I agree. The snake was in defensive mode; who knows what it could really have done. And I get so pissed off watching it peck at the child over and over again!

I agree... why even chance it?

its been de venomed or whatever, its been circling the net for a while that one. different cultures and ideas are a bit nuts... like that one where they throw the newborns off of a roof for good luck?!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UGtC64zNkk there we go! babies from a roof! *shudder*

what about those babies necks????

thats messed up.. just truely messed up.

Not only is that reckless endangerment... it's also animal abuse... "The fangs are simply cut out very crudely with a knife and just at the fang base where they grow out of the mandibular bone," said Rom Whitaker of Draco Films. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0121_030121_snakesavior_2.html

LAst post.. here's the article that goes with that video

A one-year-old is forced to fight a neutered cobra during a shocking snake-charming rite of passage in India.
The baby tries to protect itslef while being repeatedly hit by the animal, which has also had its mouth stitched up and its fangs removed.
This bizarre spectator sport - reportedly from Kasimkota in Andhra Pradesh - has been condemned by animal rights protesters after footage appeared on the internet.
They've warned that a cobra's fangs grow back quickly, putting the youngsters in mortal danger.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-453652/Babys-bizarre-bite-passage-cobra.html

The worst part is, one of the commenters wrote that they do it to impress tourists.

WHAT? Seriously? If you tried showing me that to "impress" me I'd take that baby and run like hell.

That's crazy and just not right, not in France, not in the US, not in India, nor in Africa... I don't care about culture, it's a baby and a potentially dangerous/ deadly animal. What the hell are those people thinking?
And people throwing babies off the roofs... that's just as crazy! Why risk your baby's life like that, wrecklessly for "good luck"? I'm just appalled at the amount of crazy shit people do! *shudders*
Oh and about the Daily Mail... Jen, they are known for spilling a ton of crap, so I wouldn't believe everything I read in their articles. Just sayin'!