I have a (very stupid) pet snake
After 6 months in her current tank she still hasn't grasped the idea of glass walls.

But when she nuts herself against one at high speed, she does make a wonderful squeaking sound as she slooooooooowly slides back down it.

EDIT: Yes kids, the little snake is fine. She also does it to her hide hut, so I'm thinking perhaps it's not the idea of walls so much as the concept of stopping before impact that confuses her.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 18:46, 5 replies)

My snake does this also. It is very amusing!
(Xstopher, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 22:31, closed)

Ooh, what breed?
I'm wondering if mine (corn snake) is an especially moronic breed of snake...
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 8:09, closed)

I suppose that's
because where your snake comes from, there aren't any pieces of glass for it to bang into.

Still, nice to see along with being stuffed into a small box, she's also providing you with a laugh when she hurts herself.
(username failed moderation, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 9:11, closed)

I appreciate the mouth-frothing
But my snake was bred in captivity, and raised in a succession of little incubator tubs until she was old enough to be sold. So she comes from a place with lots of glass walls. Your argument is like asking why we stop dogs from savaging people since they're just being naturally feral...
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 9:58, closed)

You'd think so,
but then why does she keep crashing into the glass?

I'm sure it's as hilarious as it sounds though. Small animals injuring themselves is always a bit of a hoot. You should paint clown makeup on her sometimes.
(username failed moderation, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 12:46, closed)

See also drunk people walking into sliding doors

(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 15:25, closed)

Sober people, too.
Blind, sober people.
(uncle_bud is not the jelly roll king., Mon 10 Dec 2012, 16:12, closed)

It's the snake's own fault.
I'm sure that most
other reptiles are
completely au fait with
the concept of heating
sand into a transparent
solid.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 10:45, closed)

A salient point, for sure, made all the more palatable by this innovative poem format.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 12:56, closed)

Thanks.
One strives for artistic merit in all endeavors.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 16:22, closed)

Long legless reptile
Sits within the glass fishbowl
Contemplating death
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 16:33, closed)

Cheers
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 20:16, closed)

Small animal attempts suicide after being driven mad by lifelong imprisonment, current captor looks on with amusement

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 10:09, closed)

I don't understand.
If you hate snakes so much why do you keep one?
On the other hand, if you like snakes so much why do you keep one in a tiny glass box and laugh at it when it tries to escape?
Why not keep something you can eat, at least? Unless you eat snake? If so, what do they taste like?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 20:51, closed)