Horrifying moment snake charmer is fatally bitten by his pet cobra while trying to kiss it
This is the horrifying moment a snake charmer was fatally bitten by his pet cobra while trying to kiss it during a village show in Indonesia.
Abdul Munir, 20, was taunting the killer reptile on the dusty ground near his home in Central Java, Indonesia, on Wednesday afternoon.
He was about to kiss the beast when the enraged reptile reared up and bit him on his nose – sinking a fiery burst of deadly venom into his bloodstream.
Abdul was rushed to the local clinic but the toxins had already paralysed his vital organs and he could not be revived before medics had the chance to send him to a hospital.
The young man was pronounced dead at the Kusuma Wardani Clinic in the village of Jatiharjo.
Abdul’s friends told police they would not carry on with their dangerous hobby.
Police chief Siswanto added: ‘The victim was in the process of being transferred to a larger hospital better equipped to handle cobra bites when he died.
‘We have advised everybody not to continue this kind of activity as it is very dangerous.’
Cobras are one of the world’s deadliest snakes. A single bite attacks the nervous system causing paralysis, respiratory failure, and death.
However, cobras will also inflict ‘dry bites’ without releasing venom if they sense that only a warning is needed to remove a threat.