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Most awesome baby and worst parents of the year award goes to... (imgur.com)

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[–][deleted] 48 points49 points ago

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This is how kids in India start to prepare for IIT entrance exams.

[–]deathbytray 38 points39 points ago

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Oh, please, get off your soap box. Do you think it's easy being a single parent AND a snake? That snake is doing the best it can. Let's cut her some slack.

[–]jesus_knows_me 55 points56 points ago

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Wow! He's a bit young to be choking his snake though.

[–]frustrated_dev 77 points78 points ago

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This kills the baby.

[–]MotoFly 19 points20 points ago*

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The snake is defanged. Some tribes do this to subconsciously train their newborns to not fear snakes.

[–][deleted] ago

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[–]slick8086 3 points4 points ago

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I don't think there is anything subconscious about it.

[–]Everday_Im_Bowling 2 points3 points ago

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because babies are so conscious of things, amirite?

[–]fappingmonkey 33 points34 points ago

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I saw something about this on TV a while back. The cobras have either their fangs or venom sacks removed, so the worst that can happen is the baby gets bitten, which still probably hurts like a bitch.

The kid still has more balls than me. I wouldn't get anywhere near that thing.

[–]Anomander 25 points26 points ago

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It's either de-harmed or very acclimatized to people.

Nowhere in the span on the child grabbing it by the neck does it attempt to bite her - which would be the normal response by a cobra to such an indignity.

[–]mightye 19 points20 points ago

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They often sew the snake's mouth shut.

[–]Anomander 17 points18 points ago

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In this case, it's de-fanged and stitched.

This specific video is mentioned on that wikipedia page, and there's a news article about it as well. Apparently when it went viral, a whole lot of people had the same questions we did.

Though ... that is a Daily Mail article, and they claim it's some sort of infant vs. snake gladitorial deathmatch, so I'm not sure how much credence to give them. It looks to me like the kid is curious and playing, unaware of the danger, and the snake is simply unenthusiastic about being grabbed and grappled by an infant.

[–]Kodix 5 points6 points ago

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Oh my god, that is such an adorable example of daily mail "journalism".

[–]muttonchopman -1 points0 points ago

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IMO, this is a snake charmer's kid, and the kid is learning to not fear snakes. I imagine the kid will be instructed about how deadly this things are when they're old enough to understand, but by then the fear reflex will be gone.

[–]rexsilex 10 points11 points ago

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Nobody else finds this extremely fucked up? THEY DIE FROM STARVATION.

[–]patternfall 2 points3 points ago

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But they put on a good show before they do.

[–]producer35 1 point2 points ago

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Thank you, thank you. We're here every night for the rest of the week then no where at all.

[–]steezeMcbean 3 points4 points ago

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I knew there had to be some sort of story like that behind this.

[–]widgetas 2 points3 points ago

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Both I think. Certainly no fangs. What I find surprising is how long it took the cobra to strike.

[–]Blitzwarp 1 point2 points ago

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Or strangled.

[–]OmniaII 17 points18 points ago

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Turns out the snake had it's fangs/poison sac removed and it is the family pet/working pet.

The baby could probably do more harm to the snake...

[–]Voltas 1 point2 points ago

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Holy fuck. TIL you can search for images in google, using an image! Thanks!

[–]OmniaII 1 point2 points ago

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Go here http://karmadecay.com and you can search reddit/google/tineye

There's bound to be some image you've been looking for.

[–]jesus_knows_me 1 point2 points ago

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This is him today!

[–]SgtBanana 4 points5 points ago

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I love reading the nonsensical comments that Yahoo's geriatric user base leaves on stories like this.

This is a rare happening. however nothing in this world is impossible. A helpless creature?

Man should be prosecuted u/s 302 WHERE IS " P E T A" ACTIVISTS.

[–]expugnare 0 points1 point ago

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Uhh, that's the Indian Yahoo News site. Those are just Indian people that don't speak/type English very well.

[–]SigmundDali 4 points5 points ago

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Yes, but did they take the baby's venom sacs out? Didja think about that?!

[–]udelblue 2 points3 points ago

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Most snake handlers/charmers have the fangs of the snake removed [fact] this could probably explain why you see the snake strike but not hook in to the babies head

[–]thatphotoguy 2 points3 points ago

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At first the snake was all ewww.... then by the end it just wanted a hug!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I was born a snake handler and I'll die a snake handler.

[–]EvensongSunsoar 1 point2 points ago

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I didn't realize they were making a live action Heracles.

[–]dontspamjay 1 point2 points ago

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I took a video of my twins walking for the first time and thought I was the father of superhuman babies. Now I feel like I need to up the ante on them. Such a competitive world these days...

[–]iSmackiNQ 1 point2 points ago

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Cobra: OMG [spaz].... I LOVE YOU! :D [hugs]

[–]y2kemo[S] 1 point2 points ago

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This kid could easily handle the honeybadger with or without pants.

[–]eagleofeagle 1 point2 points ago

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you mean the awards of 1997

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Pedosnake?

[–]sally_hustle 1 point2 points ago

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And the most patient snake that ever existed.

[–]tubzEfresh 1 point2 points ago

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The Cobra had it's fangs removed, FYI. Still, terrible parents.

[–]blueborders 3 points4 points ago

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come at me bro

[–]grandom 25 points26 points ago

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come at me cobro

[–]KimJongIlSunglasses 2 points3 points ago

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Nah, I'm co, bra.

[–]moving0target 2 points3 points ago

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I fail to see the issue. Neither can do much in the way of damage to each other. If you introduce kids to things they're "supposed" to be scared of when they're young, generally they don't develop irrational fears. My kid is absolutely fascinated by snakes and has handled quite a few that (similar to the one in the gif) are incapable of harming her.

...and, no, the bite of a snake that size (without venom) isn't particularly painful. A bee sting hurts a hell of a lot worse and a hell of a lot longer.

[–]jcgv 22 points23 points ago

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Being afraid of a venomous snake is not irrational. Not being afraid of something that can kill you is a good way to die early

[–]entologist 0 points1 point ago

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He is talking about every scared mother that passes on her irrational fears of ____(bugs, snakes, lizards, mice and other harmless creatures) on to her children. These irrational fears are then passed on the next generation as the cycle continues.

[–]moving0target 0 points1 point ago

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...but I am talking about this, too.

[–]moving0target -1 points0 points ago

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Fear, in many situations, is a product of ignorance. Venomous snakes don't scare me because I have experience with them. I'm not going to stick my finger in a venomous snake's mouth, because that would be stupid, but I don't have to fear them because I know that I control the vast majority of the variables in a given situation.

[–]dezmd 4 points5 points ago

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Venomous snakes scare me enough to leave them the fuck alone, and/or shoot them with a shotgun if absolutely necessary. You know, that way, even less chance of dying by venomous snake bite. ;)

[–]uhhhclem 5 points6 points ago

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Letting kids get comfortable with hugging king cobras solves two problems at once: the problem of kids growing up afraid of everything, and the problem of there being too many kids.

[–]moving0target 1 point2 points ago

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Same general concept of giving a teenager a sports car. Potentially saves lots of money on college tuition.

[–]spikeyfreak 3 points4 points ago

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You fail to see the issue with taking a snake and removing it's fangs and sewing it's mouth shut?

[–]moving0target -1 points0 points ago

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No. I don't appreciate someone doing something to an animal that I consider cruel. I don't appreciate someone assigning random concepts to something I post, either. The entire context was from the perspective of the safety of the kid. Anything else you'd like to accuse me of?

[–]spikeyfreak 0 points1 point ago

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I saw you rape the baby too. Don't try to deny it!

[–]grimby4444 0 points1 point ago

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lol Gogo Snakey ...I want one

[–]Behind_Your_Chair 0 points1 point ago

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mutha fuckin hercules

[–]forgoodmeasure 0 points1 point ago

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I think it is obvious that the snake is the babysitter.

[–]macpoopalot 0 points1 point ago

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So is that baby dead, or...?

[–]pulmonaryapathy 0 points1 point ago

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Clearly that is young Hercules.

[–]stephanotis 0 points1 point ago

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Ahh this gave me chills I hate snakes, awesome baby for sure!

[–]VisualBasic 0 points1 point ago

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COBRA! RETREEEEAT!

[–]Tdogg425 0 points1 point ago

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some other baby because this has to be over a year old.

[–]rwgordon 0 points1 point ago

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This is years old, turns out the snake had its mouth sewn shut.

[–]Resonance1584 0 points1 point ago

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We aren't genetically programmed to fear snakes. Phobias are a learned behavior from other peoples reactions. There have been studies that showed monkeys learning a fear of snakes through other monkeys behavior.

[–]thegreatdane 0 points1 point ago

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defanged cobra. badass baby

[–]Crochetniac 0 points1 point ago

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WHAT THE FUCK I DON'T EVEN

[–]StrangeGibberish 0 points1 point ago

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Here's a play-by-play of what i think is going through the snake's mind. "Oh. It's a Thing. Hey! Guys? Are you going to do something about this thing? It's... getting closer. Hold still, maybe it will go away. OH god it's trying to grab me! Very Still OH WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN"

[–]runyon3 1 point2 points ago*

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Meanwhile in India edit: spelling b/c i'm a dumb ass

[–]entologist 1 point2 points ago

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I think you mssed a letter

[–]runyon3 0 points1 point ago

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thank you

[–]viscerathighs 0 points1 point ago

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parseltongue baby

[–]keithkawaii12 -1 points0 points ago

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now that I know that the snake's fangs/poison sacs were taken out, I want one!!

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