Baby "plays" with Cobra.

[Husky_mom]

OMG!!.......... poor baby!!.... even if he was not bitten he surely had no clue what was going on........ (hey, why is this "toy" bonking me?)

and poor cobra, I bet she was scared by a weird crawling thing trying to get her........and not being able to defend herself.........

and that just proves we have our dose of sickos in this planet, might be a different culture, but I can´t think of a mother exposing her child to that, danger or not.......... and that snake is no constrictor, but could easily had choked that kid..........

[jackie]

I saw that in the paper the other day.

Some people are messed in the head. I wonder if they did it so they could sell the tape to make money?

[Muddy4paws]

I saw this too, How the hell do they get away with it? a real loving mother wouldnt put that kind of crap on a child.

[luckies4me]

It's a VERY common practice for parents to have their children play with these snakes as it teaches them from an early age not to be afraid of them, since there are so many around their parts. Honestly I'd be more concerned the little girl was crawling around with no bottoms on! As far as starving, just because you have the pits and fangs removed does not mean the animal starves. This is a common practice as well with many herp keepers. I've held a black cobra (not sure exactly what kind) with fangs intact, and he was the sweetest snake ever. The lady who owned him also had many other venemous snakes, but with most of their fangs/pits removed. I assure you they are all fine and eat on a regular basis. The only way he can starve is if his mouth was sewn shut, and we have no idea if it was. I feel a lot worse for the snake, not knowing why there is a child tugging at him, but he doesn't seem to mind too much. As far as strangulation, this may be a slight possibility, but it's not a constrictor. Chances are slim. The child shows no fear, and honestly has no idea her "toy" is a snake.

This isn't the only tape like this out there. There are many many others. This tape is also on You Tube, along with many similar videos.

Here is some info on venomoids.
http://venomoidinc.com/home/index.ph...id=7&Itemid=28

http://devenomized.com/forum/

[honeybeezercattalina]

Thats just sick...

I havnt seen the vid since I dont know what one it is, but those parents mustve been so cold hearted.

[Miss Z]

I'm surprised the baby didn't scream. If I'd have been that age and a snake lunged at me, I'd have been bawling my eyes out.

If it really is to stop the child fearing snakes, I can't help but think that perhaps if the child ever comes across a real venemous snake with glands and fangs intact that she will think it's fine to try and pick it up. That would be awful.

I feel sorry for that snake. It was obviously completely riled as its hood was flaring.

[Alysser]

I saw this video a couple of days ago for the first time and I was shocked. I searched how the baby could still possibly be living through it because I thought the Cobra still had his fangs intact. I came across and article on "de-fanging". It's much like declawing a cat, only worse since they starve to death eventually. I find the whole act sickening, using an animal for such entertainment purposes. It's sick, really sick.

[luckies4me]

I'm surprised the baby didn't scream. If I'd have been that age and a snake lunged at me, I'd have been bawling my eyes out.

If it really is to stop the child fearing snakes, I can't help but think that perhaps if the child ever comes across a real venemous snake with glands and fangs intact that she will think it's fine to try and pick it up. That would be awful.

I feel sorry for that snake. It was obviously completely riled as its hood was flaring.

Why would the baby scream? It has no idea what is going on. Do you see any fear in the child's eyes? The kid is still a baby, and has no idea that this animal could have hurt her if it still had it's venom. The kid is clueless. The kids in these parts grow up with these snakes, some become snake charmers. They learn to respect the snakes from an early age. The parents teach them not to just go grab any snake they see, but being exposed to them early on helps them learn not to fear them.

I don't know if you know much about cobras or not, but it's very easy to get them to show their hood. If you watch the snake he doesn't look too worked up at all. He would have tried striking many many times if he were truly upset.

There is no difference between putting this child in front of a snake or putting a cat/kitten in front of it. A cat is going to do a lot more damage to the kid than this snake. But hey, us parents do it every day. How many toddlers you see walking around holding kittens by the head, pulling on ears and tails etc?

You gotta remember people, this is in INDIA, not the United States. Very different culture there!