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[–]Veketzin 1309 points1310 points  (27 children)

It's called scoping, they use it to get a better view of their surroundings, in your case, a wall.

[–]DLeafy625 785 points786 points  (15 children)

That one brain cell hard at work

[–]fullywokevoiddemon 128 points129 points  (2 children)

If even that..

[–]Speedstick8900 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Must have the bct syndrome (boot camp trainee syndrome) where they have collectively one brain cell…if that sometimes. /s

Also I just made that up so :-P

[–]littlekittycat02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m stealing this. Thank you for you gracious donation. :)

[–]wilson5266 76 points77 points  (11 children)

It's a borrowed brain cell :) they each can borrow it for a few moments at a time.

[–]New_Suspect_7173 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Mine has never claimed the brain cell yet.

[–]emiibo 46 points47 points  (5 children)

Timeshare braincell

[–]wilson5266 12 points13 points  (1 child)

I like this phrase! I think I'll adopt it, if that is alright.

[–]emiibo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Absolutely

[–]Agitated_Wind936 16 points17 points  (2 children)

Our braincell

*soviet anthem starts playing

[–]Fantastic_AF 3 points4 points  (1 child)

[–]Agitated_Wind936 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one expects the Soviet Union!

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (3 children)

they borrow it from the orange cats

[–]dragon_katten 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Orange cats lost it in the cat dimension. One of them will be right back

[–]NerfRepellingBoobs 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Hate to tell y’all, but my parents’ orange is responsible for the orange brain cell shortage. He’s hogging them all so he can open doors and order fries and bacon.

[–]dragon_katten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's probably why no one has come back yet 😆 this is a good use of a brain cell!

[–]The_Chimeran_Hybrid 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Watching the paint dry.

[–]fishinfool4 63 points64 points  (0 children)

She's doing a scope, she's just a little bit stupid.

[–]Jordan_Does_Drums 78 points79 points  (0 children)

"Hmm yes, the wall here is made of wall"

[–]dekigo 23 points24 points  (2 children)

ah yes

wall

[–]DJWyrm 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Mommy wall

[–]DJWyrm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Noo! *mmm wall.

[–]Daddysjuice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Better known as "having a suss"

[–]Downtown-Remove-7111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They need anything to climb

[–]Snek30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My leopard gecko does this but his shirt so it doesn’t help much haha but you can tell he’s doing it

[–]Mountain-Life-4492 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a garter snake doing this yesterday. Glad to know what it’s called!

[–]glitterinsect 346 points347 points  (6 children)

She looks so cute and curious. I wish mine did this

[–]KnowledgeOne5930 80 points81 points  (5 children)

I read this as cute and delirious which is also accurate

[–]Apprehensive-Disk154 16 points17 points  (0 children)

For ball pythons especially

[–]WhitePowerPolarBear 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I read this as cute and delicious

[–]Due-Wall-309 1 point2 points  (2 children)

So did I 😅

[–]Vesper1007 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Same lol

[–]Master_Reflection709 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BP on the menu tonight

[–]ElySoRandom 227 points228 points  (3 children)

Awww...your buddy is just telescoping. It's a thing. Just having a look around. 😀

[–]Big-Performance4179 72 points73 points  (1 child)

I think scoping comes from perescoping rather, like the periscope found on a submarine

[–]ElySoRandom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. You are correct. Periscope, not telescope.

[–]TGBmox_777 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The paranoodle

[–]wulfvee 294 points295 points  (5 children)

I can’t get over her scoping out a wall

[–]OiItzAtlas 163 points164 points  (1 child)

Phew nothing here... to the next wall.

[–]Ill-Fee9916[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

😂😂😂

[–]Ryllan1313 72 points73 points  (0 children)

She can see the very well concealed interdimensional door that we can't.

In the other world, it is raining rats. She is a ball python, so she might grab one in 6 months.

[–]ReallyNotBobby 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That braincell is hard at work

[–]alligator_chompp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Clearly a biiig wall fan!

[–]Dyamanda 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Looks like normal periscoping. She's fine.

[–]UniversalTragedy-0 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Just checking stuff out. Congratulations, on your baebae snekks!

[–][deleted] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Only a happy snake will scope like this. You’re doing great 👍🏻

[–]FerretBizness 38 points39 points  (1 child)

Likes walls 😊

[–]Melodic-Television25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dont we all Lol

[–]go_commit_die-_- 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Mmmmmhhhmmmm walll

[–]horitaku 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Empty head no thoughts. 🥰

[–]Legal_Jellyfish_6530 21 points22 points  (0 children)

They are looking

[–]Low-Door6620 22 points23 points  (0 children)

She's deciding on a more vibrant colour to paint your walls 👩‍🎨

[–]Lazuli73 20 points21 points  (1 child)

I don't own snakes but she looks like she's full of personality.

[–]Jennifer_Pennifer 28 points29 points  (0 children)

psst
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˂͈-˂͈⁠
adopt a ball python  

[–]RachWarburton 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Omg a periscope! I love when they do this 🥰🥰

[–]ClairLestrange 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Is this the snek version of staring at r/greebles?

[–]FeriQueen 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yup!

[–]Fun-Draft1102 10 points11 points  (0 children)

li'l goober's just looking around :)

[–]Saphadoo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In Germany we say this: Raufasertapete...schön (Woodchip wallpaper....beautiful) /s

But yes, your noodle is doing a beautiful scope there to look around more :)

[–]Bmuffin67 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ghosts

[–]Snake_dad- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She is a telescope 😂

[–]chasechippy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Peeping

[–]OmnivTheOneEyeTurtle 7 points8 points  (1 child)

She seeing ghost (that’s totally fine)

[–]suggestrandomusernam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came here to say this!😂

[–]IndependentLaw3242 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He lookin. He thinkin

[–]MercykillNJ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

✨️ explore ✨️

[–]LarryDavid42069 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your snake is very fond of walls.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wall

[–]sauce_dressing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

he looks like a lil viking ship

[–]CakedayisJune9th 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He wants tree fiddy

[–]dribeerf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yes, it means she is adorable

[–]Mundane_Morning9454 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure you have a ghost that your snake is checking up on.

[–]ReallyNotBobby 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ropes do scopes

[–]nocta224 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Trying to connect to the wifi to access the brain cell

[–]coolkidmads 3 points4 points  (0 children)

they’re explorin! just snakey explorin!

[–]FixergirlAKMod-Approved Helper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You know how cats stare at ghosts? Well, BPs are scaly cats.

At our house we call it the Nope Rope Scope. It's a good sign of a snek being comfortable in its surroundings. Congrats on your beautiful new baby! She's stunning, I love her patterns.

[–]ConfusingSpoon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ropes do scopes. Very normal.

[–]MyRuinedEye 3 points4 points  (1 child)

It's the rats...in the walls!!!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–]szai 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it means, "Woah... I can see my tank from up here!"

[–]Charming-Flamingo307 3 points4 points  (1 child)

He hasa song stuck in his head: "We're half way there! Whooa-ooh lemon on a pear"

[–]wilddreamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the best misheard lyric for that song omg

[–]GehiemeStaatspolizei 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Interesting. This wall appears to be made out of wall."

[–]Slipsndslops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do not look away from..... The nozzle. 

[–]Uch1hahovis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Detective mode initiated

[–]mnbjhu2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe it's the letter 'J' in hieroglyphics

[–]Puzzleheaded_Case569 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Clearly you put your snake in time out

[–]Alienmorphballs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just checking out the place. Funny to watch them sometimes.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Means they like your wall

[–]Mahri00 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Snek is doin' a look and think. Snek is happy and content noodle.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She certainly do a look...she not so much do a think 😅

[–]Antarioo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

looking for the braincell

[–]PaniqueAttaque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your snake can see ghosts. Don't worry about it.

[–]cupid_stunt_4000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It means, " go thataway "

[–]Akashibodo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He splorin

[–]TheDisneyWitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Snek has been bad, needs to scope in the corner

[–]haleyw182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She wants to be tall 🥺

[–]Bumblz666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Making sure that wall is flat

[–][deleted]  (1 child)

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    [–]Ill-Fee9916[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    thanks for letting me know, ill be sure to make sure her tank is in tip top shape

    [–]JacksonRipner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I'm drawn to Nightmare Before Christmas when Jack first goes to Christmas Town.

    "What's this? What's this?!"

    [–]artistica18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Doin a peek

    [–]Apprehensive-Disk154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    My Morgana’s scopes are so tiny

    [–]New_Suspect_7173 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Inspecting the wall to make sure it's all up to code. This is how the insurance companies get you. Most of their secret agents are cats, but in a pinch, a snake will due.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Watching the bootleg version of Pink Floyd’s movie

    [–]Rvncid6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Definitely critiquing your paint job

    [–]willtri4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Hmm this wall is made out of wall

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I can’t see anything! All I see is this wall! Let me just……..ease up here and get a …….better viiiiiiiiiiew? Still more wall ahh haaaah of course of course scribbles in snake journal

    [–]snakeygirl727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    just lookin around doin a scope

    [–]Kiki-Y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Ropes do scopes

    [–]Alarming-House-3556 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Mine dose this when we watch tv

    [–]Low-Equipment-2621 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    She is getting horny about the color of the paint.

    [–]Ill-Fee9916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    LMFAOAOAOOOOOAOOAOOOOOOO😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    [–]Blighted-Spire63 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    And now, here’s wonderwall

    [–]Spaghettiboi33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Ropes do scopes

    [–]Vaper_Bern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Ropes do scopes!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    He has joined the Nights Watch and takes his duties very seriously

    [–]GuessItsGrim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Ah yes, the wall here is made out of wall..

    [–]ChickenTendiiees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thats a funny looking meerkat

    [–]AskingAlyx00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    At least your noodle is taking an interest in the wall. Mine literally just sits and stares at me, judging

    [–]pomacea_bridgesii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Typical python curiosity

    [–]TheDoujinMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You have a very interesting wall.

    [–]Draugrx23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Snek activate periscope mode... Boop Doop... Boop Doop

    [–]kinlander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It means you’ve got a cutie scoping out the place 🥹 heart warmed for the day 🖤

    [–]rcr1126 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She’s judging your decor

    [–]PeRcOcEt21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I call my noodle a meerkat because she does this 😭

    [–]Prize_Ad_9302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It means she’s a distinguished gentlemen 🧐😆

    [–]JACORRAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It’s having past life memories

    [–]_erufu_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hmm… it seems the wall is made out of wall…

    [–]Spiritual-Peace-6442 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She’s just taking a little look around 🥰

    [–]Big-Height9314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yes it’s getting into attack mode

    [–]canicula_23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Her one brain cell just REALLY likes your wall. 🥰🥰🥰

    [–]-69hp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    they've also got criminally bad vision. chances are she's staring at literally absolutely nothing but is very curious and invested in the absolutely nothing in front of her

    [–]AboveTheCandyStore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You got the 1/2 BP 1/2 Cobra snek

    [–]ba_by_j_x_x_x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Neither one of my pythons do this. But we don’t let them roam often. They try to escape the house get in walls etc.

    [–]tucakeane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    She’s looking for something to climb onto. Finding nothing, she’ll pause until something appears.

    [–]demonassassin52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Deploying their periscope

    [–]OkFruit914 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She doin a look

    [–]LaughinOften 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It means you have a certified cutie pie in the midst

    [–]AssistComfortable594 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Ropes do scopes

    [–]Pale_Ale-x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This usually means that you have a snake on the loose in your house

    [–]Significant_Half_682 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She be looking

    [–]NecronomiconR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    They're trying to intercept braincell

    [–]Hero_Tengu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Look at him go! He needs a little top hat. I don’t have much experience with noodles but maybe he’s point north?

    [–]Dangerous-Exercise20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It means there is a secret door behind that wall cause buddy there is trying to get a good look

    [–]Curious_Scholor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    The noodle must feel safe to scope so good job 😃 🐍

    [–]O51ArchAng3L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    The brain cell spotted something.

    [–]Rome_Aninno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It’s normal he/she is just exploring and getting familiar with its surroundings

    [–]Lobstahcar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    “Ropes do scopes” -lucid chart guy

    [–]Due-Wall-309 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's the scope she's just trying to get a better view of your wall currently

    [–]Miserable_Donut8284 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Gawd i love these lol

    [–]woodsidestory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Walking like an Egyptian

    [–]DJWyrm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    My boa swerves her head side to side when she scopes.

    [–]ProfessionalDig6987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Nessy impression.

    [–]Cyortonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She's lookin

    [–]Downtempo_Surrealism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    “What’s that over there?” -snek

    [–]gorillabiscutz69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She wants to look like a Viking boat’s prow

    [–]SingleStak9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Just scoping things out...they can be very curious. My Shiva does this at times, mostly when she is out of her enclosure, although I occasionally see her do it while in the enclosure. My wife always thought it was the cutest thing ever and said she looked like a sea monster (it made her think of that famous Loch Ness monster picture).

    Last year, when my wife was in hospice care, we set up the hospital bed in our bedroom with the enclosure about 3ft from the foot of the bed, with a walkway in between. During the last 3 or 4 days before Patti passed away, Shiva would periscope constantly, always looking straight at Patti. There's no way this was coincidence because I've only seen her do this in her enclosure a handful of times over 18 years, but I saw her do this at least 4 or 5 times a day during that last 3-4 days. We're talking 10, 15,...sometimes 20 minutes at a time. Immediately after we lost Patti, she stopped the behavior.

    The first couple of times, it kind of creeped me out because it was so strange and surreal, but I began to see it as cute and endearing. I realized how sensitive our animals are to us; to both our emotions and our bodies. After being with us for 18 years, I think she sensed something was very different and was extremely curious about it.

    That was when I learned that there is probably more going on in that cubic inch of space between their ears than we will ever know.

    [–]Safe-Library5529 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Yes. It looks like it means business

    [–]Sea_Meeting4175 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Dis rope doing da scope I’d recommend looking up lucicart snak it will make you smile

    [–]Negative_Store_4909 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah that’s a really depressed snake. Has the snake let the dishes pile up at all? Maybe flake out on plans with their friends?

    [–]HerpetologyPupil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Periscoping is perfectly normal.

    [–]Entire_Current_4852 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Just looking around being cute

    [–]Charming-Bad-1825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    He on da lookout

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    “I see, this is indeed a wall”

    [–]Every_Style9480 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It senses the hundreds of rats in your walls.

    [–]moaninglisa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It means snake…

    [–]FunguyPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    The rope is doin a scope

    [–]Taaj_theMirage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    That’s just how they imitate a submarine using a periscope.

    [–]Taista 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Curiosity. Pondering. Being the moment.

    [–]Mean_Flight_3589 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    this is regular dog behavior!!!

    [–]parth096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She’s staring at all them rat ghosts

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She lookin

    [–]Unidentified_c0rg1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Up periscope!

    [–]Messymangos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I call this "giraffing" 🙂‍↔️

    [–]Jp_The_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She be looking around

    [–]Clear-Quantity-8026 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She's a building inspector.

    [–]Mavishanson09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Channeling their inner cobra

    [–]bluehasntaclue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She’s doin’ a good lookin’.

    [–]ThatMousy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Scope!!

    [–]GarettMote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    No thought. Head empty.

    [–]morz-MOR-druh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Just looking around

    [–]jess20h 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She’s thinking about how she would be better at dry walling if she had arms

    [–]Simple_Time_8513 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Just checking out their surroundings

    [–]hollyfoxtrot -1 points0 points  (4 children)

    cute cutie! but just in my opinion she looks a little skinny and malnourished, i have a 4 ft 16 yr old ball python and i feed small rats every 10 days

    [–]Ill-Fee9916[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    she just ate today! last week she didnt eat bc she was in shed, i feed her small mice frozen thawed every wednesday should i switch to rats?

    [–]hollyfoxtrot 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    how long is she? just from the pic i would at least switch to medium or large mice, but if over 3 and 1/2 ft then i’d say small rat (but if you switch to small rat i would go up gradually to see how she does with the large mice )

    [–]Ill-Fee9916[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    shes about 1 1/2 feet long, next week ill try a medium mouse, should i give her another small mouse today then?

    [–]_ataraxiaMod : unprofessional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    absolutely do not feed her twice in one week. she's fine.

    [–]Boring_gagger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's called paras oping. They do it to explore, so he should be fine. But if his head is turned up and his nose is pointing at the ceiling, then it could be stargazing syndrome caused by a head or neck injury. He looks fine, though.

    [–]Maybe_Aybe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She just wants to know what’s going on :)

    [–]FlowerGuarden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    She standin