Using hand sanitizer to stop a snake from eating itself



    by thepoylanthropist

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    1. The great serpent is an ancient ouroboros↗ symbol of the eternal and cyclic nature of time. Its usage predates the wheel.

      Aes Sedai wear a gold ring with this symbol on the finger and hand of their choice, if they choose to wear it at all, in addition to their shawl to indicate their position.

    2. AirsickIowlander on

      I hear the snake was baffled by his sins

      He shed his skin to find a snake within

      Leonard Cohen

    3. With how much length of snake he regurgitated, there was probably some double overlap where he was eating a part of himself that had another part of himself already inside of it. Wild

    4. Wild_Acanthaceae_224 on

      Having hand sanitizer rubbed into your face and eyes must burn like crazy. No wonder it stopped.

    5. strongbowblade on

      How do snakes not realise that they’re eating themselves, doesn’t it hurt? Or do they know but not care?

    6. Kingsnakes eat other snakes a lot and are a little lacking in the brains department compared to other species. So this happens from time to time. 

      I had a Brook’s Kingsnake that went absolutely bonkers when it was feeding time, and it would sometimes latch onto it’s own body. I guess then it’s brain would go “yup, that tastes like food” and start chowing down on itself. 

    7. Terrible_Ear3347 on

      Is this safe for the snake? I know that if they start eating themselves like that it’s usually a death sentence but can you use the hand sanitizer to get them to stop and then treat them medically? Is this a way to save the snake?

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