Yet another reason to always have a blade

arnoldglee said:
Y'know, I don't rightly know exactly how to sever an Anaconda's head that is currently wrapped around my legs.

Knowing how impatient I am I might just break out the Remington 870 and blast its head off at about step 6....But that's just me.
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+1 ! Me too!:eek:
 
My list would be something like this:

1. DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

2. DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

3.DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

4.DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

5.DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

6.DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

7.DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

8.DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

9.DO NOT GO TO ANACONDA COUNTRY.

10. Always carry a knife.
 
Actually as new study on big constrictors found that they dont suffocate you...they put such immense pressure on you that your heart cannot beat. You die in seconds, instead of minutes. Something like 2000 lbs/sq in in under 3 seconds of constriction. Watched some animal planet show about it. Pretty impressive/scary.
 
INFI Kid wrote:

Don't go near the Everglades then.
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Speaking of the Everglades, have you guys heard of some of the non-native species that are reportedly making the 'glades a happy home? I have heard there are now a growing population of Boas and King Cobras down there now. I certainly hope the story about the cobras is NOT true. I can see it now, a year or so from now I walk out into my backyard and a 9 foot long King Cobra pops up in front of me.:eek: (insert the "peeing my pants" smiley here)

Ahhh, big snake stories, ya gotta love'em!
 
Snakes have incredible strength when it comes to wrapping around living beings. When small snakes eat mices you'll see things like eyes popping off, meals coming out of their mouth and waste products being expelled. It's also very rare for a snake to swallow feet first. When they swallow head first, the arms and legs rest at the side naturally, making the animal slide down its throat with far less resistance.
 
Yep, they swollow head first for just that reason. I have also just saw a show about snakes and it stated that when they copnstrict you, you actually die from high blood pressure. It quickly effects your heart followed by the brain. -I wonder where a large snakes internal organs are located. The brain would be the first choice obviously I guess.
 
longbow said:
No known documented cases where a constrictor ate a fully grown human too. One tried but burst or died trying.
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There have been a few documented cases of constrictors swallowing adult humans in South America. It is a rare occasion, but it does happen. A case that comes to mind is the death of dentist José Ronaldo Pereira, eaten by a 20 feet sucuri (anaconda) while he was fishing, near the town of Barra do Garças, Brazil. Children are, of course, much more common.

But Oxen and other large game are eaten on a daily basis, with weights that far exceed the average mass for adult humans. A link to recent pictures of firemen capturing an anaconda in a village, right after it ate an 150kg calf.
 
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Just more internet B.S.:barf: A person could easily walk faster than an anoconda move. I spent two years down south and the anaconda is one of the slowest moving animals on land. In fact, it's physiology is better suited for water enviornments. I've personally captured a 7.5 foot boa constrictor and the only thing it could do was snap at me trying to bite my hands as I grabbed it. Sounds like Hollywood Mythology has reached the internet.

Scott
 
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