“Snakes,” I hear you mutter to yourself like a crazy person. “They’ve mastered the land, certainly, but I can rest easy in the knowledge that these bastard creatures from Hell haven’t mastered the sea and the air.” Well, guess what, motherfucker: they’re everywhere. They cannot be stopped. Not only did the 2006 Samuel L Jackson documentary prove that they’ve mastered the air, but these slithery creeps have frequently demonstrated that they fear not the sea.
For instance, take this big beautiful gender indeterminate serpent practically gliding across the surface of the Murray River with nary a care in the world.
Despite the fact that these fucked, limbless beasts were cursed by God to forever be the scourge of mankind, the passing interaction this one has with two observing fishermen is so pleasant that it almost borders on heartwarming.
Off camera, the men determine that the creature is a Murray-Darling carpet python and remark that the whole situation is “pretty cool“. Boys, you’re not wrong.
Check out this slithery swimmer spotted by 7 News viewer Alex on a fishing trip at Blanchetown. 7 News on Instagram: https://t.co/roGoiTqWCR #SouthAustralia #7News pic.twitter.com/03TwhKc4vq
— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) June 12, 2018
After calmly g’day-ing its way past the boat, the snake levers its way out of the water on a rock in the exact fashion that I imagine I would if I was trying to get out of a pool and I had a beer in each hand.
Incidentally, the bloke that captured the video does incredible line drawings of fish on his Instagram. Nice one, Alex.
