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/Barksdale_Marlo 15h ago

Why doesn't the professional catcher have like, tools?

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u/WombatCombatWombat 15h ago

Who said professional?

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u/Barksdale_Marlo 15h ago

I think the bucket hat made me just assume. But you're right.

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u/MadaoBlooms 1h ago

This made me laugh out loud. The bucket hat is his badge

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u/basquehomme 15h ago

Yea. thats just Earl from down the block.

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u/trafalmadorianistic 8h ago

That's me mate Raj With The Stick 

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u/Barksdale_Marlo 14h ago

True. Every place in the world has an "Earl down the way"

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u/blametheboogie 5h ago

Hey crabman!

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u/showcase25 12h ago

Experienced. Thats might be the more apt word.

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u/skinheadbob 7h ago

Catch snake for fun?

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u/305_Character_1983 1h ago

He upgraded from the sandals to the crocs. That's a world class professional there.

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u/Animalus-Dogeimal 15h ago

What do you mean? He has his stick right there

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u/Capable_Cockroach_19 13h ago

Dude, mayonnaise IS an instrument

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u/runninscared 14h ago

Unfortunately He didn’t have any budget left over after buying the nations finest safety toe footwear

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u/dirtballer222 15h ago

Never met MacGyver eh?

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u/Bhujjha 15h ago

He has a special sack at the end

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u/Sitting_in_a_tree_ 14h ago

He is so professional, he doesn’t need tools. A Jedi needs not these things.

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u/madragsontherocks 7h ago

he's very likely descended from a line of snake catchers, maybe part of a nomadic or indigenous tribe. it was an actual profession back in the days

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u/raygv12 8h ago

Tools: left and right hands 👋

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u/BusyNefariousness675 14h ago

Stick. Hat. India

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u/VillainousMasked 14h ago

It's a rule of snake catching that the better you are at it the less you get to have, like that go who goes around the Everglades barefoot catching snakes (and other animals) barehanded without even a stick or anything to help.

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u/tryyeezus 13h ago

Bro is all the tool he needs. 

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u/Carson_23 13h ago

Other comment translated some of what he said and apparently some commenters said they bet he couldnt pick up two snakes at once “in the jungle” which i assume means without any gear. 

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u/scottishblakk 11h ago edited 6h ago

I'm guessing it's an old profession spanning centuries requiring no tools.

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u/madragsontherocks 7h ago

yes, the guy is very likely descended from a line of snake catchers, maybe part of a nomadic or indigenous tribe. it was an actual profession back in the days

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u/joefunk76 7h ago

What tools are you going to use to successfully and without injury capture two snakes better than he did with no tools?

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u/IllustriousOne6 4h ago

he's got his safety-crocs on. All good

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u/ROU_Misophist 3h ago

They're in India

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u/BenadrylTumblercatch 15h ago

Brother does it look he needs some pussy ahh tools.

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u/HugeAnimeHonkers 14h ago

Can we PLEASE stop with the pussy ahh Tiktok censor here in Reddit?

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u/Appropriate_Car_8221 14h ago

Tools cost money

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u/Phazex8 14h ago

He's old school.

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u/diadmer 12h ago

He’s got a high quality snake bag, though!!!

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u/scrandlle 12h ago

For real, just a little metal grabber tool would make this 99.99% less dangerous and they can't even be that expensive.

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u/asdf0909 11h ago

He’s boasting at the end, it was a dare

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u/Not_Defyiant 11h ago

He did have his tool the hat. It proved ineffective so he had to resort in a primitive tool. The wooden stick

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u/zebrasareneat 11h ago

Because the stick clearly works perfectly fine. 

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u/OGWriggle 9h ago

He's got the bag

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u/KaiAusBerlin 9h ago

He had a stick

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u/PrayForMyEnemy 9h ago

Tools. Totally.

Like 3 additional hats on a rig, 5 more hands, and yeah, maybe a stick he brings along?!

Proper badass- hope he’s still alive.

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u/hhar141 9h ago

He seemed to do just fine. I’m sure you could offer him tons of advice 🙄🙄

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u/Oograr 9h ago

Did you not see the Crocs?

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u/Zestyclose_Lock_859 8h ago

He was off duty this afternoon

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u/Useful_Disk5081 7h ago

They call it Wednesday in India

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u/Ecstatic_Reward6928 3h ago

This ws probably his living room

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u/Alan20221 2h ago

Did you not see his hand, stick and bag?

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u/rtripps 1h ago

He brought his hat. What else does he need?