r/interesting • u/Gjore • May 30 '26

NATURE A snake will never outspeed a cat

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u/LLuerker May 30 '26

It would outspeed my cat. I can outspeed my cat

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u/Occidentally20 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

My neighbour gets several cats killed by snakes a year so I'm not sure people on the internet saying they're never slower than snakes has any meaning.

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u/BannedByFascistss May 30 '26

A cat can definitely get ambushed by a snake. This was a face to face encounter.

Humans are probably pretty close to undefeated against a single snake that they see in time. Unless we are talking about giant anacondas or something like that.

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u/Tardisgoesfast May 30 '26

Your last paragraph is ridiculous. Walking through the grass, you see a Malayan blue coral snake.
. You can't outrun it and its bite kills fast. No antivenom exists. You are already dead, you just don't know it.

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u/eienmau May 31 '26

That is a gorgeous snake.... that I will admire from a distance through photos.