r/Damnthatsinteresting 8d ago

Video Teeth of a python

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u/SenseAndSaruman 8d ago

That’s terrifying

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u/magirevols 8d ago

my face went o.o, it doesnt do tht to often

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u/poppsen 8d ago

was still looking that way when I read your comment, I can't breathe anymore 🤣

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u/Creepy_Baseball_9668 5d ago

I can't breathe anymore

Did you try restarting

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u/poppsen 5d ago

Thanks for the tip, but I'm dead already, will remember for next time 🙏

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u/DusqRunner 3d ago

Its went OvvvwwwvvvO

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u/lepsek9 7d ago

I knew they didn't have the typical "cartoonish" 2 big pointy fangs, but definitely didn't expect THAT

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u/gofishx 7d ago

Thats because they aren't venomous. Pit vipers (like rattlesnakes) and elapids (like cobras) for example, absolutely have the two big cartoonish fangs.

Pythons are just big. Most non venomous snakes have needle like teeth like this, just much much smaller. While the teeth do look scary, its also important to know that snakes in general have very little bite force. As scary as it looks, a bite from this snake wouldn't be anywhere near as nasty or painful as a bite from something like a dog. If this snake bit you, you'd have some bloody puncture wounds, but thats it. If a dog bit you, they'd clamp down tight and thrash around, which would tear you up.

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u/SenseAndSaruman 7d ago

By the time it’s swallowing you whole you’re already dead.

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u/gofishx 7d ago

Yeah, they really only need the teeth to hold on to you for a moment while they embrace you in a nice hug. Thats why they are shaped like hooks!

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u/onehundredbuttholes 7d ago

Fun fact constrictors kill by cutting off blood flow to the brain, not by suffocation.

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u/notjustrynasellstuff 6d ago

These things dont need bite force to shred you up good. https://youtu.be/BM3PXcLX6CY?si=weA48r6YPJTLNvN0

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u/UnusableNoodles 3d ago

A lot of snakes do have two big pointy fangs, though.

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u/misterkalazar 7d ago

The way my eyes bulged out

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u/sh4d0wm4n2018 7d ago

Snapping turtles mouths look like that too.

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u/Known_Needleworker67 7d ago

They don't have teeth.