Snake eating itself

(This is my original video.) A Speckled Kingsnake attempted to eat himself. In other words, he swallowed his tail. He mistook the end of his tail for another snake which he hoped would be his dinner. A bit of hand sanitizer was all it took to get him to regurgitate. When my hand approached his head, he flinched. When he flinched I inadvertently put the handsanitizer where his eyes are and not his mouth. Obviously that was accidental. The good news is that snakes have clear scales that protect their eyes, so it's eyes were not affected by the hand sanitizer at all. I washed him and he ate a meal soon afterward. This kind of thing happens occasionally to kingsnakes due to the fact that kingsnakes eat other snakes. Some people assume that this happened due to stress, starvation or temperatures being too warm. It's doubtful that any of these reasons are the case in this situation. This snake is kept with perfect temperatures, a properly sized enclosure, places to hide and clean water. This particular snake is fed properly and is not starving. This snake recovered quickly from this incident and is currently doing very well. In the several years that I've had this snake this was the only occurrence. As for the other 5 Kingsnakes that I've kept in identical conditions, this has never happened. It would make sense that this was simply a case of a Kingsnake mistaking it's tail for a meal and not being very smart about it.
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[kimberlympala]

I was actually surprised how much of himself he actually ate

[marcssena]

The mam defeated ouroboros with hand sanitizer, this guy is a legend

[jimbob]

Poor suicidal snake gave up on life, but with the help of a little alcohol he feels like he can make it another day. We've all been there little buddy.

[legendman]

"Are you the prey or the predator?"
Snake: "Yes."

[avaragewarman]

The way that it pukes itself is as satisfying as it is disturbing

[KitKat_]

He sounds so resigned, like “yeah, this guy ate himself. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last”

[pastelsky]

Eating itself: ❎️
Making a bracelet: ✅️

[Kazachski-mjcc]

He thought he found an infinite food glitch

[DoktahDoktah]

They don't like the taste of hand sanitizer. Nobody does actually.

[straypaper]

"Do you use hand sanitizer?"
"No I don't like the taste."
"...You eat hand sanitizers?"
"No, why would I eat it if I don't like the taste?"

[alexhodson]

I'm just glad he survived.
Tiny oroborus lives another day!

[shubhamchandra]

This snake takes the meaning of "you are what you eat" to a whole new level.

[danielochei]

Either this snake was trying to solve a paradox, or was trying to create one.

[AeroRain]

The snake from snake game: **touches tail and dies**

This snake: Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[justinnewman]

This is the most efficient video on youtube. Introduced the subject, explained the circumstances, provided a solution, the outcome was more exciting than expected, and a conclusion to support the suggested solution was given.

All in 40 seconds

[johnhtexas]

"I don't feel good. I think it's something I ate."

[lozersheep]

"They do not like the taste of hand sanitizer"

Note to self: Become hand sanitizer

[starstencahl]

“They do not like the taste of hand sanitizer”

Well I can’t blame them

[SorayaPlayz]

Finally, someone that helps and doesn't just record for clout.

[Stonex]

He was trying to answer the age old question: If I ate myself, would I grow twice as big, or would I disappear?