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Anaconda attack, Would your folder save you?

i think the best"snake knife" would be a shorter machete type blade, about 14 inches would be ideal. i dunno.freaky situation when you think about it .
 
gutsy said:
i think the best"snake knife" would be a shorter machete type blade, about 14 inches would be ideal. i dunno.freaky situation when you think about it .
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Serrations would help.
 
jokrswylde said:
Reptiles have relatively small brains, but you can get to it through the eyes. If he is latched on to you, his head should be stable, so go for a stab through one of his eyes.....at least that is my plan A. Plan B involves tucking my head between my legs and kissing my arse goodbye!
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You wouldn't be able to find the head if one grabbed you for a meal.
When a large constrictor strikes a meal, the prey is lifted UP off the ground and spun in circles as the snake coils .....the coils go OVER the snakes head, burying it in the thicker coils of the snake, for the specific puposes of protecting the head and maintaining a strong grip,
And while the constriction is basically designed to suffocate the prey, they squeeze REALLY hard!
I document all my snakes meals, and 2 of the feedings I videotaped show how hard they squeeze. In one of them, a rat's eye pops part way out and it's bleeding a little from the eye, in another, the rat is bleeding from it's mouth from being squeezed, and in another one the rat's neck is pretty much torn up from the strike itself.
They also are pretty much ambush predators. With the shock and damage you would sustain from a strike and wrap from a 15-20' snake, and the fact that it would take you a while to even realize what happened, I doubt if a folder, fixed blade, or even a gun would do you any good if you were alone and ambushed.
Worst of all, you can't even play dead like they say to do if a bear attacks you, because then they swallow you, head first!
I'd like to have a larger snake then the one I have now, but I can't see how a single person could keep even a 10 footer as a pet. It would be pretty difficult to put it away by yourself if it's more than twice the length of your arms. You'd really need a friend to help you put it away whenever you took it out.
 
jerrinfla said:
You wouldn't be able to find the head if one grabbed you for a meal.
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Not necessarily. My Burmese used to eat rats, and he would sometimes takes nasty bites to the head. They usually try to strike and hold the head/neck region, but it is not alway a given.

jerrinfla said:
Worst of all, you can't even play dead like they say to do if a bear attacks you, because then they swallow you, head first!
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Yep and I am crawling striaght out the other end as fast as I can go!:thumbup:
 
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Anaconda attacks are pretty rare in New England where I grew up so when I was attacked while swimming I wasn't prepared with a large folding knife to sever the beast's crushing coils. Just when I thought I was a goner Chuck Norris happened to be jogging by and he glared a thousand-yard stare at the murderous reptile which released me and disappeared into the depths. I thanked him and told him I thought he was the greatest. He just replied "If I want your opinion I'll beat it out of you" and continued his jog.
 
mycroftt said:
Anaconda attacks are pretty rare in New England where I grew up so when I was attacked while swimming I wasn't prepared with a large folding knife to sever the beast's crushing coils. Just when I thought I was a goner Chuck Norris happened to be jogging by and he glared a thousand-yard stare at the murderous reptile which released me and disappeared into the depths. I thanked him and told him I thought he was the greatest. He just replied "If I want your opinion I'll beat it out of you" and continued his jog.
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whew! Man you are lucky he didn't kick your head off.
 
Dang I had a similar incident happen, but it was Mr T that saved me!! Imagine the odds. I heard the anaconda is going extinct because of such encounters
 
Makes me want to go camping in the everglades again.
I miss south Florida

IMO predators will usually take the easiest route, that is to say if the python is trying to kill you and have a chance to "poke" it enough times w/ your knife, it will most likely let go and leave. I guess it all depends on how many times you "poke" it
 
Years ago, one of the Herp. magazines wrote up a mid-west reptile dealer that got wrapped up while feeding a reticulated python he owned. Although he was able to gut the snake with his knife, a Ka-Bar, and had help unwrapping it, it still left him with heavy blood loss, and a few weeks in the hospital.
 
Since I'm a Texan, I'd have to give the knife to the snake to make it a fair fight.
 
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