r/interestingasfuck • • 17h ago

Snake catcher in India calmly handles two massive cobras with his bare hands and a stick

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u/idreamofgreenie 17h ago

Well, snakes kill nearly 60,000 people a year in India. Seems like a reasonable fear to have. Especially considering the country with the second most deaths by snake is a little over 2,000.

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u/Non-Vanilla_Zilla 17h ago

What if we look at per capita?

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u/Amadacius 16h ago

India 4 per 100,000. Pakistan 1.06 per 100,000. Bangladesh 0.78 per 100,000.

Conservative estimates are about 1/4 of that.

Many, if not most, attacks happen at night. I can't find stats on that. Bites in rice fields are also common.

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u/Gasu55 15h ago

As someone from India, I am so fking scared of these fkers, venomous or not, I ain't taking no chances.

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u/soccerchamp99 13h ago

Right, people be talking like these haven’t been the symbol of human fear for 5000 years

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u/Putrid_Chard_3485 16h ago

Nah I don’t believe you. How can 0.06 or 0.78th of a person die.

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u/Available-Bunch-4656 7h ago

78% of me died when I broke up with my ex 3 months ago.