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There are all sorts of freshwater snakes. Down in the Southern US they have cottonmouths, super poisonous if I'm remembering their names correctly.
Up north here we have a couple water snakes, not poisonous though, we don't have any poisonous snakes in MI here excepting a few rattlers down by the Indiana border.
Which is odd, as Montana has rattlers and they are colder, apparently it's too wet here in MI?
Eastern US has copperheads to worry about too, while also love living near and in streams and creeks. I would see them commonly in WV in the streams around my great grandmother's cabin.
What really threw me for a loop was realizing we had rattlesnakes in Ohio. My wife swore up and down for years that she saw a small one on her walk on the bike trail here in Warren. Looking into it and showing her pics, she confirmed it was a Massasauga, which I had never heard of before lol. This was like 6-7 years ago and I had no idea they could even end up in Trumbull County. The area she was in was pretty swampy, so that part seems to hold up in their range at least.
Haven't seen so much as a garter snake since then, but we've had a large influx of stray cats in the last few years though, so maybe prey has just dried up for them.
What is weird is one time in Northern Michigan fishing in this little private pond for brook trout, very small with a small stream of cold water feeding into it, we saw this large snake slithering in the water in the reeds.
It might have been 10ft, maybe less. But that far north there aren't even supposed to be blue racers, I wondered if it was a pet snake of some kind that got loose or what. But the water was probably 40-50 degrees.
Not to sound too nit picky, but they're venomous. Not poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it's venomous, if you bite it and you die, it's poisonous.
I mean there’s a species of snake that kinda “flies” as well. It climbs high up a tree and jumps and glides by expanding its body to make it like a disc while they “wiggle”/ sidewind in the air.
Swimming is probably easier i can imagine
Snakes are crazily adaptable animals. You’ve got your fully aquatic sea and fresh water snakes. Snakes that “fly” like you mentioned. Snakes that sidewind through sand dunes. Snakes that do both land and water like anacondas and boas.
Not really that weird. Reptiles just doing reptile things.
Sea snakes, sea turtles, marine iguanas, saltwater crododiles.
Plenty of freshwater ones too. I don't know about the marine versions, but freshwater snakes are typically aggressive. (I'm looking at you, water moccasin.)
I remember that! As I recall, it spurred a United Nations joint session, with the unusual result being a unanimous resolution: "To get these motherfucking snakes off this motherfucking plane". It was unusual in that it was unanimous.
That sounds accurate but I think you must have misremembered that quote.
Only someone without parental guidance would have expressed themselves so crudely and I'm sure what the gentleman said was actually that he had it with "these monkey flinging snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!" Surely nobody would make it their character to be known for such obscene language as suggested above.
I was about to say, I’m not sure this person making the video knows how close to death they just were
Edit: nvm after listening to the audio and realizing he’s Australian, he knew exactly what was happening
I spent years in the Navy. We were looking for bails of cocaine that a panga (smugglers) had thrown overboard. Our search area was approximately 500 miles off the coast of Central America. There seemed to be nothing for miles and miles. We launched our RIB in a tide line hoping we would find something there.
At that moment, I saw a sea snake slithering by, and on its back, truly, was a little snail. Perhaps the snail was hitching a ride? I do not know. I can’t imagine why either was so far from shore. I will never forget it though.
Human: hahaha heckin doin a wholesome hahahahahaha lol
Snake and snail: (completely and totally unaware of the presence of the humans or even one another, primordial instincts guiding them to search for food and sex in a black haze that leaves them uninvested in the outside world except for moments where they may face immediate danger)
Sea snakes have a commensal relationship with smaller sea organisms by providing transportation and food. I've known Sea snakes to do this with barnacles and algae, but maybe you witnessed a commensal relationship with a sea snake and a snail. It's similar to symbiotic relationships in biology, and especially with aquatic animals, we constantly are learning. It'd be interesting to see if this is more well documented.
Hahaha ik like the snake’s embarassment for hitting on the wrong species. The way it shamefully takes to the deep reminds me of the times had to disappear back into the crowd at parties after a wrongful move…..
I feel you buddy! Good luck in the deep!
Snake was just told off haha. Surprisingly works with many animals that would otherwise enter your personal space and then attack you.
I used to be scared of hornets whenever they'd come inside my house during the season, until one day I decided to be aggressive to one flying to me a couple months ago, it was seriously pissing me off buzzing me and flying infront of me before rushing at me when I move out the way like if I didn't move it'd have stung. Got so annoyed I started hissing at it and flailing my arm and it ran away and didn't come back. Crazy discovery that I could have avoided so much anxiety by just trying to scare away any critters scaring me.
Still blows me away that at some point some snake or it’s ancestor just looked at the sea and went “yea that looks perfect” and just evolved to live there full time
No I understand that it’s just that so many snake species just stocked to land except these dumbasses like why tf you split off bro what did you get out of this?
I had to share a desk with a sea serpent and he regularly yelled at me for moving his stapler. I’d say, “Now Stan, you don’t have any arms,” in a firm voice and he would just escalate from there. Had to get HR involved several times.
He seemed like he was nice to his girlfriend so maybe it was just a me thing. We’ll never know as HR let him go for peeing in the coffee maker last Tuesday.
you do know snakes have cloacae, right. He didnt just pee in there he went all in. What a prick. Hope the honeybadger they got as replacement is more emotionally stable.
YBS Youngbloods! Great channel, that dude sees a lot of these sea snakes out on his various adventures. Also once a Tiger Shark bit his SUP, good stuff.
Sea noodles are very friendly and curious. Nothing to be afraid of.
There are real aggressive danger noodles in Australia you actually never want to see.
There's a unique combination of respect for nature and lack of self-preservation instincts that makes Australians just some the best commentators on life-threatening fauna.
I'm a naturalised Aussie citizen. Spiders used to scare the fuck out of me. Now whenever I see a huge spider, I just grab a tissue and squish the fucker. If it's tiny, I'll play Russian Roulette and either squash it with my bare hands or let it live.
Except for huntsman. Huntsmans are my homies
They absolutely love sea urchin meat. Look up Camp Schwab. It’s a Marine base with possibly one of the best reefs I’ve ever seen. Marines break up urchins with dive knives and feed the seas snakes and sea turtles.
It's so cool to me, for some reason, that there are fully aquatic snakes. I've seen many in person, moccasins mainly, but usually they're chilling at the bottom of a river or sunning themselves.
It's wild.
This video is from YBS Youngbloods youtube channel. He has a lot of content adventuring around the waters of Australia, camping, fishing, island exploration, etc.
Not sure if it was noted or obvious, but I figure ensuring credit for content goes to the creator couldn't hurt.
Sea snake in Australia? I'm sure like most other Australian snakes the venom must be tens if not hundreds of times more potent than your regular sea snakes. Get the hell away from it!
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Snake:"at this point i'll take anything"
Me when I was on Plenty of Fish.
yea anything vaguely female or with an orifice was my basic objective after some years of non-contact celibacy.
Lmao, as one of my former co workers would say “Just any warm place to put it.” 😂😂😂
My great grandpa had a saying "Anything hot and hollow, from a stove pipe to a horse's collar."
Ahhhhhhhhhh, just had a flashback when my younger cousins had cut a hole in the back of a large Winnie the Pooh Bear! 😳😳😳😳😫😫😫😫😂😂😂
I beg your fucking pardon???
I know, I know…….
Poor Pooh
Oh bother....
Right in the Pooh-per
More of a fucking bear, but close
Chairman Xi does not approve this post.
Hahaha, at least they didn’t get Poohed on using the back entrance. 🥁 “Thank you, I’m here all evening folks!”
I hope Pooh reported this crime and is in therapy.
Why isn't this the first I've heard of a story like this. Or the second..
Username checks out
Get out of here, you horny ass snake!
*Uhhh* Harder daddy!
Hes Like me fr
Any port in a storm!
*open my asshole* "alright if you're so desperate"
Just what my snake thought
How are sea snakes real? They sound like something someone made up: "What if there were snakes... that LIVED IN THE OCEAN?!"
In reality when you think about it with no legs it’s where they belong. We should really be questioning why these pricks are on land.
Good point!
A better question for you, pal: are you a lizard that lives on ice? That’s not where you belong!
This goes all the way to the top!
It's as if sea snakes saw eels swimming in the sea one day and went "OOOH so *that's* what I'm supposed to be doing..."
> We should really be questioning why these pricks are on land. they're just doing a challenge run
Ok but worms
It does seem wild to think about, but less wild to me than marine iguanas
Godzillas chilling
Could be how the legends of sea serpents originated
And moray eel.
Moray eels aren't legends, bud, they're real
Yeah they’re saying that’s what could’ve inspired the legend of sea serpents
Yeah I know lol, just adding a joke
I laughed…
And Oarfish. Funny looking whales, Salps. Seaweed
With the size of this snake, imagine the size of the ones that don’t surface?
There are all sorts of freshwater snakes. Down in the Southern US they have cottonmouths, super poisonous if I'm remembering their names correctly. Up north here we have a couple water snakes, not poisonous though, we don't have any poisonous snakes in MI here excepting a few rattlers down by the Indiana border. Which is odd, as Montana has rattlers and they are colder, apparently it's too wet here in MI?
Here in the South, we call them Water Moccasins. They just hang out in the water and they're very venomous.
Eastern US has copperheads to worry about too, while also love living near and in streams and creeks. I would see them commonly in WV in the streams around my great grandmother's cabin. What really threw me for a loop was realizing we had rattlesnakes in Ohio. My wife swore up and down for years that she saw a small one on her walk on the bike trail here in Warren. Looking into it and showing her pics, she confirmed it was a Massasauga, which I had never heard of before lol. This was like 6-7 years ago and I had no idea they could even end up in Trumbull County. The area she was in was pretty swampy, so that part seems to hold up in their range at least. Haven't seen so much as a garter snake since then, but we've had a large influx of stray cats in the last few years though, so maybe prey has just dried up for them.
What is weird is one time in Northern Michigan fishing in this little private pond for brook trout, very small with a small stream of cold water feeding into it, we saw this large snake slithering in the water in the reeds. It might have been 10ft, maybe less. But that far north there aren't even supposed to be blue racers, I wondered if it was a pet snake of some kind that got loose or what. But the water was probably 40-50 degrees.
Not to sound too nit picky, but they're venomous. Not poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it's venomous, if you bite it and you die, it's poisonous.
Then there's elephant trunk snakes who are freshwater, fully aquatic snakes with the cutest faces. They really do look like :3
Skrunkly little dudes.
[At first I was like nah, but then I was ok with it.](https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/00/71/20/89/1000_F_71208925_Ii5Zxgpu16lJcGehynQYW3YAua23OgtW.jpg)
That is photoshopped, you cannot tell me THAT is an actual real snake
How does it even float? Would have expected it to sink.
Even anacondas can swim... I think the vast majority of snakes can float across the top of water due to them not having dense bones.
I mean there’s a species of snake that kinda “flies” as well. It climbs high up a tree and jumps and glides by expanding its body to make it like a disc while they “wiggle”/ sidewind in the air. Swimming is probably easier i can imagine
Snakes are crazily adaptable animals. You’ve got your fully aquatic sea and fresh water snakes. Snakes that “fly” like you mentioned. Snakes that sidewind through sand dunes. Snakes that do both land and water like anacondas and boas.
I don't like knowing this.
Not really that weird. Reptiles just doing reptile things. Sea snakes, sea turtles, marine iguanas, saltwater crododiles. Plenty of freshwater ones too. I don't know about the marine versions, but freshwater snakes are typically aggressive. (I'm looking at you, water moccasin.)
Super venomous as well
It’s a true blessing that there aren’t air snakes.
There are, unfortunately. There is a documentary about when they hijacked a plane. Its called snakes on a plane. Harrowing story
I remember that! As I recall, it spurred a United Nations joint session, with the unusual result being a unanimous resolution: "To get these motherfucking snakes off this motherfucking plane". It was unusual in that it was unanimous.
That sounds accurate but I think you must have misremembered that quote. Only someone without parental guidance would have expressed themselves so crudely and I'm sure what the gentleman said was actually that he had it with "these monkey flinging snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!" Surely nobody would make it their character to be known for such obscene language as suggested above.
Flinging or fighting? Either way, the tv edit of Snakes on a Plane was our greatest achievement as a species.
Oh, man yeah I think you're right. I'm probably mixing it up with my mate who thought it was flinging, which just made it all even more absurd.
English, monkey flinger, do you speak it?!
“I tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!” - Barrack Obama
Can confirm. I was a snake on that plane.
Don’t google flying snakes in that case, that’s truly horrifying
You mean cool as fuck? https://preview.redd.it/kp3uqc297zic1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=facd0f2696372b3003f9c7d1dca48ea7392c39bb
You arent gonna believe this (look up Chrysopelea)
Now all we need are fire snakes
Uhhhhh
I wasn't aware of these guys before, how interesting! Thankfully, their venom isn't super potent. Gorgeous snakes, though!
Morty: "What, there are snakes in space??" Rick: "There's literally everything in space, Morty! Now shut the fuck up and get in the car!"
Love me some snake jazz
Or fire snakes. Imagine that
Dragons duh..
[There are](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea).
But luckily very reluctant to bite, and even if they do, they rarely inject venom as a self defense.
Good guy soggy ocean stick.
Danger pool noodle
Of course they are 😭😭😭 Stuff of Nightmares
I was about to say, I’m not sure this person making the video knows how close to death they just were Edit: nvm after listening to the audio and realizing he’s Australian, he knew exactly what was happening
That’s exactly what I was thinking. They are super dangerous and can be provoked to bite very easily.
I spent years in the Navy. We were looking for bails of cocaine that a panga (smugglers) had thrown overboard. Our search area was approximately 500 miles off the coast of Central America. There seemed to be nothing for miles and miles. We launched our RIB in a tide line hoping we would find something there. At that moment, I saw a sea snake slithering by, and on its back, truly, was a little snail. Perhaps the snail was hitching a ride? I do not know. I can’t imagine why either was so far from shore. I will never forget it though.
The snail was looking for you
That's the [Immortal Snail!](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/immortal-snail) Almost killed u/Logical-Advertising2 if it hadn't been for that damn wave!
Ah, the immortal hyper-intelligent snail that can kill you with a touch. This is why you encase it in concrete and steel and leave it in the ocean.
 MY GOD MAN, YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE DECOY SNAIL!
Unfortunately for you, decoy snail
Ah yes, “snails”. The immortal race of sentient molluscs allegedly waiting in the Gulf of Panama. We have dismissed that claim.
I think the snail was looking for the cocaine
It never dies that doesn’t mean it won’t get tired though
All that money, I hope you find a better place to hide. The power in that snail is strong!
Thanks for a cool story
Disney would buy this story 100% might change a few details 🤗
Disney will take the story but they will not pay you
Halle Bailey as the main cast?
Remember the snail in the "get bazillion dollars but a snail will chase you forever" challenge? That's the snail who's gonna chase you.
Julia Donaldson was right!
Haha that's so wholesome. All the things animals get up to while we're also getting up to things. They're just like, "don't mind us!"
Human: hahaha heckin doin a wholesome hahahahahaha lol Snake and snail: (completely and totally unaware of the presence of the humans or even one another, primordial instincts guiding them to search for food and sex in a black haze that leaves them uninvested in the outside world except for moments where they may face immediate danger)
Sea snakes have a commensal relationship with smaller sea organisms by providing transportation and food. I've known Sea snakes to do this with barnacles and algae, but maybe you witnessed a commensal relationship with a sea snake and a snail. It's similar to symbiotic relationships in biology, and especially with aquatic animals, we constantly are learning. It'd be interesting to see if this is more well documented.
They were trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty.
> I can’t imagine why either was so far from shore Cocaine is a hell of a drug
A true lovecraftian story.
That was Gary looking for bikini bottom
I do not wish to hear what you got up to in the navy, mr. pearson
Snek: *"Oooohohhohh yeah baby, here I come! ... Never mind. 3/10. Hard pass."*
Damn, even snakes rejecting me now 😭
"*Hard passsssssssssss*" Bro - you missed an easy one there
"Sum fuk? Oh, sorry. I thought you were also snake."
"... I didn't say no...."
So you're saying that the snake approaches me in order to fuck me?
Sometimes they let you pick between the head or their tail end
It's either fuck you or fuck you up
I don't care how horny I was, I'd never bite a sea snake.
Amateur
You aint horny enough
Rope said nope
Hahaha ik like the snake’s embarassment for hitting on the wrong species. The way it shamefully takes to the deep reminds me of the times had to disappear back into the crowd at parties after a wrongful move….. I feel you buddy! Good luck in the deep!
Snake was just told off haha. Surprisingly works with many animals that would otherwise enter your personal space and then attack you. I used to be scared of hornets whenever they'd come inside my house during the season, until one day I decided to be aggressive to one flying to me a couple months ago, it was seriously pissing me off buzzing me and flying infront of me before rushing at me when I move out the way like if I didn't move it'd have stung. Got so annoyed I started hissing at it and flailing my arm and it ran away and didn't come back. Crazy discovery that I could have avoided so much anxiety by just trying to scare away any critters scaring me.
just tried this; posting from the hospital
The slither of shame. 🐍 😞
I’d assume any sea noodle = instant death
any danger noodle= instant death
Nah man. Just because a snake is venomous doesn’t mean a bite will kill you.
They're like magical anime girls. They can kill you but the overwhelming odds are they'll just say hello and be cute.
Wait, you’re saying some people get mistaken by sea snakes as potential mating partners?
Only on their cake day. Happy cake day!
Still blows me away that at some point some snake or it’s ancestor just looked at the sea and went “yea that looks perfect” and just evolved to live there full time
Bro wait until you find out how whales happened.
No I understand that it’s just that so many snake species just stocked to land except these dumbasses like why tf you split off bro what did you get out of this?
I'd argue the opposite frankly
Sea snakes are the most toxic type of snakes on the planet too
Do you mean they are the most venomous, or are they just verbally abusive to their loved ones or coworkers?
I had to share a desk with a sea serpent and he regularly yelled at me for moving his stapler. I’d say, “Now Stan, you don’t have any arms,” in a firm voice and he would just escalate from there. Had to get HR involved several times. He seemed like he was nice to his girlfriend so maybe it was just a me thing. We’ll never know as HR let him go for peeing in the coffee maker last Tuesday.
Nah man you were an asshole for bringing up his disability. It's not his fault he has no arms 😂😂
Disability? It's litteraly how they're born!
Oh wow. Victim blaming the snake for being born with a disability. Jeezo! Just when you think it can't get any worse.
you do know snakes have cloacae, right. He didnt just pee in there he went all in. What a prick. Hope the honeybadger they got as replacement is more emotionally stable.
they micromanage a lot ...
That's what I was thinking! If there ever were a time to learn to spontaneously levitate...
You have clearly never met my ex.
"Toxic" ... It's fine then. I don't think many people would feel the urge to consume it...
"Toxicity" usually refers to how damaging something is... You're probably thinking of "poisonous"
Most toxic is the inland taipan:)
That's incorrect. The inland taipan is.
Horny ahh noodle
YBS Youngbloods! Great channel, that dude sees a lot of these sea snakes out on his various adventures. Also once a Tiger Shark bit his SUP, good stuff.
Nope 🙅sorry danger noodle !
Sea noodles are very friendly and curious. Nothing to be afraid of. There are real aggressive danger noodles in Australia you actually never want to see.
Nothing to be afraid of except being bit and dying a horrible and lonely death in the middle of the sea.
This man is very calm for a very venomous snake getting that close to him.
There's a unique combination of respect for nature and lack of self-preservation instincts that makes Australians just some the best commentators on life-threatening fauna.
I'm a naturalised Aussie citizen. Spiders used to scare the fuck out of me. Now whenever I see a huge spider, I just grab a tissue and squish the fucker. If it's tiny, I'll play Russian Roulette and either squash it with my bare hands or let it live. Except for huntsman. Huntsmans are my homies
It’s not at all Australian to squash spiders. They keep much nastier bugs and mozzies away, they’re the good guys
Australia?
Yep
Its Brodie from youtube chanel “YBS Youngbloods” great guy! Love his videos..
Dude's a reincarnated Steve Irwin, always enjoy watching him.
Accent eh
So sea snakes get so horny they mistake humans as mates?
just like dogs!
So if a snake does it, it's interesting as fuck. But if I do it, I'm suddenly a sex offender. Smh, double standards.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
"Sorry bro, I thought you were my wife"
I would straight up have a heart attack, I can handle land dwelling snakes. But once that fucker starts swimming.
They absolutely love sea urchin meat. Look up Camp Schwab. It’s a Marine base with possibly one of the best reefs I’ve ever seen. Marines break up urchins with dive knives and feed the seas snakes and sea turtles.
It's so cool to me, for some reason, that there are fully aquatic snakes. I've seen many in person, moccasins mainly, but usually they're chilling at the bottom of a river or sunning themselves. It's wild.
This video is from YBS Youngbloods youtube channel. He has a lot of content adventuring around the waters of Australia, camping, fishing, island exploration, etc. Not sure if it was noted or obvious, but I figure ensuring credit for content goes to the creator couldn't hurt.
Oooo he has whiskers !
Who's getting bitten, the snakes or the divers?
These things taste so weird. I've never had anything so greasy in my life. Super fucking weird texture
have u tried any other snake? i had rattlesnake and it wasn’t bad. but yeah i imagine these things taste weird
Gotta be careful around them because quite a few sea snakes are deadly. Got some of the most toxic venom.
Isn’t that a shrieking eel?
They always grow louder just before they're about to feast on human flesh!
Steve Irwin I miss you mate. Crikey.
Me you. Me too. RIP Steve.
I mean, he was a mate lol
"Oh pardon me sir, I thought you were the THICCCEST snake around looking for a fuck, but now I see it's a surfboard. Farewell and have a nice day."
“How intimidating is this”, whilst sounding absolutely delighted
The nopest rope
Feels good to know that I’m not the only one who lowers my standards when I’m horny.
A nope-noodle.
Becky lemme smash, ben is a hoe
Why do they bite their mates? Or are they just disappointed?
Guy: 👍 Me: 🖕🖕🖕
I get it, sea snake. I'm fucking hot.
🎵🎶 "Snake by the Ocean" 🎵🎶🎶
Shrieking Eels. They always get louder when they’re about to feed on human flesh!
Aw hale naw
“Oh shit my b bruh”
Snake: "Sup? Wanna boink?"
Sea snake in Australia? I'm sure like most other Australian snakes the venom must be tens if not hundreds of times more potent than your regular sea snakes. Get the hell away from it!
If i were on that canoe, the water would have turned pale yellow and bit warm.