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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'

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[–] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'll take a machete and a shot gun thanks.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You spelled flamethrower wrong.

[–] OZFive@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Your autocorrect accidentally replaced the word aerial bombing.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

My spell check gave me .... thermo nuclear device

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Damn, hate it when that happens.

[–] Smc87@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

You mean orbital bombing?

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's if you spot it before it grabs you. I imagine it's gonna be hard to aim a shotgun or swing a machete once the snake starts constricting you.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

The one thing snakes like this do quickly is grab and coil around their prey. Everything else is slow slow slow. You’d really need some sort of pepper spray in a breakable tube that activates upon constriction. Hmmmmm….