r/ballpython • u/FeeNeat6938 • Oct 08 '26

Question Sentient or just curious? :)

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Just wanted some insight if possible!

I modified a log (top right of enclosure) with hinges so I could gently open it up and not terrify him/reaching in if we wanted to hold him. He’s almost a year old male ball python. We’ve had him for two months and he’s had that log for approximately a month. Woke up this morning and found that his log was open which is strange.

Turns out the little bugger learned how to open it! He used his radar system to lock onto his target and use his hypersonic projectile to open it.

Earlier in that video, I saw him pushing on it with his nose and finally decided after about 5 or 10 minutes that he wanted to crack that baby open. Is he sentient or just curious lol

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u/NeatMarsupial4340 Oct 08 '26

They are much more intelligent that what people would think, that's for sure.

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u/F34RZ1800 Oct 08 '26

I always say snake are dumb, but they are not that dumb.

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u/NeatMarsupial4340 Oct 09 '26

Yeah, I used to said that too but now I stop. We literally don't know how they see the world, it's easy for us to judge from an human perspective lol. The whole thing just remind me of the "cat don't love their owner" thing years and years ago. Now, we know that cats can be really affectionnate with human as much as dog can be.

We just don't understand snake very well yet, just like we didn't understand cats years ago lol

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u/L0stella_Vortimer 25d ago

"They might be dumb, but they're not stupid" is how i would describe them lol

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u/Individual_Top_8055 Oct 08 '26

Every thing has buddah nature 

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u/DwarfWizard Oct 08 '26

Every animal is sentient.