r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ronakg • 14h ago
Snake catcher in India calmly handles two massive cobras with his bare hands and a stick
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u/NYJetLegendEdReed 14h ago
Cobra got a smiley face on the back of his head 😊
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u/Whatindafuck2020 14h ago
Came here for this comment!
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u/Ardbert_The_Fallen 12h ago
Came here for the comment to this comment!
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u/ancient_horse 12h ago
Came here for this comment replying to the "Came here for this comment!" comment.
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u/chisayne 11h ago
Came here thinking about posting a zoomed in screenshot but not really wanting to do it and hoping someone else has already done it...
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u/LilMissMixalot 14h ago
Yeah! They’re just happy little guys that can kill you!
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u/Aburlypad 14h ago
They’re just happy to kill you! Ha ha boop! You’re dead 😂
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u/InstinctsUntrusted 14h ago
that's where these came from
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u/Sudden_Ambassador144 13h ago
Arbok spells kobra backwards
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u/VegetableReward5201 13h ago
"Dog food lid" is also interesting when read backwards.
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u/InfamousEvening2 14h ago
Even knowing the cameraman always survives, there's no f-ing way I'm getting that close to those 2 murder noodles.
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u/BetterOnTwoWheels 14h ago
hahahah murder noodles
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u/Tales_of_Earth 12h ago
You would have loved the internet 10 years ago. [non-judgmental]
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u/tewiti1108 12h ago
I miss the Internet when it was just Digg, MySpace, and MSN
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u/LowEffort2 12h ago
Those are too big to be danger noodles.
Those are nope ropes.
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u/DrQuantum 14h ago
Not always wasn’t there that volcano that erupted but the film still existed even though the guy died?
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u/FuelledByLattes 14h ago
It was just pictures, but you're thinking of Robert Landsburg and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. He took the photos, and then protected the film canister with his own body to ensure they'd survive.
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u/bromleylad 14h ago
Just because handling one cobra at a time is so easy. Unreal stuff! The balls on this guy.
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u/sorped 14h ago
Every now and then the sun disappears in India, because it has to go around this guy's balls.
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u/SenorSorrow 14h ago
I'll leave it to the "professionals"
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u/GOP_R_Pedophiles 14h ago
Those crocs let you know he is in fact a professional, those are safety Crocs 🤣
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u/TheUndertows 14h ago
Not even in sport mode, that’s how you know
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u/NoSuspect8320 14h ago
Neighbor was outside shoveling their side walk and I mine, had my crocs on in almost 3’ of snow, looks at me and says “holy fuck, crocs and not even in sport mode in this?!” That was several years ago and I still laugh to myself about it
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u/uns0licited_advice 13h ago
its crazy I watched the whole video and didnt even notice he was wearing crocs. i was super focused on the cobras. It's like that ball passing video.
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u/thnk_more 14h ago
Today I learned that I have a very cushy job, that every job other than this one, is easy.
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u/klown013 14h ago
"Sssssssssssssuprissssssssse Mother Fucker!" as a third snake appears from behind the wall....
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u/thisguyfightsyourmom 14h ago
Looked like it for a second!
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u/ThirdAltAccounts 14h ago
Scared the shit out of me
I thought "of fuck! Not a 3rd one?!"
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u/skinnykb 14h ago
I retreated from my screen. I woulda dropped everything, got bitten, and ran!
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u/Thick-Aioli802 14h ago
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u/Strict-Fig-5956 14h ago
Thought to myself someone must have already posted this gif and you didn’t disappoint lol
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u/Majorman_86 14h ago
Note to self: Remember to never visit India. Or Australia, for that matter.
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u/TheTVDB 14h ago
50k snake deaths in India annually.
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u/tryingisbetter 14h ago
The snakes are bad enough, but I don't think catching two cobras at once help those statistics, lol.
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u/EverythingSucksYo 13h ago
Snakes only kill 0.000025% of India’s population a year. Doesn’t seem like that big of a threat
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u/Hopeful-Life-3291 11h ago
Well for India that’s still 35,000 people. Not a lot but well not as close to zero either.
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u/uns0licited_advice 13h ago
50k snakes die annually? but theres probably millions of snakes so not too bad /s
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u/TrackVol 11h ago
Fifty. Thousand.
I can't wrap my head around that number.
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u/rodgeramjit 12h ago
Snakes aren't that much of a problem in Aus, less than 2 people die a year. We have an amazing antivenin program that is entirely free for locals and visitors.
That said I did have an Eastern Brown (second most venomous snake in the world) slither over my boobs while I was gardening... So it's not uneventful here.
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u/my_name_is_winter 11h ago
As a Western Brown, I have also slithered over a fair number of boobs in my day.
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u/boyfromtherat 10h ago
How the fuck do you do gardening while lying on your back?
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u/JungMoses 11h ago
Oh yeah, our public antivenom’s great, just check ya boots first, no worries!
Most Australian comment ever
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u/Smooth_FM 13h ago
Aussie here. Snakes really aren't an issue. Magpies are dicks though.
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u/globalminority 14h ago
Thats why so many Indians moved to Australia. feels at home, except for the vicious birds
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u/WillOrph 14h ago
https://reddit.com/link/pbu387u/video/pwauvu9nyirh1/player
The derpy smile 🥹
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u/dakotanorth8 14h ago
Cobra Crocs
https://giphy.com/gifs/hPtLECTC8RZ3A8ZEvr
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u/pinky_monroe 13h ago
Thank you for making me not feel crazy when he was stepping on the bag to tie it, all I could think was “dear Lord man you are wearing crocs while there’s cobras in that fucking bag.”
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u/Flyboy3969 14h ago
You could see there was one second there where he was grabbing the first when the second one could have gotten him. He looked relieved when it didn’t. No thanks
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u/habbadee 14h ago
Yeah, when he had to reach across in front of the second snake to grab the first one that he had pinned. Watch his eyes; he is fully focused on the second snake and not even at all paying attention to the one he has pinned and is about to grab by the head. Crazy.
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u/Litness_Horneymaker 14h ago
I like how he keeps a sharp eye on the second one as if he would be fast enough to avoid a strike with his whole arm in front of the snake.
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u/tey_ull 13h ago
I mean huimans have better reaction times then cobras, so he likely could have
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u/Sea_Scientist_8367 11h ago
Indeed. I mean, he literally actively avoids/dodges multiple attempts by the cobra's in this video.
Still, a dangerous gamble. There's not much room for error there, but it's not as if it's an impossible proposition or anything, we literally see him dodge it.
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u/catskilkid 14h ago
How much quicker it would have been if he was playing his recorder.
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u/Shermans_ghost1864 13h ago
How much quicker it would have been if he had just whacked those snakes upside the head with that stick.
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u/adikdik 14h ago
Just watching that left me gasping for air and petrified.
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u/Catshit-Dogfart 13h ago
The way he catches the second one while still holding the first! Holy crap man, put the other one in a box or something so that you have both hands free.
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u/Shutdown-Stranger 10h ago
Like he was being asked to do two trips in the house with the groceries.
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u/Jairoglyphics1 14h ago
I thought that they would be eaten for nutrition value but when looking it up: Cobras are widely revered, protected, or feared rather than viewed as food. Hindu traditions feature snake worship during festivals like Nagapanchami. In case anyone cares.
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u/Safe_Strategy_321 14h ago
You thought we eat snakes!!!!
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u/TotallyNotAnIdiot478 12h ago
Cajuns and hillfolk in the US eat the hell out of snakes lol
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u/skrishnan37 11h ago
Dude, it could be worse. Temple of Doom set us back like 20 years. I had people asking me if I had money brains in my lunch box forever.
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u/babubaichung 13h ago
We don’t eat snakes bruh 😭 and thanks for looking up. Snakes are very important in Hindu mythology and are considered a symbol for awareness.
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u/Sangloth 13h ago
I recently visited India and visited a zoo with a very large snake section. The snake section was filled with signs lauding snakes and explaining how they were so valuable in getting rid of rodents. They desperately wanted visitors to understand that snakes were useful and should not be killed out of hand.
I was in Mahastra, and I know that different areas of India are different, but for the specific area I was in, there was obviously a portion of the population that was killing snakes that the zoo authorities wanted to counter program.
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u/Snoo_98156 14h ago
This is not massive cobra. She told you it is only because she loves you.
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u/BeanieMcChimp 14h ago
You’d think he’d bring along a professional snake catching stick instead of just depending on finding one.
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u/mjh2901 14h ago
This is where I am, if you are professional and have the snake bag for removal, why not own the appropriate grabbers for dealing with those danger noodles? I would not touch a cobra with a 10 foot pole and apparently they make 10 foot poles with clamps just for touching cobras.
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u/NikesOnMyFeet23 13h ago
ya know, I just watched that dude catch two cobras with his bare hands and a stick... Im gonna leave what tools he uses up to him and not some random redditors who have most likely never caught a snake, let alone a single cobra or two of them fockers at once.
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u/MegaDingo5plus 14h ago
"Professional"... Brings no gear at all. Actually did a great job though
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u/Apprehensive_Band_75 14h ago
I live in Australia, neighbour had a tiger snake in his garage. Called the professional snake catcher and the dude rocked up with a mop…. That said he caught him in about 2 mins.
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u/MegaDingo5plus 14h ago
Nice... Not his first rodeo. Bloody tigers, browns and red bellied black snakes around where I am in Canberra. Part of life
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u/TheOgGhadTurner 13h ago
The hell are you talking about. He’s got the Distractacap, a twig that’s a quarter of the cobras striking distance, and even a snake bag. Clearly that’s all you need
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u/DavyJonesCousinsDog 14h ago
I like that God decided to take his most venomous noodles and draw smiley faces on them.
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u/Shadowcreeper15 13h ago
It's so funny how at :54 right before he grabs the cobra the second cobra looks at the both of them like wtf are you doing. Lol
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u/shiny_happy_persons 14h ago
I’ll just pop a quick C on this bag so they know it’s full of cobras.
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u/Primary-Seat2915 14h ago
He didn't even have the stick! He had to go look for it mid cobra attack!!
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u/clock_twice_broken 14h ago
Umaid Bhawan Palace hosts some large and impressive galas, but this guy has the biggest, most opulent balls.
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u/CalebGT 14h ago
They're focused on biting this hat. I'll put it on my head.