• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I dunno what would be a better attempt at self defense against such large snakes, but I think I’d start carrying around both pepper spray and also a stun gun, just in case.

    No idea if either would be fully effective, but damn that would be a hell of a way to go, might as well try to be prepared to defend myself.

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        4 months ago

        That’s if you spot it before it grabs you. I imagine it’s gonna be hard to aim a shotgun or swing a machete once the snake starts constricting you.

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          4 months ago

          The one thing snakes like this do quickly is grab and coil around their prey. Everything else is slow slow slow. You’d really need some sort of pepper spray in a breakable tube that activates upon constriction. Hmmmmm….

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      4 months ago

      I used to use rubbing alcohol on my pet snake’s nose if he accidentally latched onto me instead of his food. I don’t have any idea if that would work on snakes that kill by constriction though

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        4 months ago

        Fair enough, seems a handy enough trick.

        In that case, I’d probably carry around a super soaker water gun loaded with some strong alcohol, and just hope I’d be able to shoot it at a distance before it gets close enough to wrap around me.

        Could also in a pinch light the alcohol on fire as a crude flamethrower, packing a double punch…

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      I’m assuming the person has at least one hand free. A big “that’s not a noife, this is a noife” would solve the problem lickety split. If both arms are pinned then there isn’t much you can do. Try to bite it I guess, but they’re used to being bitten by animals much more ferocious than humans.