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Khum Chaibuddee bids to set a world record in king cobra-kissing in
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That, by the way, is a cobra's head in the man's mouth.
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The poor snake has in all likelihood been de-fanged.
The poor snake has in all likelihood been de-fanged.
I'm afraid de-fanging wouldn't do very much for very long. Snakes regrow fangs very quickly. If they did anything to it they probably put it through full out surgery to remove it's vemon glands, without any sort of anesthesia. Also, if the person performing the opporation wasn't careful the glands/ducts may have just simply regenerated. Though don't quote me on that, I can't quite remember if that applies to elapids, viperids or both.
Do you think the snake insisted on a "no tongues" contract
"You must be CRAZZY!!"
what was he thinking