A bone-chilling video of a man giving a bath to a huge king cobra is giving the internet the creeps. The bizarre video shows the man fearlessly and casually bathing his pet snake in his bathroom.
Shockingly, there is no sign of fear or discomfort in the face of the man. The hair-raising video since being posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, has gone crazy girl.
Indian Forest Service Officer, Susanta Nanda shared the video on X and wrote, “Bathing a king cobra. Snakes have skin to protect & keep them clean, which they shed periodically. So what’s the need for playing with fire?”
The 19-second video shows the man pouring water over the king cobra with a mug from a bucket inside a bathroom. At one point, the man goes on to hold the deadly snake’s head as he casually cleans it.
The video has left the internet divided with people praising the man’s courage while others slammed him for playing with death.
“In captivity (as pets in a vivarium), sometimes snakes aren't able to fully shed their skin, leaving a small portion of old skin sticking to it and would require human intervention to fully remove it. But that's not the way to handle or bathe the snake. 🤦🤦🤦,” commented a user.
Another user wrote, “They are from the Thai cobra show, they keep them as pets and many are raised from hatchlings.”
“This seems to be from Thailand or Vietnam...maybe after washing they keep them in cages for selling for snake meat...🙁” shared a third user.