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NATURE Indian man catching a king cobra

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u/Agile_Commission_693 4d ago

Yet*

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u/Short-Horse-1069 4d ago

He's not winging it though. This approach is based in some solid knowledge.

He's perhaps a bit fidgety and would have been successful at the very first attempt if he didn't panic. But, he's also dealing with the world's largest venomous snake, in the field, in a cramped space in less than ideal conditions and the sped up video does him absolutely no favours.

Is he the best? No.

Is he good? Debatable.

But does he know what he's doing? Yes.

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u/gandhishrugged 4d ago

That cobra is chill too. It's such an interesting snake compared to all the other venomous snakes.

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u/fly_tomato 4d ago

Being big tends to make animals less wary, the others probably need to compensate

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u/dr_wtf 4d ago

That's why you see many snakes in Ferraris and Boeing 747s, whereas the King Cobra is happy with a plastic pipe and burlap sack.

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u/iDesygner 4d ago

Underrated comment

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u/davidjschloss 4d ago

A lot of people try to compensate for a snake that’s too small.

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u/Previous-Gift5801 4d ago

we have to be good and shit

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u/DrowAboveground 4d ago

Tell that to any moose. They forgot to get more chill after they broke 1200lbs