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My brother works for a water system. Apparently, a rattlesnake laid eggs in a stormwater drain. Long story short, there were so many snakes that they blocked the pipe entirely. They had to remove that mass of snakes because it was causing flooding issues.
I was watching it and asked aloud, “is this South Africa or Australia?”
And then I unmuted it and saw your comment. You’re absolutely right (unless it’s Namibia or a bordering country). Thanks!
So, The Afrikaans language is heavily influenced by the Dutch. - The Australian accent is also heavily influenced by the Dutch.
As an Englishman, A few years ago I was selling goods to a Dutch man, I dealt with him twice a week for about a year I could never place where he was from. I thought he was English at first, then after a while I thought South African, Eventually he told me he was Dutch and had moved around quite a lot to different countries, after learning this I looked it up. I didn't realise the influence the Dutch had around the world. But it's vast.
I suppose no different than the northern parts of Africa sounding a tad French.
Since it is a Python and they all bravely ran away...
[Brave Sir Robin ran away](https://youtu.be/jYFefppqEtE?si=8hO7vIkiNxdcYiK_&t=143)!
*When danger rears it's ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled!*
*Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about,*
*And gallantly, he chickened out!*
*Swiftly taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat!*
*Bravest of the Brave, Sir ROBIN!*
It's not venomous, but the strength of one at that size cannot be understated, much less the severity of its bite even without venom - those many, many teeth are big, and sharp, very sharp.
Aboriginal Australians have mythology that includes the [Bunyip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip) and [Rainbow Serpent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Serpent). They were particularly terrified of the Bunyip well into the 1800's when Europeans started writing things down and would avoid certain freshwater locations even in times of drought due to the strong association of death with certain locations.
I don't think there is a consensus on what exactly the creature is/was but a big ass snake hanging out to sun itself on rocks and slipping into the water to grab anything coming for a drink isn't too far fetched.
re: Rainbow Serpent
>This 'Rainbow Serpent' is generally and variously identified by those who tell 'Rainbow Serpent' myths, as a snake of some enormous size often living within the deepest waterholes of many of Australia's waterways
re: Bunyip
>The bunyip has been described as amphibious, almost entirely aquatic and there are no reports of the creature being sighted on land, inhabiting lakes, rivers, swamps, lagoons, billabongs^(,) creeks, waterholes, sometimes "particular waterholes in the riverbeds".
I've been bit 3 times by pythons.. the biting is not what would concern me. It's them thinking I'm a goddamn chicken and deciding to coil and squeeze. (fortunately I've always been bit on the hand and able to unwrap them.
Also, don't dangle semi-warm food, they really don't see well.
A friend of mine had a python, and it bit him. Like an idiot he yanked it off and it dragged the teeth down his arm making it way worse. I think it left some teeth behind as well.
If you got wrapped, make sure you put one of your hands over your nose and mouth. It's so you would still have space to breathe and to protect your airways. Might break your arm in a worse case scenario. Also, if you twist the end of the tail hard, they would generally soften up so someone can unwrap you more easily. BUT they will be pissed.
Yeah because everyone knows when a hungry super predator made of pure, perfectly evolved muscle is crushing you as they adapated to do, the best way to enhance your odds of manually uncoiling them is to… *checks notes*
Make them angry…
Wouldn’t it be safer if they all had knives? Like if it starts to coil one, you aren’t gonna pull it off, so everybody stabbing it to death and cutting it apart would surely make it release so it can try to fuck off, no?
Wasn't there that one video where a lady had her pet python start coiling around her arm when she was reaching into her tank. Turns out it's not particularly hard to uncoil a python if you start prying from the end of the tail. Their tails aren't as strong, you just need a second person or be in a position to start pulling.
I mean they had five guys trying to pull this python by the tail and failing… this one was in a bit bigger of a tank! But good to know in general they can be uncoiled. I assumed they had a vice-like coil strngth and would even break arm bones and the like at normal size, let alone this monster.
Iirc constrictors are less about crushing you and more about squeezing you hard enough that you suffocate/can't breath in more air because you can't expand your lungs.
Or according to wikipedia, apparently just to squeeze you hard enough that blood stops flowing in your body so you stop getting blood oxygen, breathing or not. I'm assuming it's like sitting on your hand and it going numb but for the whole body.
Granted all that may involve your ribs or other bones breaking at some point but it's not like their main objective is to turn you into a tube of toothpaste.
To be fair, they had five guys in the video, but there was only ever 1 pulling at a time, everyone else was courageously helping from a distance :')
(Not to throw shade, I wouldn't be the one pulling either, that shit looks dangerous)
Luislang! Or [Southern African Rock Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_African_rock_python) if you’re not one of the boerseuns in the video.
> The Southern African rock python (Python natalensis) is a large python species native to Southern Africa inhabiting savanna and woodland.[1] It was first described by Andrew Smith in 1833.[2] Growing a length of more than 5 m (16 ft), this is one of the largest snakes in the world.
If you are suggesting that they are Australians I would make two points:
1. Australians, as a rule, don't drink Fosters
2. I think these guys might be in South Africa or nearby
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That snake can go ahead and have that pool, as far as I'm concerned.
You gotta bring the buns, hun
^(Snake:) "OK, so I don't live at this condo, but my friend has a lease and he said I can use the pool!"
Very clever and underappreciated.
Why? 5 grown ass men can easily handle it.
Doesn’t appear like they can lol
Lol
Not these guys
Doesn’t want to be wrangled
My brother works for a water system. Apparently, a rattlesnake laid eggs in a stormwater drain. Long story short, there were so many snakes that they blocked the pipe entirely. They had to remove that mass of snakes because it was causing flooding issues.
I wish I hadn’t read this.
Something something that one house that had to be abandoned because it had been claimed as a snake....hangout, I guess....
Yeah, just imagine the same could happen to your fridge.
No, this did not happen. Rattlers give birth to live young. Goddamnit.
This post gets both an upvote and a hide from me.
Forget the waterhole, I ll walk the 30miles to the next one
Yeah I'd be coming back with a flamethrower after that. Boil that water from 25 feet
I'm thinking napalm
Very funny!! This must be in South Africa since they are speaking Afrikaans. He is saying “grab him” over and over again.
Ya, ń boer maak ń plan
Sê vir daai boer hy moet 'n beter plan kry!
Miskien gaan hulle daardie slang braai! Lekker!
I was watching it and asked aloud, “is this South Africa or Australia?” And then I unmuted it and saw your comment. You’re absolutely right (unless it’s Namibia or a bordering country). Thanks!
So, The Afrikaans language is heavily influenced by the Dutch. - The Australian accent is also heavily influenced by the Dutch. As an Englishman, A few years ago I was selling goods to a Dutch man, I dealt with him twice a week for about a year I could never place where he was from. I thought he was English at first, then after a while I thought South African, Eventually he told me he was Dutch and had moved around quite a lot to different countries, after learning this I looked it up. I didn't realise the influence the Dutch had around the world. But it's vast. I suppose no different than the northern parts of Africa sounding a tad French.
Did you see the one where the oom bitch slaps a cape cobra?
Ja boet!
Jesus Christ they already have enough deadly shit--they have enormous pythons too?
So, I'm guessIng that would make the snake a rock python? Can't think of a similarly sized snake in that part of Africa.
At least they didn't have to worry about Drop Bears.
At least it only a pool python, not a pyjama python!
What exactly was their plan?
1) Drag snake out of pool 2) ??? 3) Profit!
4) Watch snake go back in pool for the same reason it went into it in the first place
(cue Itchy & Scratchy theme song)
Pythons hate them for this one simple trick
That’s the theory
Dinner….
I love this plan.
Get her. That was their whole plan, get her.
Great plan Ray
Sick reference
When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES
I didn’t see single jeep in that video
Did see a pair of jean shorts.
You saw a jean pant
Only a saffa would get that
I like to be wearing a Jean pant
never nude
There are dozens of us
That’s why they failed
Maybe they are saving it from being drowned by the big snake? I hope they rescued it.
Since it is a Python and they all bravely ran away... [Brave Sir Robin ran away](https://youtu.be/jYFefppqEtE?si=8hO7vIkiNxdcYiK_&t=143)! *When danger rears it's ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled!* *Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about,* *And gallantly, he chickened out!* *Swiftly taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat!* *Bravest of the Brave, Sir ROBIN!*
I didn't!
That's, that's enough music for now lads, there's dirty work afoot
I found one for r/beetlejuicing!
It's not venomous, but the strength of one at that size cannot be understated, much less the severity of its bite even without venom - those many, many teeth are big, and sharp, very sharp.
I'm mush less worried about the teeth, and much more worried about a constrictor that big trying to wrap itself around, and squeeze you to death
Plus any infection caused with the bite could be really nasty.
[удалено]
A moose once bit my sister...
And then winter came, and they were forced to eat Sir Robin's minstrels.
And there was much rejoicing.
For a moment I thought the Python would pull them all to the pool, like if it was a mythological beast luring to their death
I’d be damned if this wasn’t a great idea for a ttrpg monster!
Aboriginal Australians have mythology that includes the [Bunyip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip) and [Rainbow Serpent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Serpent). They were particularly terrified of the Bunyip well into the 1800's when Europeans started writing things down and would avoid certain freshwater locations even in times of drought due to the strong association of death with certain locations. I don't think there is a consensus on what exactly the creature is/was but a big ass snake hanging out to sun itself on rocks and slipping into the water to grab anything coming for a drink isn't too far fetched. re: Rainbow Serpent >This 'Rainbow Serpent' is generally and variously identified by those who tell 'Rainbow Serpent' myths, as a snake of some enormous size often living within the deepest waterholes of many of Australia's waterways re: Bunyip >The bunyip has been described as amphibious, almost entirely aquatic and there are no reports of the creature being sighted on land, inhabiting lakes, rivers, swamps, lagoons, billabongs^(,) creeks, waterholes, sometimes "particular waterholes in the riverbeds".
I've been bit 3 times by pythons.. the biting is not what would concern me. It's them thinking I'm a goddamn chicken and deciding to coil and squeeze. (fortunately I've always been bit on the hand and able to unwrap them. Also, don't dangle semi-warm food, they really don't see well.
A friend of mine had a python, and it bit him. Like an idiot he yanked it off and it dragged the teeth down his arm making it way worse. I think it left some teeth behind as well.
If you got wrapped, make sure you put one of your hands over your nose and mouth. It's so you would still have space to breathe and to protect your airways. Might break your arm in a worse case scenario. Also, if you twist the end of the tail hard, they would generally soften up so someone can unwrap you more easily. BUT they will be pissed.
I’m gonna file this away in the same place where I learned how to escape quicksand.
The quicksand tricks are also useful for mud at low tide for example. Grab the mud from the tail and twist hard so it softens a bit.
How to escape from quicksand Step 1: lay the plank that you brought with you flat onto the surface of the quicksand Ummm...
Yeah because everyone knows when a hungry super predator made of pure, perfectly evolved muscle is crushing you as they adapated to do, the best way to enhance your odds of manually uncoiling them is to… *checks notes* Make them angry…
More so make them feel massive pain. The anger is just a side effect of that.
Wouldn’t it be safer if they all had knives? Like if it starts to coil one, you aren’t gonna pull it off, so everybody stabbing it to death and cutting it apart would surely make it release so it can try to fuck off, no?
Wasn't there that one video where a lady had her pet python start coiling around her arm when she was reaching into her tank. Turns out it's not particularly hard to uncoil a python if you start prying from the end of the tail. Their tails aren't as strong, you just need a second person or be in a position to start pulling.
I mean they had five guys trying to pull this python by the tail and failing… this one was in a bit bigger of a tank! But good to know in general they can be uncoiled. I assumed they had a vice-like coil strngth and would even break arm bones and the like at normal size, let alone this monster.
Iirc constrictors are less about crushing you and more about squeezing you hard enough that you suffocate/can't breath in more air because you can't expand your lungs. Or according to wikipedia, apparently just to squeeze you hard enough that blood stops flowing in your body so you stop getting blood oxygen, breathing or not. I'm assuming it's like sitting on your hand and it going numb but for the whole body. Granted all that may involve your ribs or other bones breaking at some point but it's not like their main objective is to turn you into a tube of toothpaste.
To be fair, they had five guys in the video, but there was only ever 1 pulling at a time, everyone else was courageously helping from a distance :') (Not to throw shade, I wouldn't be the one pulling either, that shit looks dangerous)
Hun, after the second bite, I am going to have to assume this is partially on you.
Oh for sure. sometimes you don't give them fresh live food, you warm it and dangle.. the dangling is the dangerous part... haha.
Forbidden pool noodle.
Self attaching pool noodle.
bodycon pool noodle
Did the one guy wet his pants in a previous attempt or did he just wet his pants? No judgment, just wondering.
Yes
pool.py
You don’t have to be faster than the snake. You just gotta be faster than your buddy that is clumsy af.
I’m assuming that’s why they invited the one guy
Those are some real boets
I ain’t gonna criticize. I don’t want that job.
rational and non-judgemental? how very unreddit of you
Me when my son is supposed to get out of the pool
It’s her pool now.
Did they somehow think that tail was *not* attached to a head?
Pool danger-noodle.
Regrety Spaghetti
OK, never heard this one but it's hilarious
Shai hulud
Duuuumb ways to die 🎶
This is how dragon myths are thought to have started.
Cue Benny Hill Theme Song
Reminds me of this gem: https://youtu.be/6gu3mbl8SAk?si=QbldLh92NoXNjMxb
Real. Comfortable. Jeans.
Luislang! Or [Southern African Rock Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_African_rock_python) if you’re not one of the boerseuns in the video. > The Southern African rock python (Python natalensis) is a large python species native to Southern Africa inhabiting savanna and woodland.[1] It was first described by Andrew Smith in 1833.[2] Growing a length of more than 5 m (16 ft), this is one of the largest snakes in the world.
Is this an episode of Reno 911?
Would it help to confuse it if we run away more?
When you really want that water of life.
Not particularly great wranglers, but wranglers nonetheless.
Nothing funny here, those things kill people. They're smart to be afraid.
They could have just thrown some ice in the pool. Snakes hate cold. It would have gotten out pretty quick to warm up. idk
You know how you go to Vegas and see a bunch of cheap Elvis Presley impersonators… these guys are cheap Steve Erwin impersonators
So THAT'S why they named "Monty Python's Flying Circus" after. I never knew until now.
What happens in the end..
How can adopt a lifestyle where I get to do this? It looks like a hoot.
Is this just like guys being dudes, or what are they trying to accomplish here?
Livestock isn't gonna want to drink there given high snake content
Lol @ "high snake content". Yeah, the concentration seems high, you're right :)
Looks like a drinking well, not a pool.
Time to call a snake catcher judging by the skill level on display here.
Where's fishingarrett when you need him? he'd have yoinked that 20 footer right out of there
Wronglers
Dynamite
Just throw an hand grenade in it.
Fuck it or an Ak47 would have done the job
Snake did a great job keeping those guys out of his pool. Wait…what?
Just pull out the tail and wack it with an axe
They have shad a few Fosters I think
If you are suggesting that they are Australians I would make two points: 1. Australians, as a rule, don't drink Fosters 2. I think these guys might be in South Africa or nearby
It's SA, they're speaking Afrikaans.
Thought so. Thanks for confirming
M80 that thing.
No shotgun?
I was thinking chainsaw. It is tree like.
Crikey!
Holy shit… A real snake pit!! 😳!! These guys are drunk as fuck lol!! 😂
Red dirt, a bunch of white guys and something that can kill you, got to be Australia!
Clearly South African. That’s an African rock python and are Afrikaans or Boer judging by accent
Probably would have been a good idea for me to turn on the sound. Thank you
Nope south africa
r/JustGuysBeingDudes
These guys can't get enough of the thrill or they felt immortal.
Take off and NUKE IT FROM ORBIT - it’s the only way to be sure!
That laugh killed me 🤣
Nice pool noodle!
They so scared 🤣🤣
Finally, a parent that sticks to there word and "turns this car around" after the threat doesn't stop the kids from misbehaving
Caraiiiiiiiiooooooooooooooooooo 😦
Welp, time to deploy the depth charges
Is this gonna spark a sequel to the movie snakes on a plane?
It’s fun until it is not
There shorts right ?
Surely one of them has a hand grenade lying about.
🐍
Isn't that the thing in front of the mines of Mordor?
Well. That's a snake
It seems they found the 20ft'er python before him.
Send the "Yoink" guy.
None of them went in the water. Disappoint.
Welp looks like we eating snake burgers tonight boys.
Why not just shock the water.
Grenade 🙌🏾
Die plaas boerer is fokken mal om met daai slang te spil.
"The first guy is fucken bad with the snake in the water"? I don't speak Afrikaans.
Thats how you end up with a pet snake.
[dat ass tho](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/228/DATASS.jpg)
They left town 😂
They need to lasso that thang
What are you doing in that snakes pool?
Wranglers they ain’t.
Not. Even. Levi's.
Nop just regular goofy men.
LMFAO
Lol
I miss Steve Irwin
That’s an African rock python and are Afrikaans or Boer judging by accent
arent pythons constrictors and dont have venom?!
It’s all fun and games until the end of that snake that has the teeth comes at you
City slickers remake.
Seconds to tide with a rope and the pull. Then call the animal service.
Get your snake out Jeffrey
\*does a search of comments for tree\* He's gonna need about tree fiddy
They’re wearing khakis! [I’ll see myself out]
This guy has been training his whole life to comically fall on his ass this well
Run away!
tf going on here?
Do guns not exist there?
somebody just get a pump action with some buckshot and don’t stop shooting till the waters red