Quote Originally Posted by LEGION
Quote Originally Posted by Sugar_shaw
yo LEGION, out of interest, how do you know all that ?
I'm sorry, I don't understand? Know all what? I keep venomous snakes and they have been a passion of mine for a long time, so I have spent years studying them, and the different cultures where they come from. If you're asking how I know about the snake in the video being defanged and its mouth sewed shut; it's a well known common practice in India and Pakistan. And what fool would put their baby in front of a healthy cobra with all its tools intact?

Cobras in India are actually revered in some parts as Gods, so there are alot of festivals celebrating it. There are always poor people who need money and will capitalize on the tourists with the spectacle of snake charming and such. Sitting in front of the baskets, moving side to side and playing a flute, with the cobra coming out of the basket to the sound of the flute. What people don't understand is that snakes don't have ears, and don't hear a damn thing, and only stand up out of the basket because they are pissed off being stuck in the damn thing and hood up to threaten the people moving side to side with the flute. Cobras go by movement, not because they hear them playing that silly instrument. And like I said, most of those snakes are captured and immediately defanged or have their mouths sewed shut, so they can't bite the "performer". Very few do that thing without taking the weapons away from the snake 1st. The guy in the video above from Thailand felt he had some magical powers with the animals, and to some extent I guess you could say he did have some power over them, but eventually got buzzed for it and died. Sorry I rambled, just wanted to answer your question as best I could. You could always Google snake charmers and it will probably tell you the same thing.
Wow, really interesting. You answered my question excellently by the way . Thank you for the information.