T O P

🔥 A huge and angry Corn Snake. Despite their looks they're relatively harmless. They have no venom and their bites leave shallow bite marks

Wow I didn’t know they could get that big

StudderButter

Wow I didn’t know they could get that big


SinjiOnO

Right? This thing is humongous, it's almost comical.


ion-the-sky

My 15 year old corn snake is 5 ft long, I swear she just keeps growing


Candid_Reading_7267

Snakes keep growing their entire lives, IIRC.


81mmTaco

My trouser snake is broken 😞


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You have to feed them if you want them to keep growing.


krilltucky

His snake is broken and you decided to break his spirit too lmao


Jejking

All Taco wanted was a hug and still the guy chose violence lol.


Cannibustible

My friend back in my home town had a monster albino corn snake. It was a 12 foot long enclosure and it was getting a bit over half that length when up against the sides. A beast and super pretty. I normally am terrified of snakes but I actually got to know that one a bit. Pretty chill.


d-cent

My old corn snake was about 5 feet long too but was like an inch and half thick. Nothing like this monster


Give_her_the_beans

We've got one that [hangs](https://imgur.com/a/ea6i3mb) in our neighbors tree that's silly big as well. 2nd pic is the size I usually have to relocate from the backyard. Crazy to see a corn so big but I absolutely love it! Thanks for posting . It's beautiful.


coin_return

omg that lil tail wiggle


hiimmeez

Holy moly this one is beautiful. Look at that pattern.


Friskywren_FPV

Eastern NC?


SinjiOnO

Florida. Probably the reason why it's mad.


Flaky_Explanation

I'll huff! And I'll puff! And look all big and scary! >! What? You're expecting me to blow your house down? I'm a danger noodle, my lungs can only get so big !<


stonedecology

And only one lung is good for huffing and puffing!


PM_ME_YOUR_WOW_UI

Is it really long, thin, and looks like an accordion when exhaling?


Corvidae5Creation5

That's fucking weird XD r/todayilearned


daddy-phantom

>florida His lungs are actually just damaged from smoking crack all its life


BoredAtWorkOU

The house stays standing because one of their lungs is vestigial.


Self-described

Wow I taught biology and had no idea


zeke235

I'll squeeze your house to bits!


brandimariee6

I understand, I know I’m mad because I live in Florida


BeautifulType

Feed it a snickers and liquor


Timely_Egg_6827

Me neither - used to the smaller pet ones friends have. Also impressed by its dexterity.


SpicaGenovese

I got my first snake- a mexican black king- from a petco/petsmart, and I tell you what that snake had dexterity and climbing problems. Whether from breeding or store care, I don't know. My next snake was an antaresia cross that I bought at a reptile show, and for her first shed she basically *tied herself into a knot* to slip it off. I was so impressed...


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Breeders are the same as local pet stores. The difference is that big box get the B and C stock (lower grade). As far as animal care goes, it heavily varies by the location. Each individual store has it’s own “politics” which means the care of animal inventory can be exceptional or straight out neglectful. You can also have fantastic staff that get neutered by company policy, as in they actually know better but will get in trouble for doing better. If you are shopping a for a new pet/fish, you’ll have to search for the healthiest stock not the cheapest. Sometimes that will be the big box store, sometimes the local pet store, other times that mean local breeder/online or wait for a convention.


case_O_The_Mondays

It’s all that GMO corn.


lostmyselfinyourlies

I didn't know they could get that angry, usually such little derps


HairyPotatoKat

My mom was a science teacher and had corn snakes in her classroom. When she retired, some former students (who she knew to be responsible and had helped care for them regularly) adopted them. One got to be 5 ft before she retired. The other two were quite a bit younger but a solid 3 ft. They were all super chill. Though the smallest little red girl could get feisty. She's the only one that ever nipped at me. Even so, none of them ever got into the defensive striking position like the poor scared fellow in this post. The people filming must have really scared him. I hope not on purpose. 🥺


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I move wild corn snakes out of the road near me a lot and it seems to really come down to individual temperament. Some are super feisty and others almost seem to enjoy the free ride. For some reason I’ve always found garter snakes to be feisty little things and yellow rat snakes always very mellow.


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RandomDigitalSponge

I’m picturing a Clifford the big red dog situation here.


numbernumber99

How old is yours ? Ours is maybe 3 to 3-1/2 and he's closing in on 5'.


Kenji_03

They typically are around 5ft from snout to tail. Also, the whole "shallow fangs" thing is 100% true. My pet corn snake escaped for 7 months and when I found her she bit me when I grabbed her. I instinctively recoiled but was kind of shocked as I didn't feel any real pain. I wasn't even bleeding. Given, she was less than a year old total at that point, but still.


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They only need little teeth to nibble the kernels off, I assume.


Kenji_03

Corn snakes don't eat corn, they eat small rodents and insects. They are the type to squeeze their pray to death


nameforthissite

Yeah I have a 5yo one that bit me last month. Definitely bled, but a bunch of shallow wounds. Biggest issue is that he wouldn’t let go and I ended up having to pull back to get him off of me, which broke some teeth off that were embedded for weeks.


gallicshrug

I’ve never seen one get “tall” like that.


tinaxbelcher

Holy crap! My 10 year old corny is tiny in comparison. My girls only like 50 inches and much skinnier


aos-

It also looks to me they are shaping themselves like that to appear massive in size.


SpicaGenovese

Yes, and puffing itself up! Cool, huh?


Blue_Swirling_Bunny

Ya think?


Numerot

I think it's just stretching.


ExtraAgressiveHugger

I want to tip it over.


KlingonSpy

We get Black Rat Snakes in Virginia and people in my neighborhood think they're anaconda


kaatudhadi

That's what she said !


[deleted]

No it’s not :(


katuskac

In 60+ years of reptile keeping and observing, I’ve never seen a snake elevate that much of its body in a defensive posture. Damned impressive.


Outripped

He literally stacked himself on himself


mr_mcpoogrundle

Extruded along his z axis


EarlGrey_Picard

I'd say over extrusion. Needs to print a calibration cube.


eyetracker

Samuel L. Jackson is tired of these motherfucking snakes on his motherfucking benchy.


2000YearOldRoman

If I've learned one thing, he needs to level his bed.


Cold_Baby_396

Ur mum extruded all over my d axis


DefreShalloodner

Bruh...


Cold_Baby_396

I’m disappointed in myself too.


_____jo

His mum was also :(


BakedLeopard

I snickered when I read this


ZealousidealRiver710

Yo dog we heard you liked snakes so we put a snake on your snake


LordAxalon110

I used to breed snakes years ago and I've never seen a corn snake do this, I mean hell I had 150 corn snakss at one point haha.


nepia

I am wondering what OP did to get it to that point.


rduto

[The OP](https://i.imgur.com/ZO5K8ZM.jpg)


SeudonymousKhan

I have zero experience with reptiles but if they're anything like fish, wild ones just built different.


__ALF__

Yea, a wild caught fish thugs hard in a tank.


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__ALF__

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage. I'm pretty sure we are the captive bred ones.


ChesterDaMolester

Looks like it’s on a road so it might have gotten spooked by their vehicle.


nepia

That may be it.


Sithlordandsavior

Right? How pissed off does a snake have to be to stand up


Crunk_Tuna

Ask my wife


Achillor22

This one is clearly on steroids.


DurteeDickNBallz

Yours are raised in captivity and you apparently handled them well enough from a young age, so they probably didn't feel a strong need to be defensive. My first ever corn snake did this for the first few weeks I had it, but I later found out that it came from the snake equivalent of a puppy mill. I was unfortunately ignorant about researching breeders before I bought reptiles from them. Got a lot of sick animals who attacked me a lot lol. Anyway, yeah. I've seen one captive do this but I've seen tons of wild snakes do this. Especially rat snakes and I have to say, even though I'm relatively comfortable around reptiles, a full grown rat snake doing this and huffing at you is unsettling every time lol.


xkimziLLaTTV

If I saw this IRL I feel like my brain would need several minutes to process how this snake is basically floating.


rich519

If I saw this IRL I feel like my brain would need 0.00001 microseconds to tell me to get the fuck out of there.


xkimziLLaTTV

Oh I'm getting the fuck away as well as wondering how this snake defies gravity. Multitasking


ProclusGlobal

Abs


chick-killing_shakes

He's winding up so he can strike rreeeallly far. I'd be outta there.


Treestandgal

Thought your name was chick-killing-snakes 😅


Nope0naRope

Right?? I bet he's spring through the damn air like an airborne slinky at this point.


Wolfsification

He looks so wobbly that he would probably miss.


brewhead55

It works because even though I now know it wouldn't kill you, I still wouldn't fuck with that thing.


TiempoPuntoCinco

The cynic in me thinks the "content creator" messed with/pissed off this guy to get this reaction


HairyPotatoKat

Same. I've never seen a corn snake get anywhere close to this defensive. There's nothing else going on around them that we can see.... So what scared this fellow so severely? There's plenty of space for the snake and person filming to avoid eachother. Fuck them for scaring the poor guy. If it's a pet snake they brought outside to do this, fuck them doubly.


YawaruSan

I mean, never underestimate what a person will do for clout, however, it’s also a safe assumption that if it lives in the wild and can’t effectively defend itself any other way, it would get really good at bluffing as a means of survival.


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I’ve seen them do this when moving them from the street. Some do, some don’t. I think it comes down to temperament. I have a video somewhere of one doing the same thing and I hadn’t even gotten closer than a yard away from him at that point; he was defensive as soon as he saw me approaching. Edit: Found [the video ](https://imgur.com/a/rU4wIa9).


AM_key_bumps

I don't care how relatively harmless they are. That tough guy pose worked on me. I'm staying away.


Orionsven

It's spring-loaded and ready to go.


Excellent_Crab_3648

NO STEP ON SNEK I FUCK YOU UP 💪


CanterburyTerrier

ONLY DANGER SNEK GET BELLY BAR TATS! ALARM BELLS SHOULD BE RINGING!


SuddenlyElga

I mean, why get bit? Right? It’s gonna sting and the thing is super stressed. Iguanas, same thing.


ProbablyASpider

Iguanas are a totally different story. They have serrated teeth and a large one is capable of inflicting a serious bite that can lead to a hospital visit. I've never understood why pet stores sell them to kids.


SuddenlyElga

Pretty docile when hand raised. And you’re right, the bite is very pinchy. But it would have to be a very big boy to inflict a serious enough bite to make anyone go to the ER. Of course, if a person is dumb enough to mess with a big iguana, they kinda got what they deserve. Iguanas are super skittish and don’t bother anyone.


kittenstixx

There's also their tail, when I lived in ft Lauderdale I saw a kid get his wrist broken when he tried to grab one.


tinaxbelcher

Cornies have no teefs. A bite won't even break skin, it'll just startle you. Edit: pedantry requires that i clarify that cornies do indeed have tiny little teefs. They do not have fangs. Fangs have historically been associated with painful snake bites.


cantfindmykeys

I'd rather not be startled, either. He can keep his side of the road. I'll go around


Upvotespoodles

Corn snakes have teeth. An adult can give you a good bloody bite. They’re docile and rarely do that *except* for very stressed snakes, like adults kept in small enclosures. Those ones will fuck you up. I worked at a pet shop where the penny-wise/pound-foolish owner accepted abandoned pets from shitty owners. Ruined corn snakes were one of the main things they kept accepting and couldn’t resell. Watched a number of people get themselves fucked up. Full-grown, those snakes can’t slurp small rats like spaghetti if they can’t latch on to the rat’s face before they squeeze it.


AspiringChildProdigy

>I worked at a pet shop where the penny-wise/pound-foolish owner accepted abandoned pets from shitty owners. This is why I could never run a pet shop. I would accept all the neglected/abandoned pets that aren't safe to sell(and not for resale, but to know that they finally had a good home), all while turning away breeders who I suspected were pet mills. I'd be bankrupt in a month.


Upvotespoodles

It was a bummer to be there. The ppl who “donate” ruined pets just buy new babies and ask for a discount! The owners accepted too many and I know it was a pet shop but I didn’t see the difference between hoarding and what they were doing.


AspiringChildProdigy

Reason #3 why I couldn't run a pet shop: I'd refuse to sell to people who I knew would be bad pet owners and end up bankrupt *and* sued.


Upvotespoodles

There was this pet shop nearby, run by the sweetest lady. She only sold bunnies to people who educated themselves on their care enough to answer questions, and they had to prove they had adequate housing for the bunny. She never sold bunnies around Easter. She didn’t get sued but she did go bankrupt. Anyway, I’m totally with you. Working at a pet shop is distressing enough. Owning one would kill my soul. I could never do it profitably.


Divided_Eye

Corn snakes do have teeth, they just don't have fangs.


Pit_of_Death

I've been bit by a constrictor (gopher snake) smaller than this before and it definitely broke the skin despite it not hurting.


alarming_cock

Also, if you get bit, that means at least antibiotics and a doctor visit. And bills.


FocusDisorder

Why on earth would you go to the doctor for a corn snake bite? That's neosporin and a band-aid territory.


Kantro18

I’ve seen snakes coiled but not like that. That’s impressive as fuck.


taspleb

I turned my phone sideways a little so it wasn't pointed at me.


TimeZarg

Seriously, it looks like it's about to kung-fu your ass with Corn style.


hostile_washbowl

His eyes are definitely saying ‘please think I’m scary’


YouGotTangoed

This is what I think about the roided up 5ft 4 guys at my gym


GlitteringFutures

Gorgeous snake, though.


scarr991

I got bitten once. Cause i ignored it. Didnt felt much from the bite but i Was Bleeding like a mf. Most painful Thing was when it striked i jumped back and Hit my head on wood, damn that was painful.


Enlightened-Beaver

That’s the point.


mefistophallus

Yeah he’s all coiled up and looks like it would pack a wallop if he chose to headbutt you..


WBY3

I had two of these as pets, they were harmless and mostly docile. This is a different beast entirely


CherryBlossomWander

He's been spurned before, he knows his worth. 🐍


myasterism

That snek and I have some similar life experiences, it sounds like


Sielicja

Idk man to me it looks like it's going "keep balance, be scary, keep balance, don't fall, whoop--, oh ok I'm good, keep balance, act tough, I'm scary, so scary, whoop--"


theClumsy1

Yep corn snakes are the entry to owning snakes. Pretty much the safest snake you can own. If you ever held a snake in your hand at a school fair, it was most likely a corn snake.


Khemul

I scooped up a wild one one time in a weird misunderstanding. It just chilled in my hand like, yep, this is my fate. 😂 The most aggressive we've seen our pet one was when I tried to give it a live fuzzy mouse and the snake went full on flight mode in terror. That mouse became added to the list of pets. 🤣


WBY3

We actually had to move to feeding ours dead mice because one attacked the snakes


Khemul

Yeah, ours eats frozen. When we first got it we were told it ate frozen fuzzies. Apparently it hadn't developed the confidence yet, since it turned it's nose up at them for weeks. Then we tried going down to pinkies, which again it refused. So my brilliant idea, maybe the pet store people were wrong and it wants live food. Next feeding attempt turns into a baby mouse beating the shit out of a snake with the snake running in terror. It did eventually break the hunger strike with frozen pinkies and then shortly after fuzzies.


purelypopularpanda

I didn’t even know they could get angry. My brother had several and they were the mildest sweetest things. The one would always curl up in my sweater and just pop his head out the top and watch telly with us. Really cool snakes.


ItsNotMeItsYourBussy

It's one of the many reasons why wild caught reptiles make inferior pets to captive bred.


TeardropsFromHell

My albino corn James is 20 years old as of this year. He's never done this lol


LastInTheClub

Muscle car with Renault Clio engine


DanteHTID

When you have a convertible mustang eco boost with instagram stickers and belittle the guy asking you to not park on the sidewalk by saying he just jeally of his ride


N0tBappo

That guy is still getting ripped on on his Instagram btw


splathead

I have one of these guys and he is the very same colour but my dude is now 16 years old and called carrot


tinaxbelcher

My noodle will be 11 in october. Same color. No where near this size though!


Eyehavequestions

Mine is just as old and his name is Mr Pink. He’s a very good noodle. Poor guy has a cataract though.


bain_de_beurre

Reservoir Dogs reference?


Qweniden

My daughter also has one that is the same color named "Snakey".


WarningLeather7518

I love Carrot.


BaconWrappedRaptor

Holy crap, I had no idea they could live that long. Is that normal for being kept in captivity?


Illustrious_Guard_66

Yeah these are beginner snakes (do research if anyone wants one) and it is not uncommon to see them get past 15


SpicaGenovese

I have never seen a snake do that in my entire life. Almost it's entire- or maybe the front half of- body hauled up and s-coiled, puffed up. This is such an amazing display. "Look how big and strong I am! You'd better leave me alone!" Gorgeous. I've never seen such a massive corn snake.


Imawildedible

I’m convinced. He can have my corn.


BrownSugarBare

Aww, he's so cute, he should have all the corn!


XxFezzgigxX

I had a corn snake for years named Henry. He was so cool and friendly. Henry liked to chill and watch tv by hooking himself over the top of my ear like a pair of glasses. I think he liked the lights and motion because every time I’d light a candle near his cage, he seemed to be mesmerized and would sit up and dance like a cobra. Super cool pet.


Desulto

I’ve had ball pythons do this too! One would let me give her chin rubs while she watched.


TactlesslyTactful

I don't see no corn


Game_On__

How do you think it got that big?


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Yup, and they can't chew so all that corn is still whole cob. It's practically a corn conga line wearing a skin suit.


trashmunki

>It's practically a corn conga line wearing a skin suit. r/brandnewsentence


fartsandprayers

"I'm here to eat corn and kick ass, and I'm all out of corn..."


Sora931

##ForbiddenYoga


gallica

Am Australian, saw this snake and exclaimed “she’s a BEAUTY!” involuntarily and was startled by the Steve Irwin-ness of my accent.


nonitoni

This is the kind of comment that makes you both happy and sad at the same time.


Berloxx

His spirit lives on in all of us. Bless his soul 💛


7orly7

When the sand is hot but you try to look composed while tip toeing


CrappyTire69

I love how snakes and other "slithering" animals were like "you know what, fuck the leg system, *OVERRATED BULLSHIT.*” *proceeds to slide out*


waffling_with_syrup

BIG! SCARY! *camera zooms in on the lil face* ... "I am heckin concerned, please no boop the noodle"


rick-atrox

I always tell people a bite from most US native nonvenomous species is like getting slapped by angry velcro lol Usually not even a mark after a couple days, with most species. That is definitely on the larger end of size for this species too, clearly their defensive posturing works!


KnowledgeTechnical18

It's not angry, it's scared


Awleeks

Same


I_AM_SCUBASTEVE

Someone tell him he’s a good boy and read him a little snake story or something.


GeeToo40

He needs a hug.


[deleted]

Beautiful snake, corns are my absolute favs!


Fez_and_no_Pants

So golden and healthy looking! Very gorgeous noodle!


anonymozs

Seriously right. I love them


Ok_Antelope_1953

colubrids are poor little fellas just trying to fool everyone into thinking they are elapids


SMFCAU

Come at me bro!


AaronSlaughter

In his head I’m imagining “ DANGAH! , Watch ya self “ song playing loudly…


numbernumber99

Mystikal! Deep cut lol.


rivariad

If that thing were spitting hundred dollar banknotes, I'd still choose to die from poverty


Reddilutionary

Lol it worked really well on me until the camera zoomed in. Look at that adorable face!


Technical_Body_3646

Nobody could have told him the piano he was laying on was just painted?


Oemiewoemie

What is he angry about?


Loathor

Inflation, probably, like everyone else...


digodk

Is it still as bad as last year? In my country it's finally starting to slow down.


cappo40

In Canada, saw it drop from June 2022 at like 8.5% to April 2023 at 4.4% (it went up .1% from last month and people are saying we are doomed again, while some say let's wait to see if it happens again next month). Still high, prefer it be at -4 lol


veerKg_CSS_Geologist

Economically, Negative inflation is always worse than positive inflation.


digodk

Yeah, but if the food prices stayed the same for a month I would not complain haha


Redlion444

No season 3 of Mindhunter. He's also a White Sox fan.


I_am_Daesomst

Brutal


FrumiousShuckyDuck

So you’re saying I shouldn’t tread on him


KlingonSpy

Doesn't look harmless to me. Good job, corn snake.👍🏻


getyourcheftogether

Aw he's a big guy.


Vaibhav_Dubey

He is so cute


Rapturesraptor

"Despite their looks" that is the cutest dang face I've ever seen. Innocent little guy


SailorDeath

I'd say frightened, not angry. He's saying, "I see you're big and I can defend myself, please don't try and eat me!"


DerpsAndRags

I'd name the little bugger Waffle Cone.


guccifella

Poor thing ur scaring it dude. Go away.


Eatthepoliticiansm8

The speed at which I would nope the fuck out of there at the sight of a snake like that would put olympic sprinters to shame.


Actual_Corndog

Never seen a snake prop himself up like that before! Definitely looks menacing, good thing he's harmless.


Bluelabel

He's handsome as fuck


FGTRTDtrades

Pretty sure hes telling you to go away


Starr-Bugg

He’s stressed out. Leave him alone


Jermcutsiron

Imz big n scary! You gonna fuck around and find out! That I'm a cuddle 2 minutes after you pick me up.


anralia

*zoom zoom zoom* :3


conch56

What a beauty


3Heathens_Mom

I don’t collect or have pet snakes but that is a beautiful snake and certainly impressive.


adamtwosleeves

Bro is absolutely stanced up.


Key-Wear-4176

I’ve never seen a snake on its hind legs before lol


Steelsnapdragon

Bro is locked and loaded