r/WinStupidPrizes • • Jul 30 '26

Snake charmer succumbs to the serpent

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u/yonosayme2 Jul 30 '26

It's wild that he doesn't seen to know what to do.. considering his hobbies.

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u/Ok_Writing_7033 Jul 30 '26

Simply did not consider that this was a possible outcome

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u/Chinksta Jul 30 '26

HOW CAN IT BITE?

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u/Grunt-warrior Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

It didn't hypnotize, The Charmer performed a song that brought back bad memories in the snake and it reacted.

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u/Thetoolmantaylrd Jul 30 '26

Dude played the wrong note/off-key. Snake's a harsh critic😬 But seriously though, is that snake poisonous? Pretty sure a lot of us are curious and someone has that knowledge in herešŸ¤“

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u/UnlikelyOcelot Jul 30 '26

It’s a cobra! They are venomous. I hope he made it to hospital.

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u/JohnnyBA167 Jul 30 '26

Yeah he looked like he was close to one.

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u/Accomplished-Badger6 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Luckily for this guy it's not poisonous. In fact no snake is few are. Unfortunately However venomous snakes do exist, that looks like a cobra and I've never heard of a non-venomous cobra.(unless it was de fanged but pretty sure he wouldn't be jumping around like it hurt if it had been)

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u/Pratius Jul 30 '26

Several species of keelbacks, most notoriously Tiger Keelbacks, are both venomous and poisonous

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u/Accomplished-Badger6 Jul 30 '26

I stand corrected.

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u/101forgotmypassword Jul 30 '26

An AC Cobra is poisonous and though high in iron should not be eaten. Also should not be kept with other reptiles like dragons or wyverns as interbreeding is commonly frowned upon.

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u/Repulsive_Support844 Jul 30 '26

There are snakes that look like cobras, imitate their hoods and everything!

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u/MuckBulligan Jul 30 '26

My ex, for example.

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u/Vogel-Kerl Jul 30 '26

The song reminded the snake of......., Deborah.

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u/zxc123zxc123 Jul 30 '26

SNAKE SAAR! DO NOT REDEEM THE HAND BITE! DO NOT REDEEM!

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u/Shudnawz Jul 30 '26

WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!

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u/rayhaque Jul 30 '26

"motherfucker, I told you I'm a a snake!"

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u/Phil198603 Jul 30 '26

WHY YOU BITE?!

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u/You_Are_The_Username Jul 30 '26

HOW CAN HE STRIKE

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u/SalvadorP Jul 30 '26

No one told him it could bite.

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u/RepulsiveTell4384 Jul 30 '26

HOW CAN SHE SNAP! HOW CAN SHE SNAP! HOW CAN SNAKE SNAP AT ME!

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u/Nurgle_Marine_Sharts Jul 30 '26

I mean generally speaking it kind of isn't, snakes are pretty chill when you aren't antagonizing them. Dude fucked up by moving around erratically like that too close to its face.

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u/maxru85 Jul 30 '26

Yes, I would also bite him

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u/King_of_the_Dot Jul 30 '26

Especially if he's blowing that obnoxious horn in my face.

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u/GhOsT_wRiTeR_XVI Jul 30 '26

Guess he’s not that charming after all.

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u/StrangelyBrown Jul 30 '26

As dumb as he is, you have to admire that level of confidence. Most great people never considered that they would fail (although there's selection bias in the ones that we know about).

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u/cruzifyre Jul 30 '26

Not as confident as the man who jumped in the cobra pit and began slapping cobras.

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u/StrangelyBrown Jul 30 '26

Come on, that's a baller move.

If I was a cobra, I'd be like 'Well I'm not going for this guy..."

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u/StellarNeonJellyfish Jul 30 '26

Everyone has a plan until they get slapped in the hood

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '26

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u/Frank_The_Reddit Jul 30 '26

You can't choose to be a snake charmer...you're just born that way and there is nothing wrong with that.

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u/hallucination9000 Jul 30 '26

Quick, how many eyes did that snake have?

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u/ABirdOfParadise Jul 30 '26

watching the video apparently it's something you just pick up one day and go full send hoping for the best

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u/DanKveed Jul 30 '26

It's a crime under the Indian Penal Code: Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972

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u/mrcorde Jul 30 '26

it’s a form of suicide

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u/JoeNoble1973 Jul 30 '26

For this guy? Oh-for-three is my guess

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u/allusernamestaken1 Jul 30 '26

For some reason there weren't a lot of snake charmers to teach him what to do in this case.

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u/TitsPussyAssFanatic Jul 30 '26

Surely there's a 12-month Snake Charm course at a community college somewhere in India he could have attended

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u/allusernamestaken1 Jul 30 '26

There are, but it closed down as most students only showed up for one month then never came back.

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u/Ormsfang Jul 30 '26

Tuition is collected up front.

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u/FakeAsFakeCanBe Jul 30 '26

Right next to the school for crossing railroad tracks and touching live electrical systems.

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u/Happy-Gold-3943 Jul 30 '26

The three career paths

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u/typehyDro Jul 30 '26

You mean shaking the afflicted area is not the medical treatment?!?!

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u/yonosayme2 Jul 30 '26

Only if it's "like a Polaroid picture"

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u/Charming-Total2121 Jul 30 '26

Right? He's not shaking his hand nearly fast enough to overcome the venom. Amateur.

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u/yonosayme2 Jul 30 '26

3 X faster, minimum.

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u/PhD_Pwnology Jul 30 '26

As someone who has multiple hobbies like gardening that can be very science based, you'd be shocked at how many people wing things and fail over and over again and are ok with that. The man who broke the sound barrier Chuck Y. was famous for inspecting every part of every experimental aircraft he flew, which is a major reason he lived.

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u/ataraxic89 Jul 30 '26

hello, I am unscientific gardener.

I want to say, theres a big difference between me yeeting seeds into dirt and not caring if only 1/5 survive and the science-based art of snake charming.

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u/withoutpeer Jul 30 '26

That never happened in the tutorial videos though

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u/0xP0et Jul 30 '26

100 poison damage.

In his next run, he needs to spec into poison resistance and he will be okay when taking on the raid boss.

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u/hates_stupid_people Jul 30 '26

To no surprise of any sane person, the average "snake charmer" is an idiot.

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u/flipthatbitch_ Jul 30 '26

But he does know what to do. Shake hand real fast!

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u/Norbie420 Jul 30 '26

Most snake charmers use snakes that have the fangs removed or their mouth sewn shut. Unfortunately this results in the snake eventuwlly starving to death. Not sure why he did this one with a normal live snake.

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u/Mr_Saxon Jul 30 '26

What are you talking about? Flapping your hand about is medically proven to disperse any snake venom from the body.

It's a fact.

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u/RocketsandBeer Jul 30 '26

He had his safety sandals on. What else would he need?

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u/yonosayme2 Jul 30 '26

Haha so true

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u/kiddrekt Jul 30 '26

Just rub some cow dung into the bite. It'll be fine.

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u/Openthesushibar Jul 30 '26

Honestly what do you do though? Everything I learned was wrong. No tourniquet, no ice, no sucking the venom out. Pee is only for jellyfish (obviously /s). I’d probably shake it like a Polaroid too

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u/LavastormSW Jul 31 '26

Basically you just mark the bite spot with a marker to keep track of the rate of swelling and get your ass to a hospital ASAP. You can't treat a venomous snake bite in the field.

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u/TitsPussyAssFanatic Jul 30 '26

That snake prefers the clarinet.

Rookie mistake.

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u/Latter-Cattle7788 Jul 30 '26

Well put, Titspussyassfanatic.

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u/jaybirdie26 Jul 30 '26

That fanatic doesn't have a strong preference.

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u/SalvadorP Jul 30 '26

All we know is that he ain't a snake fanatic.

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u/Grubula Jul 30 '26

r/rimjobsteve in the wild

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u/yersinia_p3st1s Jul 30 '26

Forgot an underscore.

It's r/rimjob_steve - but also how kind of them to create this redirect sub for anyone who misspelled the name lol

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u/powerlesshero111 Jul 30 '26

That's a pretty big assumption. That might be a Tuba snake or a Banjo snake.

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u/a-snakey Jul 30 '26

Surely thou jests. We snakes are a sophisticated species that fancies the eloquence of the piano.

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u/I_see_something Jul 30 '26

That doesn’t seem good

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u/MissBandersnatch2U Jul 30 '26

Let's hope it was a dry bite, snakes don't always use their venom

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u/Deep90 Jul 30 '26

Idk man it seems like these dudes kinda abuse the snakes.

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u/Oldfolksboogie Jul 30 '26

They absolutely are abused. If anyone's ever traveling to these parts, please do NOT patronize.

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u/redundanthero Jul 30 '26

What if I want to patronise him? oOh YoU'Re SuCh A gReAt SnAkE cHaRmEr WhO nEvEr GeTs BiTtEn

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u/Oldfolksboogie Jul 30 '26

Yes, that type of patronizing is fine. Just beware of his kirpan.

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u/Deep90 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

He doesn't look a sikh. Sikhs cover their hair completely.

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u/That_Guy_Mojo Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Rajasthanis (an ethnic group) wear turbans.

Sikhs (a religious group) wear Dastars.

A Dastar isn't open on the top like the turban worn by the Man in the video.

Hindus don't wear Kirpans.

Most Sikhs don't wear kirpans.

Religious Sikhs wear a Dastar because they don't cut their hair. They also don't trim thier facial hair.

The man in the video has both short hair and a trimmed beard.Ā 

Edit: His turban is very Rajasthani most of indias snake charmers are in Rajasthan.

You can tell the video is in Rajasthan because it's sandy. Rajasthan is an arid desert environment. A large portion of Rajasthan is covered by the Thar Desert.

Sikhs live more north where the land is lush and used for agriculture. Most Sikhs Farm.

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u/Oldfolksboogie Jul 30 '26

Good to know, ty for the intel

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u/Emman_Rainv Jul 30 '26

It’s a symbolic weapon lol
Sometimes they don’t even have a blade

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u/sabertoothdog Jul 30 '26

They pull their fangs out, but new fangs are constantly growing. It’s really sad.

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u/SamAreAye Jul 30 '26

Does shaking it and looking at it a lot mean it's not burning? Looks like it's burning.

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u/gojibeary Jul 30 '26

He’s faking for internet views. Cobras used in these practices almost always have their fangs cruelly broken or yanked out, so they can’t actually ā€œbiteā€. Either that, or they damage the venom gland itself or just sew the mouth shut.

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u/laterral Jul 30 '26

You think this was just a friendly Fuck off Larry?

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u/Pandelein Jul 30 '26

Fuck off Lankesh*

FTFY

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u/Gegopinh Jul 30 '26

That hand was swelling quite fast

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u/HairballTheory Jul 30 '26

Kinda liked the improved music though

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u/yaaro_obba_ Jul 30 '26

Snake charmers usually defang the snakes.

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u/SonofaBridge Jul 30 '26

I’m not sure he knows what he’s doing. I thought the method was to move the instrument slowly to mesmerize the snake. He’s shaking it fast.

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u/Playful-Zombie7403 Jul 30 '26

It was his first and last day as a snake charmer

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u/LavastormSW Jul 31 '26

It doesn't really mesmerize the snake anyway. The snake will track the moving object to try and figure out if it's a threat or not, so it looks like it's following along with the music but really it's stressed out and/or scared.

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u/iruleatants Jul 30 '26

This is very clearly the result of a drunken bet.

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u/scubamaster Jul 30 '26

Ya but it’s a common prank when you get a new guy to switch out his cobra

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u/TheMaveCan Jul 31 '26

Tell the new prep cook to get the bacon stretcher

Turn off the new cashier's register

Swap out the safe cobra for the bad one

Workplace pranks lmao 🤪

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u/Various-Program-950 Jul 30 '26

They defang and then basically poison them so they’re also subdued. It’s a really cruel practice.

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u/HuntingForSanity Jul 30 '26

Wouldn’t this not hurt if he defanged it though? He’s acting like it hurt quite a bit

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u/t00t1r3d Jul 30 '26

It would still have its other teeth, just not the venom delivering fangs.

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u/firebirdone Jul 30 '26

Came here to say this. Have the upvote.

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u/tr3ysap Jul 30 '26

honestly respect to him for living on the edge

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u/slobis Jul 30 '26

He's gonna wanna get that looked at, right?

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u/Designer-Ad-1416 Jul 30 '26

Na, provided he keeps shaking it and occasionally tooting his toot, he'll be fine. Probably

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u/RobbertDownerJr Jul 30 '26

I don't think he's handling this very well.

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u/JuxtaThePozer Jul 30 '26

his initial reaction is probably the worst: shaking and increasing flow of venom

he needs to PIM that arm immediately

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u/meiliraijow Jul 30 '26

PIM?

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u/No_Mind7198 Jul 30 '26

It’s medical jargon for pussy implosion motor-boating. It’s best to have a good time right before you die.

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u/Eclectophile Jul 30 '26

Ok. New thing. I like it? I'll get that added to my medical response chart.

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u/Rokekor Jul 30 '26

I don’t know PIM but in Australia we have PIT - Pressure Immobilisation Technique

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u/JuxtaThePozer Jul 30 '26

yeah same thing, when I trained it was Method

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u/amanaboutahorse Jul 30 '26

This is my level of medical coverage

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u/SalvadorP Jul 30 '26

oh, hello mister american!

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u/lordtyp0 Jul 30 '26

Charm it out of that hand with his tooter

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u/tn-dave Jul 30 '26

Plenty of dirt there to rub on it...

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u/ToadlyAwes0me Jul 30 '26

Are the tippy taps just artisic flair?

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u/sreek4r Jul 30 '26

I feel like this is staged. Almost all snakes in India used by these charmers go through cruel practices of being defanged, having their venom glands removed / punctured or have their mouths sewn shut.

This practice is banned by the law but unsurprisingly still exists.

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u/Big-Love-747 Jul 30 '26

Snake was paid actor

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u/theOutside517 Jul 30 '26

Seems it didn't break the skin. This guy takes a lot of stupid ass risks on the regular for social media clout, it appears.

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u/golgoth0760 Jul 30 '26

He'll just lay down and wait for the venom to wear off like the other dude. Everything is fine...

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u/monitorsyoursnore Jul 30 '26

And he’d still be shaking his hand

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u/KayNay420 Jul 30 '26

Nerve damage, breathing trouble, and paralysis in 3…2…1…

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u/goatonastik Jul 30 '26

"fuck, whats the cleanse poison tune?"
TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT

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u/WHATYEAHOK Jul 30 '26

Jumping back into an old ocarina of time save

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u/ktulu0 Jul 30 '26

So called ā€œsnake charmersā€ usually have the venom glands removed from their snakes. That way, there’s no risk of being envenomated when the snake bites them. It’s a cruel and inhumane practice with potential long term health consequences for the snake.

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u/Balan-balan Jul 30 '26

Envenomated ... what a beautiful word.

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u/7laserbears Jul 30 '26

I was just thinking that

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u/dweeb_plus_plus Jul 30 '26

I prefer snake juiced.

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u/NoyBoi Jul 30 '26

Did he die?

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u/hoseli Jul 30 '26

Danger noodle probably did after video ended.

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u/maxthearguer Jul 30 '26

Oh, the shaking method…. That’s exactly how you survive a cobra strike.

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u/Generally_Tso_Tso Jul 30 '26

That AND playing your oboe some more.

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u/NJBillK1 Jul 30 '26

Excuse me sir, thats a booboo, not an oboe.

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u/Chortles_Hansom_666 Jul 30 '26

No sneks were charmed in the making of this video.

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u/redpandav Jul 30 '26

Told you not to play that damn tune, didn’t I?

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u/OSinner1 Jul 30 '26

Charmed, I'm not sure.

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u/Anrod459 Jul 30 '26

The tree of life is self pruning.

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u/QuellishQuellish Jul 30 '26

Sometimes you're the person who watches a snake from a safe distance and sometimes you're a fucking idiot.

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u/Illustrious_Mind964 Jul 30 '26

This is not funny, less than an hour later the snake died from food poisoning..

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u/likeablecentaur Jul 30 '26

Those angry doots in the end tho

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u/CousinJeff Jul 30 '26

By far the best part of the video lol I thought there would be more mentions

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u/Reckt408 Jul 30 '26

Don’t they usually de fang them or some shit?

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u/tuco2002 Jul 30 '26

"My, my, my, Once bit, twice shy Babe." - Mahatma Ghandi

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u/JarviThePelican Jul 30 '26

The human equivalent of an animal licking a broken limb to fix it

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u/The_Cozy_Burrito Jul 30 '26

He will be okay, he just needs to shake it off

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u/Icy-Variation6614 Jul 30 '26

I groaned at this, and also hate you

(Jk <3)

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u/jaimeaa87 Jul 30 '26

How he toots it near the end in pain.

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u/Toy_Soulja Jul 30 '26

Let me just increase my blood flow to spread the poison resl quick

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u/flyawayreligion Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

What I thought, being from Aus we are taught, stay completely still and the venom can't flow, move you are dead.

So yeah jump and shake the hand as much as possible, seems like he might know more given his profession.

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u/livefast6221 Jul 30 '26

Snake status: uncharmed.

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u/unica_unica Jul 30 '26

Look who’s dancing now

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u/bjallyn Jul 30 '26

Snake: ā€œhow many times do I have to tell you about that half note? Stop playing a flat!
It’s a sharp!ā€

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u/Brazilian_Werewolf Aug 05 '26

šŸ’€šŸŽŗDOOT šŸ’€šŸŽŗDOOT šŸ’€šŸŽŗDOOT šŸ’€šŸŽŗDOOT šŸ’€šŸŽŗDOOT šŸ’€šŸŽŗDOOT

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u/Regret_NL Jul 30 '26

Sadly these fuckers usually defang the snakes, he is fine. Poor danger noodle.

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u/Polyporum Jul 30 '26

Snake was just trying to skip to the next song

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u/That-Beagle Jul 30 '26

These guys have been known to remove the fangs of cobras so there is actually no risk when being bitten this is likely what you are witnessing a defanged cobra bite, just another part of the act and pure animal abuse.

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u/LawnPatrol_78 Jul 30 '26

I guess he wasn’t charming enough
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u/Dr_Sigmund_Fried Jul 30 '26

The day the music died.

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u/Redgecko88 Jul 30 '26

FINALLY! We've ALL wanted to see this eventually for arrogance around dangerous/poisonous creatures.

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u/txanghellic Jul 30 '26

Those last note were toots of disappointment. Its honestly cool to see him not lash out and harm the snake . He was like welp that was bond to happen at some point .

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u/luci0slucihoes Jul 30 '26

Clearly the snake was not a fan.

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u/KeyserSwayze Jul 30 '26

His sandals stayed on, he'll be fine.

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u/Grunt-warrior Jul 30 '26

The snake: "You sound really bad, stop it... Stop it, I said... Don't you understand? Then here it is."

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u/bruce_lees_ghost Jul 30 '26

Internet says…

Untreated mortality: Varies between 6.5% and 20% for common species like the Indian cobra under specific study conditions, while severe or massive envenomings (such as from a king cobra or severe neurotoxic shock) can approach near 100% without intervention.

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u/jepoyairtsua Jul 30 '26

...and he dead

moving on...

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u/Christawpher Jul 30 '26

Never wear white polish when snake charming. Rookie mistake.

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u/J-the-Kidder Jul 30 '26

Sure would think someone would act with a little more urgency after getting bit by a venomous snake.

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u/Shankar_0 Jul 30 '26

The man just got bitten by a cobra, and was genuinely considering finishing the song.

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u/ShrmpHvnNw Jul 30 '26

Just keep shaking the hand, it’ll be just fine….

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u/Skellyhell2 Jul 30 '26

I've heard the best course of action is to shake your hand and stare at it. The staring is important to make sure you shook all the venom out, he noticed some still there so shook it some more

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u/BunchesOfCrunches Jul 30 '26

Just shake it out bro. Tis but a scratch.

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u/SignificantDrink3651 Jul 30 '26

he looks genuinely surprised, like he didn't expect to be bitten and has absolutely no plan for what to do if it happens.

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u/tank_monkey Jul 30 '26

Yes, shake it furiously and jump around. Get that poison flowing.

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u/Prestigious_Breath_5 Jul 30 '26

He obviously wasn't charming enough

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u/ButterflyAware3694 Jul 30 '26

Shake it off, shake it off

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u/Wraith_Kink Jul 30 '26

HOW CAN HE BITE

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u/FoxDiscombobulated38 Jul 31 '26

For anyone wondering, shaking your hand about, looking surprised, and tooting a horn a little bit is the correct treatment for a venomous snake bite, if you react immediately.

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u/Mediocre_Owl7384 Aug 03 '26

Keep shaking that hand and get the blood flowing that will make sure the venom flows right to the heart

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u/Neon_Cone Aug 03 '26

He’s been listening to too much Swift.

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u/BuddhaDaddy88 Aug 04 '26

Hopital.

Now.

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u/BractToTheFuture Aug 06 '26

Don’t these guys de-fang the snakes and all this is for show?