The baby is being taught the snake can't hurt it too. So what happens when it meets a cobra with fangs intact? It's a sick feeling to see something like that and be powerless to intervene.

Oh come on now LW, consider that snake, which is a controlled environment, vs what our kids watch on TV everyday, or see in video games, or what kids do when they get bored while both their parents are at work. That defanged snake is less harmless than a cat.

But it's just like teaching a kid that it's okay to drink the stuff under the kitchen sink by putting a soda in there.

thats fucking retarded i would beat down all the parents.

Coming from someone who loves snakes and has been bitten by a water moccasin, and damn near died, I can tell you with total confidence that if a snake wants to bite you, he will do it whether you perceive a danger or not. I didn't even see the snake that bit me until after the fact, and I knew how to recognize all of the local snake species which did me no good.

As far as the cobra in that video goes, almost every snake charmer has their snake's fangs or venom glands removed, or have their mouth sewed up. They are probably teaching their child to not be afraid of performing snakes so that the kid will pick up the family trade. While at the same time, they will be teaching their kid about the dangers of snakes that haven't been fixed.

Anyhow, I feel sorry for the snake. The snake is taken out of its environment to perform for people all day. It suffers from lack of enzymes to break down food properly until they get sickly and die. Many charmers don't feed their snakes, and just keep buying new snakes for snake dealers, that way they don't have to unsew their mouth than have to sew it back up after every meal. I think that is a huge animal rights violation.

So what happens when it meets a cobra with fangs intact?

i'm buying Tesla a columbian red tail boa.

i have sympathy for the snake, i think it's ignorant to compromise the quality of life for any animal, but a child should at least be aware of what is actually going on before introduced to snakes. a baby that age uses it's mouth to explore everything and snakes, turtles, lizards etc carry salmonella. that baby also is far too young to be learning anything about one snake is safe and one isn't, it cannot even possibly grasp that concept yet.

Haaaaaa, I want a boa so damn bad! I will have one when I get my first place with no pussy ass roommates who refuse to let me get one. Boas are some cool animals. My buddy had one named Rocky BalBoa, and let me walk around his house with the boa draped around the back of my neck and down my arms.

Can't you just get a cat!?!?

WTF??????? a bat or a snake? thats weird.

we have 2