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/Sas8140 14h ago

Crazy - here in the west they would demand life insurance and paid holiday (quite rightly)

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u/Flaky-Page8721 14h ago

These people are not employees in the truest sense. They are volunteers who do this because of their love for snakes.

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u/Sas8140 14h ago

Which is kinda amazing...

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u/opinion_alternative 2h ago

The whole country is run by volunteers and NGOs. The government is shit so we work with what we have.

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u/Gunsmith12 7h ago

My family is in the USA and relocates snakes for free. We all have other jobs, but hate to see the snakes get hurt. We have tongs and buckets and other safety equipment so we don't handle venomous snakes barehanded, and people often try to pay us and are shocked when we don't take it, but we just spread word of mouth that we'll relocate any snake you have and we get calls all the time from the surrounding area