Like sure snakes look nice but i would be really fucked up if i had to give it a living or dead rat every half a week or so. Only reason im not vegan is cos of that thin layer of separation between what i eat and the animal it came from, so i dont feel awful everytime i eat, do yall not feel any of that?

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
    5·
    4 years ago

    Because asphyxiation by strangulation is one of the most violent ways to die, whereas carbon dioxide any method of euthanasia is humane by comparison.

    http://www.anapsid.org/prekill2.html

    Contrary to what many people believe, a constricting snake does not crush its prey to death; rather, the snake will tighten its coils every time the prey animal exhales, which squeezes the prey's chest tighter and tighter until it can no longer inhale and smothers.

    • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
      1·
      4 years ago

      whereas carbon dioxide

      nooooooope

      Did you mean carbon monoxide or nitrogen or something? The sensation of suffocation is entirely due to CO2 dissolving into your blood.

      Suffocating something with CO2 would literally be torture (I'm pretty sure it's been used as a form of torture, by supplying enough O2 the person never passes out)

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Yes, nitrogen is better, but CO2 is still better than strangulation, because strangulation still involves the sensation CO2 dissolving into your blood (plus additional terrors).