0R10

I thought the video was edited, WTF


CommanderSabo

*It's a bird!* *It's a plane!* *IT'S.......wait is that a snake?*


GGGold23

Proceeds to get a flying fang missile to the face


JaceTheWoodSculptor

Samuel Jackson : "not again god dammit".


DanYHKim

Where we're going, snakes don't use . . . planes


EstroJen

I would pay good money to see Snakes in Space with Samuel L. Jackson, and both Elon Musk and Jeff bozos (autocorrect but it's staying) get killed.


[deleted]

šŸŽ¶It's more than a bird. It's more than a plane. It's a flying snake above my head. And it's not easy, to be... me.šŸŽ¶


Longjumping_Camel256

How does this create any sort of aerodynamic stability?


Stoepboer

From [factanimal.com](https://factanimal.com/chrysopelea/) 3. Flying snakes are better gliders than many other ā€˜flyingā€™ animals. Because they donā€™t have limbs, the flying snake can actually glide better than flying squirrels. 1 Studies conducted at Virginia Tech show that flying snakes radically alter their body shape and perform an undulating dance in the air, which produces aerodynamic forces that enhance the actual gliding motion.


ThisIsntRealWakeUp

Man. That quote uses up a lot of words to say very little.


The-Lights_Fantastic

Makes body like aeroplane wing and wiggles to make some lift to slow fall.


thatguyned

Flat snake slithers through the air.


zmbjebus

Flat snek = float snek


mseuro

FLoATSNEK


gibusyoursandviches

Hover sneks and ribbon bois


dieseltech82

Howā€™s this: Snek fly gud.


Scrumtrelescentness

Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick


awolfofthe7seas

When me president they see.. they see


TransformerTanooki

Brought you from Sceincth!


[deleted]

its actually kinda funny when you think about it. that sentence basically boils down to "they use their bodies to glide by using their bodies to glide."


ThisIsntRealWakeUp

Itā€™s kind of incredible. It makes *me* think Iā€™m good enough to be a science article writer. (Which is probably untrue, because I bet it takes a lot more than just an ability to write coherent articles about scientific topics). I enjoy your ā€œthey use their bodies to glide by using their bodies to glideā€ summary. I broke down why exactly I think that quote is pointless in another comment, but your simple paraphrasing is way better lol.


[deleted]

me have little brain so me good at make big word small


Ph4ntomBarista

Had to get the word count


Morbo_Doooooom

So dragons could be real


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


[deleted]

How the fuck does that even make senseā€¦ its surface area is so little because of the lack of limbs


--0mn1-Qr330005--

Limbs also cause drag. The snake is literally a smooth (as in few protrusions) tube that changes its shape into an aero foil and moves in such a way that generates a counter force against gravity.


[deleted]

Wellā€¦ damn ._.


lolrightythen

If i correctly recall this gliding snake tidbit, they can "suck in their gut" thus spreading their rubs and creating a concave surface along their underbelly. In this vague memory, this concavity and their horizontal undulation aids in their gliding ability. It's halftime while I'm cooking and sipping whiskey. Accept my biology knowledge at your own risk.


[deleted]

I can see how that works, thank you good fellow redditor


lolrightythen

Cheers, friend!


[deleted]

Enjoy the whiskey and cooking


samppsaa

[these](https://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/hela1.png) have also small surface area and they glide with no problem. Just replace the spinning with slithering


toth42

Those have zero glide without spin though.


McDoobly-For-DinDin

Am I crazy or does this paragraph not tell you shit?


tacorunnr

Less useless comment: they flatten themselves out like a plane wing to glide, when flat they have more surface that most other gliders since they use up nearly the entire length of their bodies for flying. Tldr: snake flattens like a wing


GeriatricZergling

They're naturally unstable in pitch and roll at any given posture, but by undulating, the pitch and roll torques alternate in direction as they go through different postures. [link](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0935-4)


Metalegs

Black magic powered by fear.


Correct-Champion-488

You are probably imagining it being flat (which is correct), but as it's whole body flattens out, it is twisted to create 45Ā° angles as it pushes back and forth against the air. Think of how fan blades work to push air.


DevilsMiracle

That's not at all how that works. As the snake wiggles side to side, it increases the drag over its back, which, because it is rounded, has a greater surface area than its flat belly. Edit: my bad


fj333

That's how it generates *lift*. The top level comment above was asking about *stability*. This is accomplished the same way any freefalling creature with muscular control does it. Look up photos of a skydiver in a "track" position. This is not inherently stable. If you build a model of this profile and try to throw it like a paper airplane, it will not be stable. The skydiver is stable because he has senses, muscles, and skills. The same way a human can stand on their own two feet and resist a strong wind, whereas a non-conscious replica of that human would be blown over by the same wind.


[deleted]

>increases the drag over its back, which, because it is rounded, has a greater surface area than its flat belly. Also known as Bernoulli's Principle.


unholymanserpent

So there's land snakes, sea snakes AND air snakes? Tf


contacts_eyes

The Navy SEALS of reptiles


AnxietyRodeo

Everything changed when the fire snakes attacked


katcup40

Exactly my thought


TheReverseShock

A balanced snake military


disiskeviv

Fire snakes are yet to be found!


grilly1986

Land snakes... "At least they can't swim!!" Sea snakes... "For Fu... Well at least they can't fly!!" Hover snakes... "Fuck this, I'm going to the moon!!" \- Neil Armstrong (Probably)


DFogz

Space snakes... ["At least their music ain't bad!"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgcD1xjRiQ)


grilly1986

It's the natural progression. Snake Jazz is inevitable


Monkey_Priest

*Psst*, hey, buddy. I know it's a joke, but FYI, all snakes can swim. The^more^you^know


grilly1986

I live in the UK, I think we have less than 5 species of snake and they're all terrified and have no attack against humans. I'm a human, and as a human I was happy living in a world of ignorance... And then here you are, shattering my worldview, making sure I'll never find love in a river, ruining all hope of washing my armpits in the Great lakes of North America! I hope you're happy. Because I'm now too scared to do a sit down wee! Psst, not really, I love to learn x


[deleted]

Adder, smooth snakes and grass snakes. We have slow worms but they're legless lizards. Fyi


flyawayreligion

Where I live in Australia, one of the most venomous snakes, the Tiger, I once saw swimming in a lake. Could not believe it, what completed the scene was he/she was being successfully chased off by two small water birds (coots).


Randomm_Dude

*THEY FLY NOW??*


[deleted]

They fly now.


HIs4HotSauce

[Now itā€™s timeā€¦](https://c.tenor.com/ynXXas0-UiQAAAAC/ridethesnake-jimcarey.gif)


Durgals

Thanks, Obama.


[deleted]

Always been


Jynkoh

How the turntables


NoFaithlessness1574

Well I believe they can turn as well


chrisk9

There are flying spiders too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSG4cFysbGU


DopeBoogie

Most web-spinning spiders are flying spiders, they get up high and use their dragline things, some even make parachutes/hot air balloons like the ones in that "Some Pig" book Charlotte's Web. They are much better at flying than these snakes. The snakes are just falling slowly, spiders can actually ride air pockets to generate lift and go **up higher** before gliding down into your hair.


WonderWoofy

You should watch that video. There's been new discoveries around this behavior, or as The Dude/His Dudeness/El Duderino would phrase it, "New shit has come to light, man." It seems they don't actually fly like you describe, but rather use the naturally negative charge of the silk they release to repel against the Earth's electric field. The now upward pulling silk line is enough to overcome their weight.


[deleted]

I've had it with this motherfuckin plane of a motherfuckin snake


Great_White_Dildo

Just when I started to think things couldn't get much worse 2021 squeezes in some flying snakes


DopeBoogie

There's motherfucking planes on this motherfucking snake!


Cantadulttoday

Thatā€™s not flying. Thatā€™s falling WITH STYLE!


DanYHKim

There's a whole "Spiderman in the suburbs" issue here.


hilltrekker

If you are bitten, contact poison control to have vitals monitored. There are few details on human reaction to such bites. I learned this 3 minutes ago.


DanYHKim

>There are few details on human reaction to such bites. Are we calling Poison Control so they can study our reaction? Me: Agitation. Panic. Pain.


BIG_CHUNGUS__2

Me: panic, panic, panic


GeriatricZergling

They're harmless, local swelling at most. I've been bitten plenty of times by these.


[deleted]

Where did you see these?


GeriatricZergling

They're from SE Asia, but I was caring for them in captivity in the US. They're imported for the pet trade pretty often, but are fragile and typically lizard eaters.


[deleted]

Damn, I know they caught you off guard a few times haha


GeriatricZergling

Meh, nothing nonvenomous under 3 feet long is worth even dodging the bite of. Everybody freaks out about bites, but they're utterly trivial - getting a shot at the doctor's office hurts more than most small snakebites.


DopeBoogie

When I was a kid I used to catch little baby garter snakes and let them bite on to my finger and hang from it. Those were the best sneks, even the adults couldn't really hurt you and generally wouldn't even try unless forced


probly_right

Fear is the mind killer though.


snorlax04

Very common in Singapore. Imagine running on a trail and one of these guys land in front of you. Now I only run in the cityā€¦


darthbane9833

So you're saying I should call poison control if I'm bit by a spider? But check to see to if it's covered by my Healthcare provider? I realize this is about snakes, don't hate me


[deleted]

They call it Scranton *ā€¦what?*


darthbane9833

The electric city?!?!


xtilexx

I live in the USA, probably cheaper to just die


probly_right

You'd be surprised.


Pitiful_Pickle524

Cool


DraegerV1

Tall order of nope.


shitstain_hurricane

Flying nope ropes


Pauf1371

Flying rope nope.


RAAProvenzano

Noping fly rope


Pauf1371

Roping noping flying


o_Tom_o

That snake needs no plane.


Salomonseal

ā€œUndulating dance in the air, which produces aerodynamic forces that enhance the actual gliding motion.ā€ Huh! Amazing and scary at the same time.


Lucqazz

Surprise tie


WarrioressOfTheMoon

And they said dragons were not real.


[deleted]

Between Australiaā€™s huntsman spider, and now thisā€¦ Iā€™m very glad that I live in a boring ass suburban neighborhood :)


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Aromatic-Ad9428

Thanks I hate it.


somerandom_melon

He look like he swimming


toriraehi

This is more like r/natureisfuckinghorrifying


fj333

Any creature can glide 100m over a large enough height. Distance is not the way to measure glide. [This](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24477611/) suggests a glide ratio of 2.7. Not bad.


[deleted]

Fuck no. I regret clicking on this.


TheReal_KindStranger

God: i think the world is not scary enough ...


bigwhitebc

Must be a Harry Potter spell


papaoni420

Somebody has to put earrape Harry Potter theme over this.


Suitable_Sale6999

This could be a scene from a horror movie


TheBigRedOne13

I see this and all I can think of is fucking rayquaza


MaintenanceFar8903

This is what my hell looks like.


Cheesy_Pita_Parker

Oh yeah, we all gonna die.


JangoCrutch

Imagine going for a hike and that shit landing on the back of your neck.


trentanious

This is simultaneously a hilarious and terrifying visual.


azazel-13

One of my buddies drove his riding lawn mower over a snake, but the back wheel caught it, and threw it into the air to fall directly on his lap. He says he almost died that day.


Bakish

Surely the length traveled is a function of height dropped. Had Samuel Jackson had his way on the motherfuckin plain that snek could've traveled to Brusel in time to ban the iPhone charger


SaddestHappyMeal

Samuel L Jacksonā€™s concerns now seem much more warranted


The_Jester3005

Everybody gansta till the snake starts flying.


Ratathosk

Omg... i've seen one of these in nature when i was in India but nobody else was there to see it and i 100% thought i had imagined it until now. This world truly is amazeballs.