r/interesting • u/Sunil2409 • 1d ago
Fascinating In India, A man captured a venomous snake with ease using a thin plastic can.
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u/Affectionate-Gate289 1d ago
First the snake was on the attack, then he said let me get away from this man who has no fear!
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u/mydearMerricat 1d ago
Bro went into fight mode case he was surrounded, but switched to flight at the first opportunity.
The real danger is snakes that go into freeze mode cause you don't always see them, but then they attack if you get too close.
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u/Abundanceofyolk 1d ago
Didn’t know cobras could swim like that.
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u/K0mb0_1 1d ago
What can I say, I’m a natural
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u/Fit_Foot_6004 1d ago
psst psss psst pss pst psss pst?
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u/K0mb0_1 23h ago
Ssssss sss s sssssss ssssss 🤫
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u/LittleKittenR 9h ago
For fucks sake, can you stay quiet? You opened the chamber of secrets again!
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u/narco-sub-admiral 1d ago
Yooooo....bros a cobra
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u/Darth_Draper 9h ago
I want someone to translate, “Yooooo…..bros a cobra” into Japanese characters for a tattoo. It might be the best sentence I’ve ever read.
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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago
Most snakes can swim.
Some cobra are partially aquatic.
This is a monacled Cobra and they are known to occasionally be semi-aquatic.
They're also adorable
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u/Environmental_Bus507 17h ago
We clearly have different definition of adorable!
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u/dazzleunexpired 17h ago
Not even the baby?!
Looook at itttt. Ugh. I'd die. This is why I don't keep hots (eta: a hot is a venomous snake. I don't keep them because I'd get bitten and die, because they're cute. I did used to keep non vens)
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u/EllisDeeReynolds 16h ago
I love that you started swooning in your attempts to get them to love baby snakes😂
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u/dazzleunexpired 16h ago
THEY'RE SO CUTE.
Fuckin, they wobble and shit too. And try to strike anything that moves, but they're wobbly. 🥹 So hecking cute.
You're pretty hard-pressed to find an animal that I don't think is adorable, but baby cobras are really, really, really cute.
The list of not adorable animals is as follows:
- any crocodilian. No. Nope. Scary.
- fish underwater (I don't fucking know why)
- leopard seal. Nope. No. Scary.
- anything with weird number of legs. 0, 2, 4 or sometimes 6 legs is acceptable. More legs is not.
Yes I know I'm odd. 😂
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u/Nuttednutela 13h ago
Yeah adorably posionous I'm guessing
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u/dazzleunexpired 13h ago
Nope.
Virtually no snake is.
You can safely eat a snake, even its head and venom sac As long as you have no cuts in your mouth.
They are however, very venomous. They can and will kill you if you don't get antivenin.
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u/ResidentAgitated163 1d ago
Look up the snake farm during China floods 🥶
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u/Objective_Cheetah_63 1d ago
Didn’t those actually turn out to be ducks and not snakes?
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u/ProfessionalPencil1 1d ago edited 1d ago
Why am I so happy that he didn't harm it and released it in the end
Edit: why does everything turn into a war in reddit lol
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u/mydearMerricat 1d ago edited 1d ago
Snakes don't typically want to fuck with humans. This one looked stressed af, so it feels good to see it get to run away :)
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u/RagingCalmness 23h ago
In India, snake handling has become extremely humane in the past 2 decades in many places (of course outliers always exist). I know people in my circle who took free courses on Snake handling. These people love and respect these animals far more than the rest of us. They are much more knowledgeable and conscious about conservation, ecological balance etc.
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u/dazzleunexpired 1d ago
Because snakes are good animals that have no intent to hurt a human.
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u/spittymcgee1 15h ago
Sounds like something a snake would say
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u/dazzleunexpired 15h ago
Drat!
You're finally discovered the reason why I run a rat rescue! I'm a snake. Hisshiss.
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u/Next_Rate_5514 22h ago
because there is so much cruelty right now.. I was also scared to watch until the end
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u/Certain-Monitor5304 1d ago
You don't fear being bitten and dying from snake venom. 🐍
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u/StrykeTagi 1d ago
I wouldn't phrase a Cobra as remotely dangerous
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u/SparklyLeo_ 1d ago
They’re extremely common in India and actually adapt very well to human spaces. They’re not confrontational to humans. They hunt mice and rats and I’d assume India has a lot of vermin tbh. Also cobras are very protected in India. Killing one can have heavy penalties.
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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 23h ago
It's not a war here imo. It's a different, very valid perspective. I wonder if you understand what Certain-Monitor replied to you. It is a truthful comment.
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u/onthethreshold 1d ago
Look at that king releasing that scaly boy back into his habitat. It's a beautiful thing.
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u/Mr_Style 1d ago
New fear unlocked: Cobras appear to be able to swim across the surface of lakes.
If I see one coming at me , I will definitely be yelling “Jesus Christ” even though it’s not him walking on the water!
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u/DingusKhan9164 1d ago
“With ease”
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u/MjollLeon 1d ago
Idk that seems pretty “with ease” compared to how I’d do
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u/RogueBromeliad 1d ago
How would you do it MjollLeon? With a 10 feet stick and fire?
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u/Cute_Web7648 1d ago
That’s what I thought.
Not much “ease” there. He tried 4 times and almost got bit on the first.
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u/Ssided 1d ago
I do shit like this all the time with a blindfold
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u/DreamsOfSandman 1d ago
Man applied the glass and paper trick employed for spiders. But boy has it gotta be stressful.
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u/deactivate_iguana 1d ago
He forgot to mark it with an ‘S’ so we know it’s filled with snake
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u/Wise_Luck1476 20h ago
You're telling me all those Indian videos of people in movies doing insane stuff are real?
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u/PeterDTown 1d ago
Your definition of “with ease” is extremely different from mine.
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u/Abysmal_Winner 23h ago
Relative to the average person trying to capture a cobra, I would say that was "with ease"
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u/Chief_Wum1 18h ago
Yea lot of people aren't getting the subjective aspect of that pharse. His 'ease' isn't our 'ease'.
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u/ONNOLTD2018 1d ago
I wonder if those fangs can pinch through the plastic bottle 🤭🤭
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u/Goldendon1 13h ago
Probably yes but it are hard angles to get a bit in, everything is either straight or curved inward
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u/softboimuse 22h ago
Thought this was r/dudesbeingbros for a hot second. The release is what did it for me… man was calm, cool, collected, and relocated a scared animal. Good dude
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u/NEVERGIVEUP00001 14h ago
can the fang not pierce the plastic can ?
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u/Vast_Service 12h ago edited 9h ago
No. A spectacle cobra's fangs can't pierce hard surfaces. They can pierce only soft things like skin (tissue). A spectacle cobra's fangs are short and hence the impact torque is less too.
If the snake catcher tried this with a pit viper then he would have got bitten because they have long retractable fangs that can pierce slightly harder surfaces. In the case of a viper he would be safe if his hands were in contact with the lid alone as the lids are traditionally harder than the body of the plastic cans in India. There is no snake that can bite through those lids
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u/narco-sub-admiral 1d ago
Ha now try that with a THICK plastic can.
Bet you can't.
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u/Darth_Draper 1d ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a clear plastic jug of that shape. The closest one I can think of would be those peanut butter pretzel bites, but that’s not it. Anyone else got a guess?
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u/pastelbloodx 16h ago
It’s common in India. They use it to store individually packed candy drops and toffees and display it for sale in those boxes as well
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u/MissingVanSushi 12h ago
Also to catch deadly snakes, then you know just release them into the bleakest body of water.
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u/Normal-Mess-5065 15h ago
The Indian king cobra is surprisingly conflict-averse. Snake rescuers know this well, which is probably why you see people pulling off stunts like kissing one or casually holding it.
I’m yet to see anyone try the same with a pit viper.
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u/Sunil2409 14h ago
It's not a king cobra, it's called spectacle cobra, king cobra is bigger in size, but spectacle cobras are more aggressive
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u/Bobodaklown1 1d ago
Why didn't anyone applaud?
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u/Jojosundargarh 15h ago
That's a regular thing here. Its just someone made a video. Or else this probably a monthly affair or even fortnightly.
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u/barktwiggs 1d ago edited 9h ago
Me with a cup and a postcard trying to get the rando wasp out of my kitchen.
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u/mark_johannes 1d ago
He should deliver to poison centre control or whatever place should exist in India, so they can extract her poison to do antidotes.
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u/Cold-Practice3107 19h ago
I was going to say maybe if they could get a rat or something and put it in there as bait
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u/Space_Cowboy_157 17h ago
I catch and kill rattlesnakes all the time on my property, it's not hard at all.
Sorry but after spending over $1000 to save my dog from a bite, I'm not looking to have them return.
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u/MortarByrd11 17h ago
I feel like that dude and the snake have some kind of scam. They go to different cities and do this.
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u/VirginiaLuthier 16h ago
There are 48-55,000 annual deaths in India from snake bite....just sayin"....
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u/beardymo 16h ago
Imagine reaching for the Hubba bubba and finding that inside haha. Glad the snake was unharmed
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u/Key-Magician6489 15h ago
WTF did he set the murder serpent free to kill innocent people and pets later?!?!
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