I've seen at least one video where a snake of similar size manages to depress a door handle and gets it to open, although that might've been lucky coincidence.
As for my own snakes, they definitely grasp the concept of a sliding door and how its mechanics work, since they try to get it open regularly. That's why they sell locks for those.
This one? The THUD it makes cracks me up every time.
Yes!! Such a classic.
My hognose once surprised me by "throwing" rocks off his ridge. He was trying to burrow and apparently thought they were in the way, so he carefully yeeted them down one by one. I was rather impressed by that as well.
First time seeing that clip, but even expecting the THUD it still made me laugh. Thanks for that!
My geckos also know how sliding doors work and open them if they are not closed 100% of the way.
As for my own snakes, they definitely grasp the concept of a sliding door and how its mechanics work, since they try to get it open regularly. That's why they sell locks for those
Huh. Never knew that sliding door locks were all specifically meant for keeping snakes in 🤔
Yeah their weight pulls down on the handle and open sesame. No way a snake can open a microwave door though, because they'd have to pull straight outwards instead of just down.
I wonder if someone just dethawed a mouse in there and the snake can smell it or if the snake has watched that happen enough times that it thinks the microwave is some sort of mouse vending machine
Or they’re nuking chicken. Snakes this size generally eat rats, chickens, or rabbits. So if they’re making chicken then that could get the snake interested.
I've never had a snake, though I did help take care of one we had in our HS biology classroom. I know feeding them frozen mice is common, and some people thaw them in the microwave, but it makes sense a snake this large would need something more substantive than a mouse.
I like to think that note on the fridge is a to-do list of chores for the big old snake. I hope he remembered to fold the laundry and pick up some milk on the way home
And paying rent, yesterday was the 10th
It's the wiggly man, you know, the long-mover
Huh, I didn't know snakes can climb that well.
One of my favourite surprising animal facts is that many semiaquatic turtle species can actually climb over substantial obstacles. They have claws, and when climbing, they actually move very slowly and methodically. (Turtles are also surprisingly fast on flat ground. It's just that the shells are a bit cumbersome.)
These kind of snakes climb up jungle trees when they're in their natural habitat.
