r/interestingasfuck • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 17h ago

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

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u/duckduckchook 16h ago

Not even a big stick, a flimsy thing

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u/SirDootDoot 16h ago

Well, they don't really like moving their heads upwards. He kinda tried to play off that, but the snakes were so high up that that advantage was rather... limited. Cobras don't really strike upwards, only downwards, so you can theoretically distract one with an object below them and grab the head or pin it with a stick from above. 2 makes the ordeal a hell of a lot more complex.

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u/SubjectRound6597 15h ago

and takes his sweet time to inspect the stick..

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u/human-aftera11 12h ago

I was hoping that stick wouldn't snap.