Cam Man Kisses Cobra

[mjshroomer]

Here I am about two and a half to three feet away from this scene at the Snake farm in Angkor Wat, Cambodia in the fall of 2006.

This mad does this on a daily basis for a living. It cost about 20 cents U.S. to see this.

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[mjshroomer]

Here is the man kissing the cobra.

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[weed4all]

wow... thats something id never ever do. crazy

[AlsahrGlib]

Don't know about other countries-
but in India, the snake keepers will use a stick to rake out the snake's teeth, or simply sew the snake's lips shut... Then, playing kissy isn't all that dangerous

[mjshroomer]

Well this snake has fangs and tw3o penis's.

Here is a picture of the snake being milked. I have dozens of such images from over the last five years. And they all have fangs. The venom is to rare to let it not have a fang to secrete it.

The first image is cobra in Cambodia being milked by its venom being shot into a shot glass..

Having been once bitten by a baby I have no more fear of Cobra's. I can put my face in front of their face and not tremble.

The second image is of a Cambodia King Cobra's two penis's

The third image is of a Thai Cobra

And the last four images are of a Thai Cobra whose venom is being milked onto a petri plate because the venom is very valuable


mjshroomer

You can see also notice how close I am to the Cobra in these images.

[nepenthes_ak]

Dont pay for the shows usually the snakes fangs are removed, and they are forced to starve to death.

Abusing animals for entertainment like that, and eventually killing them is horrible! Sure their are the FEW guys who really are legit but allot of them arent.

[mjshroomer]

Originally Posted by nepenthes_ak

Dont pay for the shows usually the snakes fangs are removed, and they are forced to starve to death.

Abusing animals for entertainment like that, and eventually killing them is horrible! Sure their are the FEW guys who really are legit but allot of them arent.

The images of both shakes being milked were taken at the governments legitimate snake farms which study venoms and collect venon for antivenom products.

Those were not abused snakes

[i.p.freely]

just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. i have never found snake charmers very entertaining. that being said; it seems like a snake charmer who gets bit is doubley tragic...seeing as how they were bitten for no real good reason at all because i never cared in the first place. just seems like a waste IMO...

[abbr.]

Originally Posted by mjshroomer

The second image is of a Cambodia King Cobra's two penis's

Is that normal?
Do all Cambodia King Cobras have 2 penis'?

[mjshroomer]

Originally Posted by abbr.

Is that normal?
Do all Cambodia King Cobras have 2 penis'?

I think all Cobras and snakes, as well as Lizards, have two penis'

mjshroomer

Science: Why two penises are so much better than one

* 24 November 1990

Male lizards and snakes have to make a choice when they mate: which penis should they use? They have two. One is connected to their right testis, and one to their left. Now two biologists from the US have found that some lizards alternate their penises as each is depleted of sperm. In this way, they maximise their chance of fertilising a female.

Richard Torkaz and Joseph Slowinski of Miami University studied the lizard Anolis carolinensis. They found that the penis a lizard used depended on which they used last time they mated, and how long ago they last used it (Animal Behaviour, vol 40, p 374).

Torkaz and Slowinski believe that such behaviour can be explained by 'sperm competition'. Recently, zoologists have realised that competition for a female's favour does not simply involve fights among males or displays of bright plumage; it can continue inside the female's reproductive tract as sperms compete to be first to the egg.

In response to such sperm competition, males of some species have developed sperm that forms into a hard plug, blocking the way for the sperm of any other males. Males of still other species produce a lot of sperm, so that these outnumber and swamp the opposition.

However, keeping up a high level of sperm production can be a problem. If successive copulations follow on too quickly from one another, this can result in the number of sperm in the ejaculate dropping sharply. By alternating their penises, lizards of A carolinensis may overcome this problem.

Torkaz and Slowinski found that males alternated the use of their right and left penises only if one copulation followed less than 24 hours after another. If the interval between copulations was longer, then they used the same penis.

The biologists carried out an experiment in which they prevented penis alternation. They did this by taping over one half of a male's cloacal vent, through which the penis protrudes when aroused. This stopped the animal from using the penis on that side.

The biologists found that males which were forced to re-use the same penis within 24 hours, transferred fewer sperm in the later copulations. However, the researchers found no such drop in the numbers of sperm when successive copulations were as long as 72 hours apart. In this situation, they say, the sperm duct has time to be restocked with sperm.

According to Torkaz and Slowinski, their research demonstrates that the lizards adjust their behaviour in response to sperm competition, using their penises alternately to ensure that maximum sperm transfer is kept up, even if the gap between copulations is short.

[abbr.]

heh, no kidding
I've had a Ball Python about 5 years now
and had no idea!
Thanks for the info.

[bugs]

Originally Posted by mjshroomer

Those were not abused snakes

Hell, I abuse my snake all the time!

Really, this is fascinating. This is the kind of stuff that would really increase kids' interest in biology. Something 'naughty.' Then once they get reading, they'll find out more stuff that interests them.

[nepenthes_ak]

Milking I completely understand, its the snake charmers I am talking about.