Quote Originally Posted by 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.
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!