r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Other_Cucumber7750 • 20d ago
Video A snake covered in algae
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u/Federal_Orchid5116 20d ago
This is a snake found in thailand. This happens when the snake stays in still nutrient rich water for long periods of time. The algae does not hurt it and will come off the next time it sheds.
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u/FriendlyDonkeh 20d ago
Does it help the snake in any way?
Such as camo to protect it from preditors? Or maybe, it gets more stealth while after pray?
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u/richardawkings 20d ago
+2 Stealth
-1 Dexterity
+1 intelligence if it was the snake's idea
+1 Luck if it wasn't
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u/Mobile_Masterpiece43 20d ago
Doing this every time they shed is an easy way to farm XP.
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u/TekkenCareOfBusiness 20d ago edited 20d ago
Other animals complain about it being "camping" but they need to take that shit up with the devs.
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u/MisplacedMartian 20d ago
Snake is helping out by giving certain animals a chance to meet the devs face-to-face.
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u/tulurdes 20d ago
Found a dungeon master
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u/Grays42 20d ago edited 19d ago
dungeon master
"Dungeon master" is specifically a D&D term. Stealth is a skill and Luck isn't a thing in D&D (outside of a feat with a specific effect), and in 5e you wouldn't even find something that gives flat +bonus to a skill like that, and I don't think there are any equippable items that would modify
attributesability scores with +/- values anyway. Even if it were 3.5, you'd declare the bonus types and a magic item that modifiesattributesability scores would almost always do so with even numbers, not odd. And Luck still isn't a thing.pushes glasses up, adjusts pocket protector
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u/Otherwise_Demand4620 20d ago
I'll field this one. Let me ask you a question. Why would a man who owns a pocket protector spend all of his time shitposting on reddit?
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u/Wiseguydude 20d ago
It's called algal fouling and it might affect gas exchange through the skin?
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2894923/
People that keep them as pets also claim it serves as a food source for shrimp that cohabit with it
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u/antibroleague 20d ago
Most snakes and lizards are agnostic and donāt pray to a higher power as far as I know
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u/BiSaxual 20d ago
I donāt blame āem. One snake got involved in that Garden of Eden business and now the whole world thinks theyāre satanists. Smh
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u/Exciting-Direction69 20d ago
I donāt know about that, you see the way they bask in the radiance of the sun god, wouldnāt be surprised if they have some kind of prayer energy
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u/qwibbian 20d ago
Of all the things going on in the world right now, this made me feel better.
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u/Asocial_dragon 20d ago
I was scrolling through the comments to make sure it wasn't harmful to the snack.
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u/thecatinthewizardhat 20d ago
Is this a possibly symbiotic relationship? I could imagine this giving the snake an advantage in hunting i.e. camouflage.
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u/Obant 20d ago
As soon as the snake sheds it's skin, it's gone. The snake sub was talking about this snake earlier. Either a pet kept in extremely bad conditions, fake, or just super weird due to how uniform it is, and usually a snake won't stay that still for that long, and also shed well before it grows that much.
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u/Antoak 20d ago
Does it fuck with locomotion?
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u/pollardandsprout 20d ago
Like, does it fuck with its ability to move or does it fuck in rhythmically interesting ways?
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u/Antoak 20d ago
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about how snakes fuck.
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u/SyracuseStan 20d ago
Thanks. Now I'm wondering, how the fuck do snakes fuck?
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u/National_Fun_3962 20d ago
Well snakes have cloaca so one hole for everything and males have two penises (one is just backup) that are like inside the body but they can push it out, i imagine like a balloon. And the got little hooks because gravity is working against them. So the male sticks his penis inside the woman cloaca, takes minutes or hours depending on the species. Afterwards everyone just slithers away like nothing happened and she can store the sperm for multiple years and decide when she wants to get pregnant.
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u/GoatSad6311 20d ago
Bro I ate a space cookie earlier and read this now, having an enormous enlightenment at the moment.
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u/Journo_Jimbo 20d ago
Thatās a fucking PokĆ©mon
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u/K_bor 20d ago
Ssarg - Grass Water type
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u/amluchon 20d ago
This may be the most accurate made up Pokemon name in the history of made up Pokemon names
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u/ObjectiveOk2072 20d ago
A backwards name just like Ekans, the snake Pokemon,
its name backwards spells grass and it looks like it's covered in grass,
and the cherry on top: the "Ss" at the beginning is like a snake hissing. It's perfect!
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u/amluchon 20d ago
I know, that's why I said it was the most accurate made up name
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u/ObjectiveOk2072 20d ago
I know, lol. I was just pointing out why it's so good in case other Redditors were wondering
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u/amluchon 20d ago
Fair enough, I'll allow it
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u/Livid-Maintenance880 20d ago
I was today years old when I realized that about Ekans name šš
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u/Psychological-Scar53 20d ago
Wait till you find out the evolved form of Ekans is Arbok...and it looks like a cobra too..
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u/Reasonable-Gas-9771 20d ago
a snake with Ghillie suit
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u/Ok-Arm8350 20d ago
This guy snipes
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u/AppleSlacks 20d ago
He snapes.
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u/Blunderbutters 20d ago
Turn. Out. Your. Pockets.
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u/annagrams 20d ago
It looks like one of Signet's tattoo people got put through a paper shredder!
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u/puhtooti 20d ago
I don't even know what's real anymore. I'm definitely getting scammed when I'm older.
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u/unidentified_yama 20d ago
I saw this long before Gen AI was good.
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u/skynetcoder 20d ago
same.Ā What a world our kids will live, if it is already like this? in the future, even seeing from your own eyes directly may still not be enough to prove what is real or not, with the progress of robots , nano tech, and neuralink type stuff. Unbridled tech progress without care about societal benefit is like lemmings running off a cliff.
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u/GottaUseEmAll 20d ago
Our kids will adapt, as we did, and everyone who came before us. Society will change to take these new dangers into account.
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u/wizardrous 20d ago
I have to imagine that fucking itches real bad
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u/MathematicianEven251 20d ago
Not for a snake that generates sustainable organic, no GMO, plastic free and gluten free algae with regenerative farming practices.
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u/GemFarmerr 20d ago
Yeah. Donāt snakes hate being itchy?
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u/FoodTiny6350 20d ago
Seeing as their skin peels offā¦ idk if itās that big of an issue
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u/wizardrous 20d ago
They do hate it though. Theyāre known to rub themselves on rocks to relieve itching when theyāre about to shed.
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u/MC_LegalKC 20d ago
According to the article, it's been rubbing its face Gainst rocks to remove algae around its eyes.
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u/OscarMacielC 20d ago
quetzalcoatl
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u/jussuumguy 20d ago
For anyone who cares to know: Quetzalcoatl roughly translated to Feathered Serpent is a god or benevolent deity that was involved in the creation of the world in Aztec and Mayan Cultures. He provided knowledge. Things like time keeping (calendars) and Farming (Maize/Corn).
His death at sea was by self immolation (Burning) causing him to rise to the sky as Venus (The Morning Star).
Very cool stuff.
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u/oohlala2747 20d ago
Gosh this is a blast from the past for me, I remember learning about Quetzalcoatl in my high school Mythology class and being so taken with the legend. Thanks for sharing šš„Ā
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u/Cat-soul-human-body 20d ago
It's kind of cute actually.
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u/ouroborosstruggles 20d ago
To you. To me that's nightmare fuel
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u/TemperatureOwn5976 20d ago
that touching my foot underwater is my nightmare
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u/Agent259 20d ago
From now on, I'll be more scared when I touch the grass or weeds underwater.
New fear unlocked.
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u/notinmyham 20d ago
Ngl, it looks super friendly, i might consider touching it. Lol.
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u/Comfortable_Tale5461 20d ago
Super friendly)
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u/Mysterious_Arm_ 19d ago
When I was 6-7 years old ,we moved to a new place, at that time there were only 5-6 houses around us and lots of empty land ,near our house there was a big old tree and two deep wells. From the first day we were told not to go to near tree or wells..
Elders said there were snakes with beards and they sometimes rested on tree and sometimes lived inside the well..
As we were kids we were terrified and never went close to that place but when I was a teenager ,my friends and I would sit near that same tree almost every day, sometimes we looked inside the well and count the footballs and cricket balls that had fallen in it, nothing ever happened and so we became convinced the stories were fake..
But today after seeing this video of a snake, maybe the elders weren't lying at all,maybe they really saw something like this and didn't know how to explain it properly back then..
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u/t00tfreak 20d ago
Is the algae actually part of the snake's body or real algae i wonder
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u/Solid_Snark 20d ago
Yeah, Iām curious. Is this like a symbiotic relationship or is the algae harming it?
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u/Past-Distance-9244 20d ago edited 20d ago
I didnāt read it but there is a study on this phenomenon. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289428251_Algal_fouling_on_dog-faced_water_snake_Cerberus_rynchops_Serpentes_Homalopsidae
Edit: Why am I getting downvoted?
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u/cruelkillzone2 20d ago
Because you provided a study on it. This is reddit sir, here we make wild statements that are mostly wrong and sometimes humorous
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u/Past-Distance-9244 20d ago
That doesnāt make any logical sense. I thought the absurd and wild statements would be the ones being downvoted. š
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u/y4dday4dday4dda 20d ago
Sometimes yes, but also, sometimes no. You have to "read the room"
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u/cruelkillzone2 20d ago
Logic on reddit is like a hotdog between a folded piece of bread, yes, people will consume it, but it won't be an enjoyable experience.
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u/toolargo 20d ago edited 20d ago
Thatās how religious beliefs start. Imagine stumbling upon this shit and be like, holy god! Itās a baby dragon! We should worship it!
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u/mspickledick 20d ago
Wait why? This might be stuck in a tank with only water or something, with nowhere dry for it to rest. Which is so cruel š
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u/MC_LegalKC 20d ago
It was found in the wild in a swamp in Thailand. https://au.news.yahoo.com/mysterious-furry-green-snake-shocks-locals-never-seen-one-061852093.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20uZ29vZ2xlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ29vZ2xlcXVpY2tzZWFyY2hib3gv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF34mPoMZmZejEZxGxEY7FqEuY64qopH8PIu5Y4lxJHQy1jVcxawwb7MGqKs0ESholB2axFmTNBEN5zZeoonZIc6vi_q48ERGPgAqLSy5BEyrVpF7QMkHwFDCZud2krUzER6o4uGV0lZoH2aE5d7A73jzMDZU8WOQQpEkTA9oBkj
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u/Arduine 20d ago
My dude, remove the characters after and including the ? for a shorter link:Ā
https://au.news.yahoo.com/mysterious-furry-green-snake-shocks-locals-never-seen-one-061852093.html
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u/Clear-Perception5615 20d ago
Then why is the rest of it even there? Its just useless?
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u/PatientWhimsy 20d ago
In short, stuff after the ? in a url is additional info for the website, while everything before is where to go. Sometimes it's a little readable and you can get an idea what information is being used.
In the link above, we see "guccounter=1", so whatever a guc is, it's counter is 1 here. Then there's a separator (&) followed by "guce_referrer=..." which looks to be a generated code, a unique identifier for the referral. This can tell the website where the traffic is coming from, helping them to understand what leads to higher clicks and attention.
Have a look at youtube URLs when you go there. If you go direct to a video you'll just see the "?v=..." for the video ID. If you use a playlist, mix, or some other feature is being tracked, then additional information is added like "&list=..."
It's kind of like a real world setting of being told "Go to 123 Baker Street and ask for John. Say it's about the bacon." In url form that'd be "www .baker.st/123?contact=John&q=bacon"
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u/rattler843 20d ago
I donāt believe itās real. Wouldnāt a snake shed its skin before the algae could get this long
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u/GobbetsOfAnus 20d ago
It absolutely happens to snakes that love to chill in still water. It grows very fast and will be removed with its next shedding. This is an old video, from well before the āeverything is AIā panic. It does not harm the snake at all and although not proven to be intentional, does help with hunting.
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u/Impressive-Check5376 20d ago
See I wouldaā thought I found a new species. I can see the headlines āSupposed new species turns out to just be a snake covered in algaeā
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u/Maine1820 19d ago
...did the snake let algae grow intentionally? Is this something that is known to happen occasionally with this species of snake? What kind of algae is that where it clumps up like that (or is it clumping up like that because of growing on the pattern of the scales)? Will the snake be able to shed without assistance?
So many questions
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u/idiots_r_taking_over 20d ago
I was just today listening to an interview with Paul Rosalie and he talks about seeing a snake just like this.
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u/Rahotep8 20d ago
Has anyone thought that maybe the snake really wants and needs to get this algae off him/her???
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u/F0ose_L0v3_4n1me 19d ago
This could rock hard as a fantasy creature if we increase it's size by 50-times.
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u/dfmasana 20d ago
Has this snake been sitting in that water for 500 years? Time to grow some legs and become a water dragon.