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October 18, 2016 at 11:23 pm

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Amjad Khan Ali Khan is the 4th generation in a family of Malaysian snake charmers (unfortunately his dad Ali Khan Samsudin was bitten by a cobra in the 2000s and passed away).

Snake charmer Amjad Khan Ali Khan, who also runs a snake control company, said the chances of finding snakes in these places are high. “I once had a client who called me to remove a snake that had crawled under a heap of used plastic bottles in their garden. “When they cleared the place, they were horrified to find pieces of shed snake skin, a sign the spot had become a snakes’ nest. “I told them, if they continued to leave the heap there, it will be home to another generation of snakes,” said Amjad.

Snakes in the city – Focus | The Star Online
October 18, 2016 at 11:55 pm

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I knew of someone who got bitten by a King Cobra that was his pet. Western medicine and being pretty young and healthy saved the guy but his hospital bills are ~$750,000; the reptile enthusiast community has rallied around him but that his a big bill to have to pay.

Glad to live in a place with only 1 or 2 venomous species that aren’t as dangerous as cobras; one that rattles the other looks like a fucking stick and will try to strike if you’re about to step on it though.
October 19, 2016 at 8:11 am

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Ole St Patrick’s got rid of all our snakes (apart from pets). I could imagine me as a kid or fuck even now wanting to go out snake hunting and watching. All I got here is the rare badger or fox. Only see foxes eyes the odd time driving around the wee villages in the country. I could go cow tipping or sheep shagging but sneaking up to a cow is tricker than thought and have you ever tried to hold down a fucking lamb let alone a sheep! You’d have to be a farmer to have the strengh lol

We did let the cows out of a few local fields when we were young. Was strange seeing them wounder about the suburbs confused albeit intrigued to be wandering about themselves without a farmer or dog guiding them.
October 20, 2016 at 8:42 pm

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@Digital Buddha 986748 wrote:

I knew of someone who got bitten by a King Cobra that was his pet. Western medicine and being pretty young and healthy saved the guy but his hospital bills are ~$750,000; the reptile enthusiast community has rallied around him but that his a big bill to have to pay.

Glad to live in a place with only 1 or 2 venomous species that aren’t as dangerous as cobras; one that rattles the other looks like a fucking stick and will try to strike if you’re about to step on it though.

Mr Khan junior has “only been bit 5 times” and is still around although modern snakecharmers of Malaysia work very closely with the Fire Brigade, Civil Protection and Environment Ministry and they do have a fairly decent “European style” healthcare system there.

In SE Asia there are about 163 species of venomous snakes, although the modern trend is to capture them alive and redistribute them to areas that are away from large numbers of humans. On another forum I am a member of there is a dude who gathers them up in the Phillipines and lets them loose in some jungle area in Indonesia where they aren’t a problem (they keep down rats and other vermin)
October 21, 2016 at 7:34 pm

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Gotta imagine after bite 2 or 3 you kinda get an immunity.

I wonder if people in SE Asia are evolved to be less affected by a bite than those in Europe.
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