Toys R Us, Indian Style...

[trt]

I know there is a lot of uneducated people in India, but common sense is free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT3AmXs94XU

[Baldric]

Well I suppose it could be seen as a form of population control.

[retrocop]

How can that country be overpopulated?

[retrocop]

sorry Balders. Didn't see your post. :-)

[mikey4444]

I have watched this clip once but I'm not sure I could do so again !

[hc4361]

There's another, similar one here



Is it possible these cobras have gone through a surgical procedure to remove venom and are used for performing?

[retrocop]

I think I heard somewhere that these crafty fakirs remove the fangs from the tools of their trade.

[mikey4444]

Logic would say that the must have hc !

[hc4361]

Yes, mikey. I'm sure Indians know that cobras in the natural state are lethal.

[retrocop]

//as the person above had said, the charmers will remove the cobras fangs. B/c of this, the snake will then typically die w/in a month from a infection. Cobras are used b/c they follow movement so they will follow the movement of a flute or a hand. The appeal is that they are deadly snakes and it's the illusion that they are being hypnotized or trained. If you want to charm a ball python or a boa, #1, there's no interest b/c there is no danger. #2, it cannot be done b/c typical non venomous snakes in the pet trade will not act in the
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same way as a cobra does. There's no training involved, it's just the snakes own built in instinct. Snake charming is also a cruel practice and they are trying to iradicate it in central and east asia by recruiting snake charmers for venom extraction programs. So unless you're going to go out an buy a cobra and keep the fangs in, try something more productive w/ your time
Source(s):
owner/breeder of 26 reptiles/snakes//

[mikey4444]

They don't call them fakers for nothing ! But this makes for very uncomfortable viewing, all the same.

[mikey4444]

But how would the children know any different, if they were to encounter a cobra in real life ?

I understand that dangerous snakes of all kind are very common on the Indian Subcontinent.

[hc4361]

mikey, the same way that children who grow up with a pet dog are taught not to pet strange dogs, I expect.

[mrs.chappie]

What a *** cruel world we live in. :o(

[mrs.chappie]

The starred out word's ***.

[mrs.chappie]

Oh *** it, I give up.