Silke Jasso
A video of an Indian cobra regurgitating a plastic bottle while humans looked on is grossing out the internet.
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This is not the face of a happy snake.
The short video ends with the snake successfully spitting up a bottle of soda.
A man with a stick who observed the whole thing then casually picks up the cobra as a vigilant dog takes stock of the situation.
As we pointed out in a previous regurgitation story, there is a there is a difference between vomiting and regurgitation.
Simply put, the plastic bottle was never broken down and so it was regurgitated. Vomiting is barfing up stuff that has been digested.
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There are a few reasons why a snake would regurgitate something. A snake regurgitating what they’ve consumed is not a sign of good health, but it’s an even worse sign if the creature does so routinely.
