This is on my mind
On the surface of it, it's whimsical and 'cute.' The big nasty snake has a heart of gold, and has made friends! Incidentally, this is an opportunity to use my favorite big old multi-syllabic word. Let's see if you can pick it out in the next few sentences! The idea behind the story is that the snake made friends with a dwarf hamster, and just golly isn't that an adorable Disney-esque miracle of nature? It's implied that the snake and hamster will live out their days, happily napping and growing even closer as individuals. Well, no. This is just another case of humans anthropomorphizing non-human entities.
Life isn't a Disney movie. Even if it were, Kaa still tried to make Mogli a snack, if you recall.
First of all, the snake in question is a *rat snake.* Eats rodents. Dwarf hamster? Rodent. Snakes are *not* prone to warm and cuddly moments. If a snake cuddles, it's to kill. Snakes are reptiles. Reptiles possess brains that are so rudimentary that they are a mere couple of steps up the ladder from insect ganglion. Basically, their brains function on an 'action/reaction' level, with a few bells and whistles thrown in. This RAT SNAKE isn't going to be all buddy-buddy with a RODENT. And the rodent is obviously oblivious to the danger it faces, or else it would probably react like one, ie: claw and bite the RAT SNAKE.
The article mentions that they offered the dwarf hamster as a meal after the snake went off frozen dead rodents, but it refused to eat the hamster, and soon returned to its regular diet of frozen dead rodents. The reason the snake isn't eating the hamster....the RAT snake isn't eating the RODENT....is simple: IT'S NOT HUNGRY. But wait until its keepers ring the dinner bell a little too late...
On the surface of it, it's whimsical and 'cute.' The big nasty snake has a heart of gold, and has made friends! Incidentally, this is an opportunity to use my favorite big old multi-syllabic word. Let's see if you can pick it out in the next few sentences! The idea behind the story is that the snake made friends with a dwarf hamster, and just golly isn't that an adorable Disney-esque miracle of nature? It's implied that the snake and hamster will live out their days, happily napping and growing even closer as individuals. Well, no. This is just another case of humans anthropomorphizing non-human entities.
Life isn't a Disney movie. Even if it were, Kaa still tried to make Mogli a snack, if you recall.
First of all, the snake in question is a *rat snake.* Eats rodents. Dwarf hamster? Rodent. Snakes are *not* prone to warm and cuddly moments. If a snake cuddles, it's to kill. Snakes are reptiles. Reptiles possess brains that are so rudimentary that they are a mere couple of steps up the ladder from insect ganglion. Basically, their brains function on an 'action/reaction' level, with a few bells and whistles thrown in. This RAT SNAKE isn't going to be all buddy-buddy with a RODENT. And the rodent is obviously oblivious to the danger it faces, or else it would probably react like one, ie: claw and bite the RAT SNAKE.
The article mentions that they offered the dwarf hamster as a meal after the snake went off frozen dead rodents, but it refused to eat the hamster, and soon returned to its regular diet of frozen dead rodents. The reason the snake isn't eating the hamster....the RAT snake isn't eating the RODENT....is simple: IT'S NOT HUNGRY. But wait until its keepers ring the dinner bell a little too late...
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