Hungry snake chases tail

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:47 AM EST

Article Source: The Sun Newspaper Online

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A HUNGRY snake found his latest meal hard to swallow — when it tried to eat its own tail.

The greedy 3ft creature mistook his rear end for a tasty dish and started to gobble it up.

The panic-stricken king snake quickly realised its mistake but was unable to regurgitate his tail because his backward-facing teeth had taken hold.

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cartooncat

Ooops...

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1 vote

#1 - Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:48 AM EST

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jameseg

Maybe the snake ought to adopt a vegan diet?

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2 votes

#2 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 6:50 AM EST

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bitemore

Ooops, indeed! I always wondered if a snake ever tried to do that... I guess I have my answer!

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1 vote

#3 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 8:23 AM EST

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Blayde

Talk about nearly losing your head over a little piece of tail.

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1 vote

#4 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 8:28 AM EST

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Karl_

WOW!

This is a flesh-and-blood illustration of a very ancient symbol that represents the eternal circle of creation and destruction, the Ouroboros of old...

I was really surprised to see this! lol

Thanks for this seed, cartooncat.

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2 votes

#5 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 8:51 AM EST

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Blayde

Karl, there is a profound aspect to this, if the snake with a beginning and an end had succeeded in devouring its self, by consuming it's ability to excrete, it would have become a Buddha, or it would have simply ceased to exist in this universe, removing a bit of mass, proving that there are other universes.

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2 votes

#5.1 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 6:39 PM EST

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bitemore

#5.1: "...if the snake with a beginning and an end had succeeded in devouring its self, by consuming it's ability to excrete, it would have become a Buddha, or it would have simply ceased to exist in this universe, removing a bit of mass, proving that there are other universes."

Um. I think my brain just flipped into another universe... or maybe I'm just tired...

:-)

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3 votes

#5.2 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 6:45 PM EST

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Arizona1950

I thought the same thing ... decided it was just too complicated to try and leave a rational thought. LOL

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#5.3 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 6:49 PM EST

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Arizona1950

I think the owner should be investigated. What did s/he do starve the poor thing that it went after anything that moved for food?

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2 votes

#6 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 5:59 PM EST

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