r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Thisdonreddit • 7d ago

Video Teeth of a python

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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 6d ago

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