Man pets a banana because why not

[u/Apprehensive-Big6161]

[u/DoomslayerDoesOPU]

That banana is NOT to scale

[u/TheClawsOfHEUGH → u/DoomslayerDoesOPU]

Well... it has scales, but you still can't use them to scale things

[u/computerfreaq09 → u/TheClawsOfHEUGH]

Well, sometimes they scale things....

[u/Cohenski]

That's one well-socialized banana

[u/CenturyEggsAndRice]

Aww.

A friend of my dad had a massive retic python that he would let roam the living room pretty often. (It was a very chill snake and the room was snake proofed to keep him from getting out, plus ya know, he was there with the snake at all times)

If I sat on the little steps in the room (one of those two level 70s rooms) Carrie the Python would come slither her head into my lap so I could pet her like this. She didn’t have a trace of head shyness, she loved to have her head petted.

She gave me wildly unrealistic expectations for retic personality. All the others I’ve known have been bitey but she was the sweetest.

[u/SpaceBus1]

That's a neat dog

[u/Infernalchainsfire → u/SpaceBus1]

A very neat dog, I must as tho… wat da dawg doin

[u/-TheDyingMeme6-]

Non-danger noodle

Soft noodle

Egg noodlw

... fuck im hungry now

[u/Tehkin → u/-TheDyingMeme6-]

such is life 😔😔

[u/Fitzftw7]

I know they enjoy the warmth, but I wonder if they enjoy the sensation of being pet.

[u/Carcezz → u/Fitzftw7]

im almost certain at least some do, one of my ball pythons will lean into pets and try to slither under my hand so i’ll pet him

[u/SkeletalJazzWizard]

some high-quality head squishies on that feller right there

[u/Weavercat]

Not a banana, that's a plantain!

[u/Doc_Dragoon]

Snakes definitely have personalities and can be outside the norms. When I worked at the zoo we had a king snake that we would bring out to let kids pet because he was super chill, a little cuddly if anything. He liked to to curl up with you and get strokes down his back. Most of the snakes did not like being handled but some didn't care and some even enjoyed it. The king cobra oddly enough would ask for chin rubs like along the bottom of his jaw and when he was done he'd slither off.

[u/GoatApprehensive9606]

Packing a head like a pit bull

[u/Sharkbrand]

Now i want a pet banana....

[u/cthulhus_spawn]

It's a handsome banana why not touch it?

[u/Mrdusty567]

They way he keeps touching the snakes eye makes me cringe. I know it's got a cap over it but it still makes me pucker up.

Otherwise good snakes get pets and head pats

[u/ExL-Oblique → u/Mrdusty567]

I think he's being careful not to touch the eye. You see at the end where he curves his thumb up so it doesn't touch it.

[u/SkeletalJazzWizard → u/ExL-Oblique]

yeah i dont think people realize how far out the head squishies are protruding from the level of the eye, his thumb tip is floating well in front of the eye while hes rubbing his head like that.

[u/FixergirlAK → u/Mrdusty567]

Agreed, I don't ever intentionally touch their eyes. However, my juvenile beep is a weirdo and likes to rub his eyes on my fingers.

[u/Kintsugi-0]

aww what a cutie patootie :3

[u/eyeofra1]

Because that's the bestest banana

[u/Forsaken-Contract173]

I wonder if it actually enjoys that or doesn't care 'cause clearly it's not opposed to it

^{sorry if this offended you I unfortunately offend everyone it seems}

[u/Night_Thastus → u/Forsaken-Contract173]

While a lot of mammals enjoy grooming behavior, reptiles are not known to - especially snakes. A lot of times people wrongly associate human-like behaviors (like a lizard closing their eyes) with contentment/satisfaction even when it means something totally different (annoyance).

In the case of snakes, the best you can likely get is them not being stressed by it. A very well-socialized snake (like this one) won't be headshy or mind handling in general. But it's very doubtful that it likes it in the way a dog or cat can feel.

[u/Sir_Snek → u/Night_Thastus]

I think it’s very possible that in some cases they do “like” it. Other reptiles, when socialized, sometimes respond positively to and even seek out interactions like these. A fantastic example is tortoises. Tortoises can feel through their shells — they’re actually quite sensitive — and when their shells are stroked many pet tortoises wiggle and press themselves into the hand petting them. I think with snakes in particular this may be less common since your average pet snake is going to socialize differently than a tortoise or large lizard, but some of the snakes that are well socialized may well enjoy the interaction beyond just tolerating it.

[u/BigTicEnergy → u/Night_Thastus]

Yeah, reptiles will instinctively close their eyes to protect them when we pet their head heads. We’re projecting mammalian behaviors onto them

[u/Lord_Ocean]

I didn't expect a video of someone stroking their banana on here.

[u/Savedbythegel]

Awww what a sweet retic!!

[u/Financial_Penalty887]

I can never get why people hate snakes so much

[u/Jennifer_Pennifer]

Mauauasssssaagggge

[u/UniversalAdaptor]

Thats actually a Bananaconda

[u/RaneeGA]

I'm just now realizing that that must feel so good, since they don't have hands

[u/GraphicDesignMonkey]

He's soooo smooshy

[u/itspolarislux]

🥺 cute baby, she's so sweet

[u/Correct-Trade-6137]

Just found this page and

Wow thats lovely.

I need to discover more about sneks

[u/Social_Anomaly-10679]

Bananas is good.

[u/Haywire-Hawk]

I love that bandana

[u/Callah_2]

I want to have a pet snake. My only stipulation is that it must be a native species in my area. I'd rather not cause ecological problems, so I'm restricted to rattlers, bull snakes, rat snakes, and a few others.