Scientists call them Serpentes, God called upon them to level the hubris of mankind, and some brave souls call them pets. Regardless, snakes are in our homes and here to stay.
Whether they be Pythons, Anacondas, Garters, or any other term that could also be used in a rap song to reference the male genitals, snakes are extremely comfortable around humans and can make themselves at home easily. In your home, they will feel that they are kings. Let’s talk about some common misconceptions you might have about snakes in your home.
MYTH #1 – Snakes are More Afraid of You Than You are of Them.
This is absolutely bogus. Why would a snake be afraid of you? Snakes are slippery and quick. They can escape and hide and they don’t need much room to do it. These amniote vertebrates can easily slip into the tightest spots around your home, but they don’t even have to if they don’t want to. Most snakes will coil up and hold their ground, even when a perceived predator approaches. If a snake does run, it’s usually trying to lead you back to it’s lair for a more convenient kill.
MYTH #2 – Snakes Can’t Come Up Through Your Toilet.
Snakes absolutely can come up through your toilet. They love it. The part of the toilet known as the trap, which exists around a tight 180 degree turn just beyond your view from above the bowl, is their favorite hiding spot. True fact, 86% of all toilets in North America have a snake or two living in that area at all times, it’s just more rare for the animal to make an appearance when you aren’t looking.
MYTH #3 – Snakes Can Sprout Wings.
This urban legend is absolutely incorrect, but it’s based on applied observation. Homeowners often find snakes in high places like light fixtures or curled up on top of bedroom ceiling fans, often to wonder how they get up there. Snakes are also often found at the highest floor in apartment buildings, with reports of garter snakes being found as high as the 7th floor.
That said, snakes don’t sprout wings. They can travel vertically in several other ways, including simply slithering rapidly up walls, or by leaping straight up and adhering to a flat surface. An adult garter snake can reel back and launch itself as high as 12 feet.
MYTH #4 – Snakes Lay a Dozen Eggs at a Time.
Similar to the above myth, it is observed that a cache of snake eggs usually consists of about 10 to 14 eggs. In actuality, a mother snake will pick multiple places to nest and lay her eggs. A single nest will contain 10 to 14 eggs, but the mother usually caries several hundred eggs at once. She just chooses to lay them all throughout your house. These eggs hatch quickly, and about half the time, two snakes are born to a single egg.
MYTH #5 – Snakes are Poisonous.
Actually, there is only one type of snake that is poisonous, and it is the Asian Rhabdophis tigrinus, which becomes poisonous by consuming toxins from a poisonous toad it eats. You wouldn’t want to attempt to eat the Asian Rhabdophis tigrinus.
However, all snakes are venomous, which means they are capable of producing venom used to cripple and kill their prey or aggressors. Snakes will even bite for fun, just to watch you slowly die of an explosive erection. While most snakes aren’t known for being lethal, all of them are, and will attack if they want you out of their new home.
What to do if a Snake Crawls Up Your Home’s Siding
This is the snake’s way of asserting dominance upon you and claiming your home for it’s breeding ground. Within the next few hours, the snake, once swollen with thousands of eggs, will spawn and release its incubating offspring into every nook and cranny in your home, including in your walls, your bedding, your sealed containers of food, your appliances, in the backs of televisions and speakers, and anywhere else you might think of while laying in bed at night.
Enjoy this beautiful example of life and embrace nature’s majestic course, as there is nothing you can do to steer it.
SEE ALSO: Best Hiding Spots to Find Snakes in Your Home
- Trap or closet bend of your toilet
- Tucked into the sheet beyond the foot of your bed
- Along the top of medicine cabinets
- Curled up on the top of ceiling fan blades
- Plastic packaging for water bottles or canned goods
- Under the refrigerator
- Coat pockets
- Behind molding
- Behind the dishwasher where there are also thousands of spiders.
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- Snake penises go side to side
- Snakes in the USA have no ears because of noise pollution and Trump
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