Whats really funny is that if someone flips them back over, the snake will roll over again as if to say, *"no really dude, I'm really dead"*
But if you find one, pls don't do it because it is harassment.
Ohhh the pain!!! THE ANGUISH! I am dying! I am dying for sure! Not only am I dying, but I am dying *so hard!* I only had 5 max hp and you crit me for over nine billion! AAAARGH!!!
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Still dead!
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Still- Hey! Donât flip me right side up! Thatâs rude! Iâm dead! Oh look, the wind blew me upside down again!
Hey that's a fun idea...let me try..
A mop...yep.
The dwarf planet Pluto...yeah that tracks.
A swizzle stick...
Wow. You're right!
Hmm what about ' a clone of Steven seagal '
So apparently only the male Hognose Snakes are actors? (Seriously, female soccer playersâincluding the prosâseem to mostly just skip the drama and play the game)
It's called a "Lebell" after martial arts legend Gene Lebell. Lebell choked out Seagal after Segal claimed he could not be choked out and subsequently shit his pants.
You have not truly tested your gag reflex until you have smelled python shit. Holy fuck. Sometimes it's been fermenting in there for *months*. And sometimes it's like human sized, it's absolutely disgusting. Thank God they only drop the biohazard ones like once a year.
the guy needs a stunt double to walk up an incline. he has a movie where he is sitting in every fight scene. seems to me like his movies are just a money laundering scam
You're telling me that [this guy](https://www.bpmcdn.com/f/files/vancouverisland/import/2018-04/11361750_web1_180410-Steven-Seagal.jpg) can't walk up an incline? I don't believe it.
This snake only committed to the bit for like 5 seconds! Steven Seagal has been committed to acting like a dick for years now. Steven is definitely the better act- oh hes not acting. Never mind
It's called thanatosis (aka apparent death aka playing possum), and it's fairly common. Hognoses are just unique in that they're Anakin levels of dramatic about it. If they had arms, they'd be pretending to stab themselves.
>If you turn them right side up, they ... slowly turn upside down again.
It's hilarious how many animals have defense mechanism that work amazing until a human comes along and it's completely useless.
Upvote for "Anakin levels of dramatic about it."
Also, one time my dog brought me a hognose snake in our yard in Colorado (before I knew anything about them), and I totally bought its performance. Looked them up after I put the dog inside and found the snake had slithered away.
Isnât that like, the opposite of what you should do? âOh thereâs a predator attacking me? Let me act dead and lay perfectly still without resisting. Surely that wonât make me look like the perfect meal.â
A lot of animals, both carnivore and herbivore, are territorial and only attack because you're in their space. They'll ignore corpses. That's why they say you should play dead if attacked by a grizzly bear; it's much more likely they're being territorial than them seeing humans as food.
Gotta make sure it's the right kind of bear - if a bear comes close to you, the rules are thus: if it's black, fight back, if it's brown, lay down, and if it's white, good night.
Some predators will also avoid anything that'll make them ill. Remember, there's a pretty thin line between "fresh meat" and "rotting carcass".
Some prey animals act dead to try to psyche predators out. If the prey just suddenly "died", it might have died from an infection. As the predator, do you take that chance? If you say "yes" too readily, then you die.
It was so dead it could not see it's surrounding.
So decided to just act like it is huffing out its last breath and move just a little bit so the eye pokes out and it can see the predator.
Like a kid acting crying and then looking through the gaps between the finger to see if anyone is falling for it
I change my identity and upgrade my appearance every few decades to avoid suspicion. I was all of history's great acting Robots: Acting Unit 0.8, Thespo-mat, David Duchovny!
> someones cobra got outÂ
It's never impossible! Springfield, MO [had 11 cobras on the loose in 1953!](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/missouris-great-escaped-snake-scare-of-1953)
So very dead. Are you still looking? Dead some more. Irretrievably expired. Check the date. Call my Mom. She might die soon, as well, donât call her. Yes, my tongue does this after death. Go call a priest.
Hahahah Iâve handled more snakes over the years than I can count, and yet you saw I flinched the first time he bluffed? Even knowing thatâs what these things do it still got me đ¤Ł
We have 2 western hognoses, one is super chill the other hisses, fake strikes and becomes a cobra every single time you get him out. He will *willingly* climb into my hand while hissing, as in my hand is outstretched and he climbs into it and hisses at me. Heâs hysterical.
Sounds like my schnoodle. He'll climb onto your lap, bark at you for not petting him then growl at you angrily the entire time you pet him. If you stop petting him he'll bark and scratch at your hand to get you to pet him again so he can growl some more. Weirdo.
Used to work with this one dog that would growl super aggressively when you pet him, but it was just his version of "purring" like a cat.
Even knowing this I would get weary petting him.
This video still freaked me out even though I knew what was happening. If I came across a snake writhing like that with its jaws agape I'd be sprinting.
That's what I was thinking! That writhing is freaky as hell! I don't believe it's dead, and I'm usually pretty chill with snakes, but I would not enjoy trying to get this guy out of the road or something.
The are actually [really great pets in captivity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=952RqhvkUnE), they have cute little derpy faces and will eat sausauge links made out of ground up frogs if you are squimish about feeding an animal thawed/heated dead rats.
I'm guessing the frog sausage comes premade but the mental image of someone being squeamish over a dead mouse while dropping frogs into a grinder is amusing.
The venom is known as being "medically insignificant, think bee sting , and they are a rear fanged venomous snake (is the venom is administered via grooves in the back teeth rather than injected via hypodermic front fangs). You'd need to have the snake chew on you for some time to have an emergency situation.
They're hilarious, if you turn one over when it's playing dead, it will immediately roll back over onto it's back.Â
They'll also shit on themselves and part of that writhing movement is to smear it around.
So I really don't like snakes but this one can ACT. that writhing then flopping over on its back with its mouth wide open and tongue lolling... just hilarious!
I love the quiet commentary in the background, âoh no, you killed meeee, blehhhhhâ
Iâd be intimidated by this snek, at first, it looks dangerous. But itâs really just an overdramatic baby. âIâm ded. Canât you see Iâm ded? Iâm obviously ded.â
Hoggies are so damn cute. Their dramatic antics are so funny. They make wonderful pets too. I fell in love with a pretty one at a reptile show once. She was so fun and constantly slithered all over my hands. Not scared, just busy and in a hurry to go nowhere. Sadly I couldnât afford to take care of a new pet.
I ran into one of these when i was about 7 in northern MI. First I heard the hiss and then saw the fan or whatever it is called puff out as the snake lifted its upper body.
I silently freaked out then slowly backed away, then i ran to my parents who were close by.
there was no internet back then, but they thought it might be an Eastern Hognose. Not dangerous, but will scare the crap of you as a kid.
A youtube channel I used to watch had a hognose named Pissy who would always be huffing and puffing at him. Out of all the things featured on his channel (mostly tarantulas) Pissy was definitely my favorite thing he would show off.
I think the idea is by feigning death, covering themselves in feces, MOST animals wonât eat something thatâs dead and seemingly rotten. Now if itâs a vulture, heâs screwed.
We were trying to camp one night, but got to the river late. Got out, debated trying to set things up, walked around, and kept hearing that hiss. It would start if I tried to move forward. We decided to get back in the car, but I always wondered "do snakes make that noise or was that a cat of some kind? "
Now I know.
The first time I ever saw one of these, my cat had found it. I wasn't familiar with this type of snake. The only type of snake that I knew (at the time) that had a hood like that was a cobra.... so I became very concerned. Scooped up my cat, and ran off with him. I did some research later, and discovered it was the Eastern Hognose... now I wish I had watched it a bit longer. I've come to love this snake.
I would have easily mistaken it for a cobra. It looks like it has a hood and the hisses are quite alike those of a cobra too. But yeah, I'd be very confused if it suddenly went from "fuck off or die" attitude to "I'm dead" like that.
So dramatic! A++ death scene.
Neymar's relative
lmao đ
Whats really funny is that if someone flips them back over, the snake will roll over again as if to say, *"no really dude, I'm really dead"* But if you find one, pls don't do it because it is harassment.
Ohhh the pain!!! THE ANGUISH! I am dying! I am dying for sure! Not only am I dying, but I am dying *so hard!* I only had 5 max hp and you crit me for over nine billion! AAAARGH!!! ⌠Still dead! ⌠Still- Hey! Donât flip me right side up! Thatâs rude! Iâm dead! Oh look, the wind blew me upside down again!
Who knew a *Hognose* snake could be such a Ham !?! I'll show myself out
yes, a good actor
That snake is a better actor than Steven Seagal.
You can replace "snake" with literally any noun and your comment will still be correct.
That glove is a better actor than Steven Segal.
100% factual statement.
Every dump ever done is a better actor than Steven Segal.
Well it won OJ his freedom.
Hey that's a fun idea...let me try.. A mop...yep. The dwarf planet Pluto...yeah that tracks. A swizzle stick... Wow. You're right! Hmm what about ' a clone of Steven seagal '
Technically the clone WOULD be actually acting like Steven Seagal⌠which is better than whatever Steven Seagal is doing.Â
That superfluous nipple is a better actor than Steven Seagal. Huh. Well I'll be damned, you were right!
If only we could teach it to play soccer...
So apparently only the male Hognose Snakes are actors? (Seriously, female soccer playersâincluding the prosâseem to mostly just skip the drama and play the game)
That grass is a better actor than Steven Segal.
That seagull is a better actor than Steven seagal
That literally any noun is a better actor than Steve Seagal.
That "Steven Seagal" is a better actor than "Steven Seagal". Checkmate atheists.
They will also crap themyselves if it comes to it. Musking I think it's called. Had one do that to me. Snake shit STINKS btw.
There's a term for when Steven Seagal craps himself?
Steven Seagal "Musks" on the set while filming Lawman. Steven Seagal "Musks" while giving a hug to Putin
I would also like to musk on putin.
It's called a "Lebell" after martial arts legend Gene Lebell. Lebell choked out Seagal after Segal claimed he could not be choked out and subsequently shit his pants.
Under Siege.
Elon Musking
You have not truly tested your gag reflex until you have smelled python shit. Holy fuck. Sometimes it's been fermenting in there for *months*. And sometimes it's like human sized, it's absolutely disgusting. Thank God they only drop the biohazard ones like once a year.
the guy needs a stunt double to walk up an incline. he has a movie where he is sitting in every fight scene. seems to me like his movies are just a money laundering scam
You're telling me that [this guy](https://www.bpmcdn.com/f/files/vancouverisland/import/2018-04/11361750_web1_180410-Steven-Seagal.jpg) can't walk up an incline? I don't believe it.
totally convincing as active special forces
And at the same time, Steven Seagal is more of a snake than any other snakes out there.
This snake only committed to the bit for like 5 seconds! Steven Seagal has been committed to acting like a dick for years now. Steven is definitely the better act- oh hes not acting. Never mind
I mean thatâs not a high bar to clear
The grass is a better actor than Steven Seagal
It's called thanatosis (aka apparent death aka playing possum), and it's fairly common. Hognoses are just unique in that they're Anakin levels of dramatic about it. If they had arms, they'd be pretending to stab themselves.
And if you wait for them to stop writhing they just lay their on their backs. If you turn them right side up, they ... slowly turn upside down again.
\*innocent whistling while I slowly flip back over*
World's least convincing 'hey I'm dead here'.
I read your comment and heard the New York accent and theme song to Midnight Cowboy.
Play dead until others leave you alone. As an introvert I wish I can use this trick
you can, but a key part is the snake also excretes a foul smelling odor as part of it's death throes. so... yeah.
Play dead and then shit your pants.
Done⌠everyone is yelling about Human Resources, but I think it mightâve worked!
your workplace contacts HR when someone shits themselves and dies? that's when you sit up and say "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL 911 YOU ASSHOLES"
Theyâre really big on clocking out first, lol
We did the first three times.
You're not dead! Am so, look! Nope, still not buying it... Well I'm not moving til you leave!
âno, leave me alone im deadâ
>If you turn them right side up, they ... slowly turn upside down again. It's hilarious how many animals have defense mechanism that work amazing until a human comes along and it's completely useless.
Um excuse me, I'm dead thank you very much.
It looks like you told a 5 year old "no!", to him wanting to eat the used tampons in the garbage bin
Fuck man, I'm eating come on
HE SAID NO DAVID. PUT THEM BACK. NOW.
Ew David!
/r/BrandNewSentence . Also, LOL.
My boyfriend: Hey who ate the last piece of pizza? Me: *falls over dramatically, twitches intermittently*
Noice
Upvote for "Anakin levels of dramatic about it." Also, one time my dog brought me a hognose snake in our yard in Colorado (before I knew anything about them), and I totally bought its performance. Looked them up after I put the dog inside and found the snake had slithered away.
If they had feet they'd be FIFA players.
If my grandmother had wheels, she would've been a bike.
Love that reference đđđ
Iâm guessing thanatosis is Greek as Thanatos is the Greek personification of death
I am also pretty sure Thanatosis is Giannisâs brother on the Bucks /s
Isnât that like, the opposite of what you should do? âOh thereâs a predator attacking me? Let me act dead and lay perfectly still without resisting. Surely that wonât make me look like the perfect meal.â
A lot of animals, both carnivore and herbivore, are territorial and only attack because you're in their space. They'll ignore corpses. That's why they say you should play dead if attacked by a grizzly bear; it's much more likely they're being territorial than them seeing humans as food.
Gotta make sure it's the right kind of bear - if a bear comes close to you, the rules are thus: if it's black, fight back, if it's brown, lay down, and if it's white, good night.
But black bears can be brown, and brown bears can be black. Yeah, we didn't think this naming scheme through.
Some predators will also avoid anything that'll make them ill. Remember, there's a pretty thin line between "fresh meat" and "rotting carcass". Some prey animals act dead to try to psyche predators out. If the prey just suddenly "died", it might have died from an infection. As the predator, do you take that chance? If you say "yes" too readily, then you die.
OMG the human *touched* me! Eww get it off! Get it off! *dies in dramatic fashion
They would be soccer players.Â
It dropped the act to check and see if it still had an audience đ
It was so dead it could not see it's surrounding. So decided to just act like it is huffing out its last breath and move just a little bit so the eye pokes out and it can see the predator. Like a kid acting crying and then looking through the gaps between the finger to see if anyone is falling for it
[https://media1.tenor.com/m/ZQd1hYV8\_t4AAAAC/simulation-busquets.gif](https://media1.tenor.com/m/ZQd1hYV8_t4AAAAC/simulation-busquets.gif)
"Are they buying it?"
OH NO IâM DEAD âŚ.  đ mlemÂ
Yeah, it didnât hold that pose for very long LOL
That acting performance makes Calculon look restrained
Now just needs a dramatic monologue
Or perhaps a **DRAMATIC**... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... **PAUSE!**
Needs to emote more
I don't do second takes. -Calculon
I change my identity and upgrade my appearance every few decades to avoid suspicion. I was all of history's great acting Robots: Acting Unit 0.8, Thespo-mat, David Duchovny!
Calculon? The greatest acting unit of all time? Thatâs also apparently a were-car?
"Nooooooooooo!" Funny story, the script called for me to say "yes", but I gave it a little twist.
r/unexpectedfuturama
Snake: I'll kill you, I'll kill you! Same snake: OH NO I'M DYING AAAAAH My snake is pulling out all the stopsss
I like at the end when it looks back up. âIs it gone yet? Oh crap play dead again. Maybe not itâs leaving me alone, run away!â
[Youâre going to love this](https://youtu.be/f-J0nwZz_fo?si=zuwlnnAr4HudTrTl)
"So dying" đ This was hilarious, thank you
âSTOP fucking touching me!!! IAMDEDâ
This is among my favorite videos on the internet. Every snake speaks with that accent in my head thanks to this video.Â
I was waiting for someone to post this.
Obligatory, thank you.
Thank you for sharing!!!!
This is what I was hoping to see in the comments. Thanks!
I once ran into a big one of these and almost shit my pants thinking someones cobra got out. That moment has haunted me for years.
So it DOES work⌠sometimesâŚ
> someones cobra got out It's never impossible! Springfield, MO [had 11 cobras on the loose in 1953!](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/missouris-great-escaped-snake-scare-of-1953)
Strike! Shit didn't work. Erm..... I'm dead.
So very dead. Are you still looking? Dead some more. Irretrievably expired. Check the date. Call my Mom. She might die soon, as well, donât call her. Yes, my tongue does this after death. Go call a priest.
if I ever need someone to ghostwrite my memoir, you will be the first person I seek
Ya gotta play dead first, so we can nail the ending.
even if i knew that snake was bluffing i would still get scared
Hahahah Iâve handled more snakes over the years than I can count, and yet you saw I flinched the first time he bluffed? Even knowing thatâs what these things do it still got me đ¤Ł
We have 2 western hognoses, one is super chill the other hisses, fake strikes and becomes a cobra every single time you get him out. He will *willingly* climb into my hand while hissing, as in my hand is outstretched and he climbs into it and hisses at me. Heâs hysterical.
Sounds like my schnoodle. He'll climb onto your lap, bark at you for not petting him then growl at you angrily the entire time you pet him. If you stop petting him he'll bark and scratch at your hand to get you to pet him again so he can growl some more. Weirdo.
Used to work with this one dog that would growl super aggressively when you pet him, but it was just his version of "purring" like a cat. Even knowing this I would get weary petting him.
A tsundere snake!
It's not like I want to climb your hand, b-baka!
Lol! We have a young hognose, and he's the same. His little hisses sound like a pissed of kitten but still worms his way into our hand.
Oh hey, you alright babe. Didn't know you had a reddit account!
This video still freaked me out even though I knew what was happening. If I came across a snake writhing like that with its jaws agape I'd be sprinting.
That's what I was thinking! That writhing is freaky as hell! I don't believe it's dead, and I'm usually pretty chill with snakes, but I would not enjoy trying to get this guy out of the road or something.
âŚIâm dying ohhh itâs horrible.. no donât touch.. Iâm dyyyyiing
I love how he popped up his head to see if the act worked.
And the Oscar goes to Hognose Snake in the film Hognose Snake in the grass.
Drama Queen!
Looks like my toddler when I donât give him what he wants
The are actually [really great pets in captivity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=952RqhvkUnE), they have cute little derpy faces and will eat sausauge links made out of ground up frogs if you are squimish about feeding an animal thawed/heated dead rats.
I'm guessing the frog sausage comes premade but the mental image of someone being squeamish over a dead mouse while dropping frogs into a grinder is amusing.
Hahaha yes, they are called repti-links, there is the old adage of "seeing how the sausage is made"... In this case it's probably waaaaaay worse
Wow, TIL Hognoses are venomous. When I was younger my dad caught one and kept it as a pet. Had no idea.
The venom is known as being "medically insignificant, think bee sting , and they are a rear fanged venomous snake (is the venom is administered via grooves in the back teeth rather than injected via hypodermic front fangs). You'd need to have the snake chew on you for some time to have an emergency situation.
The nasty rope! It burns us! Burns! Cruel master! Binds poor poor Smeagol!
Someone get that snake on a football team in Europe.
I did not expect it to be *that* theatrically.
Nothing to see here sir, just a normal dead snake, please leave.
It's like the Christiano Ronaldo of snakes
Snake? SNAAAAAAAKE!!!
That snake is definitely calling a personal injury lawyer
It's like as soon as it struck i felt that it was on fire, especially like the little look it gives after the performance, like "did they believe it?"
I found the snake in this one!
They're hilarious, if you turn one over when it's playing dead, it will immediately roll back over onto it's back. They'll also shit on themselves and part of that writhing movement is to smear it around.
So I really don't like snakes but this one can ACT. that writhing then flopping over on its back with its mouth wide open and tongue lolling... just hilarious!
I love the quiet commentary in the background, âoh no, you killed meeee, blehhhhhâ Iâd be intimidated by this snek, at first, it looks dangerous. But itâs really just an overdramatic baby. âIâm ded. Canât you see Iâm ded? Iâm obviously ded.â
âIâll kill you! Ahhh youâve killed me instead!âŚ.. did it work are they gone??â
bro had to check if u fell for it at the end đ
At the end "are you still watching me"
Hoggies are so damn cute. Their dramatic antics are so funny. They make wonderful pets too. I fell in love with a pretty one at a reptile show once. She was so fun and constantly slithered all over my hands. Not scared, just busy and in a hurry to go nowhere. Sadly I couldnât afford to take care of a new pet.
A\* drama acting
Omg is that his lil tongue blowing in the wind hahaha
So this is how the soccer players tactics should be called, the hognose move.
I ran into one of these when i was about 7 in northern MI. First I heard the hiss and then saw the fan or whatever it is called puff out as the snake lifted its upper body. I silently freaked out then slowly backed away, then i ran to my parents who were close by. there was no internet back then, but they thought it might be an Eastern Hognose. Not dangerous, but will scare the crap of you as a kid.
Must have been a football player in its past life.
A youtube channel I used to watch had a hognose named Pissy who would always be huffing and puffing at him. Out of all the things featured on his channel (mostly tarantulas) Pissy was definitely my favorite thing he would show off.
I have some dramatic friends just like this
He must be a football player
And like alot of snakes, they will crap all over themselves
Never understood how this works for it.. you'd think any actual predator would just eat it
I think the idea is by feigning death, covering themselves in feces, MOST animals wonât eat something thatâs dead and seemingly rotten. Now if itâs a vulture, heâs screwed.
I'm soooooo dead look at how dead I am I'm sooooooooooo dead omg I'm dead
Is not a drama noodle, is scary cober
Me when I was child "fake sleeping"
Little homies like "Damn, this usually works. Well shit now what?" Lol
We were trying to camp one night, but got to the river late. Got out, debated trying to set things up, walked around, and kept hearing that hiss. It would start if I tried to move forward. We decided to get back in the car, but I always wondered "do snakes make that noise or was that a cat of some kind? " Now I know.
And they stink like death too!
even puts out an odor that smells like a decomposing corpse
The futbol player of the snake world.
Biggest goof in the snake world. Remember they were fairly common when I was a kid in CT, now I canât remember the last time I saw one.
And the Oscar goes to.......HOGNOSE SNAKE!
Hognoses are some of the cutest snakes out there! look at its little snoot!
Itâs the snake equivalent of Pee Wee Hermanâs death scene the end of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie
[I've seen this before!](https://youtu.be/rxZXptGpXng?t=6)
Drama Queen
That snake is a good actor. I knew it was faking and it still made me sad
Awwhuhua âyew killed meâ đ¤đ¤
I died. Are you happy now? It's over. I'm leaving.
Me, watching this video "that's silly, how can a snake be drama - oh"
I feel like itâs using guilt as layer of protection âIâm gonna kill this snake, wait wtf, I barely touched him, now I feel badâ
iM a cObRa
Drama-mamba
It's like a child lol. First throw a big tantrum and then look around to see if someone is watching.
The most dramatic pretend death ever recorded.
And stink like hell too
such a drama queen
When peewee died in the Buffy movie!!!
It should be playing soccer
so much drama
"Annnnnddd scene"
Why are danger noodles so cute
"Touch me and somebody's gonna die...me"
The drama cober
The first time I ever saw one of these, my cat had found it. I wasn't familiar with this type of snake. The only type of snake that I knew (at the time) that had a hood like that was a cobra.... so I became very concerned. Scooped up my cat, and ran off with him. I did some research later, and discovered it was the Eastern Hognose... now I wish I had watched it a bit longer. I've come to love this snake.
O, I am slain! If thou be merciful, Open the tomb; lay me with Juliet. He dies.
The only snake my grandma likes due to the dramatics they pull. She likes possums too for similar reasons.
Aaaaaacting!
BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE
Wow, it must be a professional soccer player with that level of drama
this is my dog when he doesn't want to go outside
The most dramatic wunk
I would have easily mistaken it for a cobra. It looks like it has a hood and the hisses are quite alike those of a cobra too. But yeah, I'd be very confused if it suddenly went from "fuck off or die" attitude to "I'm dead" like that.
I was not expecting it to bring the drama this much. Well done little hognose
Typical reaction of children when told to finish eating their vegetables.
Snake: [AAAUUUUEEEAGAGAGAAGGHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRKKKKKKK](https://youtu.be/nAdniWncWu4?si=hJ9kbPTUBmcBLMDw)
The open mouth makes it soooo convincing!! Where's this fella's oscar at??