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  • only in india

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  • a load of cobras!.

  • That cobra was having none of it.

  • I can't tell if it's charmed or annoyed.

  • when a cobra is dancing or swaying to the music, it is not the reason why it is moving from side to side. it is following the movement of the snake charmer, it is death so the music adds nothing to its swaying whatsoever.

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  • Cobras are DEAF!!!

  • he seems more defeated than charmed

  • i like the music of this

  • The snake is bored.

  • The most interesting part of the video is watching that guy's cheeks blow up like a freaking frog.

  • Snake: "14 years he's brought me here in this basket to sit n listen to him playing his damn trumpet. I wouldn't mind but it's the same damn tune over and over again, wouldn't be so bad if he learned how to play it!"

  • this is the worst snake charmer ever

  • The snake bite my eye....... he poison eye...... cause i go doooooo looooo looooo looo looo loooo loooo and he dont like it

  • Did you guys know that the snake actually can't hear most of the sounds he makes due to them having inner ears instead of outer ears like most animals. They respond to the movement of the flute, that's why they have those decorations on them, some are just that; decorations, but others are to make the snake react

  • @simpsonfan1995 i kno. honestly, mostly this guy is just pissing the snake off

  • is it just me, or did the snake seem very...uh.. uncharmed.

  • @crazitaco i love u, LOL, yes he did

  • The snake is like "God Dammit is that the only song you know? Well it's getting freakin annoying and I just want to go home"

  • They usually relase those snakes back into the wild after the festival is over.

    And catch a new one the next year. Not all snake charmers defang the snake.

    There are few illegal snake charmers who do though.

    Nowadays snakes are even tagged, to ensure they take care of them better and not go on catching a new one.

  • I want the sheet music to this awsome piece.

  • that is seriously the most obnoxious sound i've ever heard produced.

  • @Maxbay89 i can't stand that obnoxious indian music.

  • I'M FUCKING SCARED.

    not many things scare me.

  • practicing this must suck

  • Thanks to the Bronx Zoo Cobra for representing all of those born in the year of the snake according to the chinese astrology. ssssssssssssssssssssss

  • Nice snaky, nice snaky!

  • bad snake

  • Here we go again, he's going to wave his thing in front of my face, and then shove me back in the box. Veeeery clever yeh yeh well done. Aren't you the clever one. Clap for him people on Youtube, clap for him ....

  • the snake is like "what the f are you doing?"

  • look at his cheeks lololololololol

  • Why didn't the snake just bite him and leave I mean at least that's entertainment

  • XD fail

  • are they illegal nowadays?

  • haha "hey snake will you move around a bit"

  • "Snakes Charmers

    Although still performed in India, other parts of Asia, and North Africa, snake charming as a profession has declined in recent years because of wildlife protection laws and broader public knowledge about the reptiles. Snakes kept by charmers may have their teeth removed, venom ducts burst, and mouths sewn shut. ... snakes are virtually deaf."

    soucer: National Geographic´s website

  • AHHH!!!! COBRAS!!!!

  • He should put some can for the money, so some rich guy sees his show, puts money it the can, snake bites him, and the charmer takes everything the dead rich guy owned!

  • what song is this? "all hail to the cheif"?

  • Snake is like "Wtf man stfu" and *turns away* "kiss my ass"

  • i wonder what would happen if i played rick roll for that thing

  • The snake is obviously following the movements because the snake considers the charmer a danger.

    By instinct, the snake follows the nearest or the most "agressive" movement around.

  • it's not charmed at all... it just gets pissed when he hits the basket and turns away from him, lol

  • That snake looks pissed.

  • Sounds a little bit bagpipe musics

  • साँप है वास्तव में आगे बढ़ नहीं है वह पागल हो या क्या? वहाँ समय से अधिकांश वहाँ इस तरह आदमी बांसुरी अच्छी तरह निभाता है द्वारा शरीर घूम.

  • @victoriaha01 lolwut?

  • can't really tell if the snake's pissed off at that guy or the sound of that instrument

  • My uncle who lives in North Queensland Australia (lots of snakes there) was watching a bolywood movie. and a seen where there was a snake chamer was playing and a snake came down from the roof and on to the bed and it was standing up moving from side to side.

  • lol the snake is like "i'm not looking at u"

  • Really snakes just follow the movement of the snake charmer. (from a book i read about snake charmers)

  • If i was a snake, i would hate this music. But as a human, i somehow like it...

  • indian hobo: stop agnoring me dont say screw off cause im not and pay attention cause I want money im doin this for money so stop egnoring me and pay attenchion otherwise, Im gonna get my butterfly knife and im gonna have roasted snake for dinner!!!!!!!

  • @RobloxMan6 can't spell.

  • indian hobo: im doin this for money so you better just shut the heck up cause im not gonna stop and stop lookin at the camra cause you should be paying attention to me so I can get cash! oh and Hi youtube

  • The sound from that kazoo he's playing reminds me of the bagpipes.

  • lol the snake turned his back.... he don't give a shit

  • sweet life. sit on the fucking concrete and blow a dirty trumpet into an animals face 24/7. he should probably just allow the snake a solid bite to the jugular and end this misery for all involved parties.

  • Many animals including snakes can be "trained" although the mechanism is more sophisticated in animals like dogs. It's not really training in the case of any animal in the same sense that a person can be trained to type. It's simply repetition of action/result over and over again until the animal's brain is rewired to always expect a positive or negative outcome from the action. However, if that same snake charmer went anywhere near that snake's eggs, all of this "training" would disappear.

  • smile to the camera :)

  • well im unsure if its real or fake... but what i do know is that is awesome!

  • This isa load of bull, snakes can't be charmed by music they don't have ears so they can't even hear what you're playing.

  • what a pure fail. that snake hated the song, and just wanted to be on camera for the 2nd half of the video

    HUGE FAIL

  • he is playing a snake song

  • those bastards sew the snake's mouth shut.

    what an incredible dirthole that place is

  • Actually, most charmers leave their snakes exactly the way they would be in the wild. Why would they sew the snakes mouth shut? It'd make it impossible for the snake to eat, & the snake would die, & what sane charmer would want to either spend the money on a new snake, or have to go out & catch one every few weeks or months? Good charmers hypnotize snakes & not hurt animals for money.

    Also, I find it incredibly ignorant to judge a place based on its snake charmers, but that's just my opinion.

  • Dude, many of them do de-fang them or sew their mouths shut. And yes, they go out and get new snakes frequently. The other thing they do is train them by putting hard objects in front of them so that every time they strike it causes pain, and they learn to avoid striking. I don't fault these people for doing this. Cobras are nasty, disgusting animals anyway.

  • how does a charmer "hypnotize" a snake? can you explain to us since you seem to know everything?

    snakes react. that's it. they don't become "trained"

  • not only that but one stupid american will give the charmer 10 bucks or so for a "show" and in india the charmer can just pay some poor ass kid .50c to bring him a new snake

  • @FaithBlack2001 not to mention they're probably hindu and believe they should not harm animals because they could be reincarnations of their ancestors

  • @FaithBlack2001 yeah the snake charmers are about a hundred times less dissgusting than anything else in that fucking place

    Also, I don't think the snake actually enjoys someone playing loudly into their ear for most of the day and then being shoved into a basket.... on the other hand it's a snake no one should care about it's wellbeing

  • @FaithBlack2001 Hey, if the place ALLOWES the practice of keeping a deadly cobra, then the place deserves to be judged. And if the cobra's are no longer deadly, then the charmer is cheating, and he should just be called out as a panhandler. I don't have a problem with beggars, but don't pretend to charm snakes when there's no consequence to fucking up.

  • @FaithBlack2001 Dead on. A snake with a sewn mouth is a sign of a lazy, badly trained charmer.

    Most of them now DO defang their cobras for safety but that doesn't harm it when done correctly. A cobra with a sewn mouth is not a good or cooperative performer and tends to put on a lousy show.

  • @FaithBlack2001 i met one and he told me,liquid food ....

  • @FaithBlack2001 there is no hypnosis going on here. many charmers sew the mouth shut, defang the snake, or "train" the snake by teasing it repeatedly with something that looks like the instrument they play that hurts the snake's teeth so it will be more reluctant to strike. they are just bums doing a trick, and hurting/killing wild animals in the process.

  • @nogoodbastid well buddy i love snakes and i have to say that training a wild venomus snake is a feet in its self and besides the pain from the trianing is minaml and dosent do any real damage

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  • @nogoodbastid How exactly would they sew the mouth shut?

  • @Warunho needle and thread.

  • @FaithBlack2001 Most of your snake charmers rip the fangs out and venom sacks, your typical snake only needs to eat once a month, so it would take the snake a while to die.

  • @FaithBlack2001 how could it be possible to hypnotize a snake? do you understand how simple a reptilian brain is?

  • wat id he playing?

  • we will rock you by queen

  • the instrument i mean

  • well im not quite sure,but im assuming its something that was used by queen

  • might be shaum (aka relative of the oboe or clarinet)

  • snake: stop it im ignoring you... screw off dude... alright im going to look at this guy with the camera cause we all know this is going to be on youtube

  • hahahahaahah

  • @hollowichigo778 haahahahah xD stupid snakes can't talk i think that snake should say that

  • Foeasy is not true it's from bible and india an harem are not evil,so no more bullshit okay. The snakes not annyoned it's cold because snake charmers keep them alittle cool so they are less likely to be bitten by their snake and the snake only moves because it feels the sound waves in the air and because it follows the tassels on the end of the pungi because it mimics the movement of prey because cobras like the one he had hunt by sight.

  • Snake: stop that... its annoying... ok im ignoring you

  • ACTUALLY, the noise the instrument makes isn't part of the equation. Snake's can't hear very well through the air, they can only sense vibrations through the ground. That's why the guy's waving his instrument so close and touching it in an attempt agitate it and make it 'dance'. NOW YOU KNOW the real answer and not some bullcrap you made up :D

  • I've toured all over India several times. I am a "Jadu Guru", a "Mandrigan. a "Magician". The sad truth is the fangs are broken off & the venom sacs removed. Some of the snakes die from having the venom sacs removed and the ones that don't die you'll notice tend to very lethargic from not eating right. The "Charmers" have to agitate the snakes to get them to puff up. Abject poverty drives men to do cruel & crazy things. Sittin there in the know, with cobras near my face, I was still afraid.

  • wow thats one angry snake lol

  • the snake here is angry and is not in mood of charming people.....he is just watching at the person who was filming him....LOL

  • i wonder what would happed whn he tos playng lol

  • Lool. 0:34 "...ANYWAY.. now's my chance to shine on YouTube"

  • I believe the snake is essentially used to the charmer's act, which explains why it ignores the charmer and his pungi and faces the strange guy with the camera. I bet it didn't like seeing its reflection in the lens.

  • LOL, the snake is like "dude, what are you doing? Leave me alone >_>"

  • the snakes like:

    what the heck!!! get this thing away from me!!

  • how the hell do you know if a snake even looks "annoyed". makes no sense.

  • So they feel vibrations? I guess this is just a massage :p

  • I don't think the snake felt particularly charmed there!!!

  • the snake looks annoyed

  • Annoying. I was hoping for the snake to take control.

  • that sounded horrible. wouldn't wanna be charmed by the sound of THAT

  • the snake doesnt hear the sound, the just feel the vibration and they enjoy it

  • Snakes can't hear. It's the motion that "charms" them.

  • *shrug....ok

  • wow wtf that wuz the worse snake charmer i ever seen!!! the cobra wuz totally ignoring that dude lmaoo

  • lol that snake was looking like " dude get that  sh*t out ma face"

    kinda looked irritated

  • i like the riff that starts at 0:06

  • So do I. Who knew that i would like this kind of music.

  • i'v seen better snake charmers

    this snake isnt even moving o.O

    Once near New Delhi i saw this snakecharmer and wow. he could charm a snake. for reall.

  • seems like the snake is more interested in the cameraman than the activity...... FAKE!

  • It's still pretty cool and I doubt you have the balls to do that.

  • likewise

  • Fuck I know I wouldint they use rattle snakes.

  • how is it fake you dumbass, it is happening right there

  • It looks to me like the snake is more of the charmer in this video.

  • the snake is like "wtf r u doin"

  • btw, it works because the snake is kept in a basket with flowers that keep it in a drugged state. It responds to pretty much anything in the same way. They have also had their fangs removed. One of this guy's snakes (he has a couple when i saw him) wasn't drugged enough (it had been out of the basket performing for too long in the fresh air) and struck out to bite my friend, unsuccessfully.

  • I was backpacking in Jaipur this Easter ('09) and met this same snake charmer (and his friend). He put his hat on my head. I think he was at Amir Fort....

  • The snake is like "GET THAT THING OUT OF HERE!" lol

  • the snake is like... Please stop..

  • i feel sorry for the snake lol

  • As A Saxophonist...i know this guy is doing CIRCULAR BREATHING......You know how much wind players need to learn this?

  • I don't know if anyone knows, but who the fuck would care ?

  • What exactly do you mean by Circular Breathing?

  • it thats your breathing out with your mouth while breathing in with your nose at the same time.

  • people he didnt make him dance!! the snake follows movement because he thinks the dudes hand is food

  • snakes dont even have ears lol

  • i think the snake was high :-P

  • LOL HE MADE IT DANCE!!

  • it's apu!

  • HAHAHHA it is aswell hahah

  • the snake's all like: dude right in my ear wtf

  • it's because the vibration of the noise they come out

  • I thought it was because of the way the charmer was waving his musical instrument infront of the cobra......

  • AHAHAHA

  • it it, they are observing the instroment

  • i knew it! thanks :)

  • they feal the vibration of the notes coming out of the thing hes blowing on..orsomtin like taht

  • ...snakes don't have ears. Doesn't mean they can't hear, but at least it wouldn't be deafening for them.

  • Actually all snakes are deaf, so that does mean they can't hear.

  • no  they arnt dumb fuck

  • really? name a snake thast isn't deaf.

  • trouser snake

  • the snake is like "WTF IS THAT NOISE!!"

  • LOL MORE LIKE

    Snake:HOLY SHIT I CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE MAYBE IF I LISTEN HE'LL STOP

  • it looks pretty boring..

  • all of you r right in a way. believe it or not, their r lots of different ways to do snake charming, movement of the pipe is one of them. it also depends on the snake. different techniques are passed down father to son.

  • animal cruelty is wrong.

  • those snakes cannot eat unless hand fed

  • as you should there is nothing charming about snake charming they rip there fangs out and because of that some starve the ones that escape definitely starve for us it would be like eating without our hands while being bound to a chair end this torture at the link on my profile it is a petition to ban this in every country

  • this is only in some cases. u can conduct snake charming without harming the snake.

  • lol it sounds like the guy didnt hit the right note at 0:43 and the snake jumped b/c of it

  • Doubt that as snakes cant hear...its the movement that gets them

  • They can't hear, but part of the movement is the vibration. Through vibration the snake can still tell when the note is off key. lol.

  • el sonido de ese instrumento es hiptnotizante

    en verda te atrapa

  • realy assome!!

  • holy crap at :15, the snake's natural reaction was to bite, but i guess the snake is well trained not to follow with it's instincts.

  • it sickens me too see this the fucking people yank their teeth out so they can amuse people for a mere 25 cents a day

  • Hey, it's a living. Besides, cobras don't need fangs to swallow a rat.

  • they need fangs to live yanking out their fangs kills them slowly that cobra is slowly dying

  • Yeah, just goes to show you the convoluted logic behind their religious beliefs. Can't kill a cow to prevent starvation, but it's OK to extract fangs from cobras in order to feed my family. Well, in a country over populated by both humans and snakes, I'm throwing in with the premise that humans are more valuable than snakes.

  • are you a hippy plus animal right activist ???.... this is their culture and tradition.... they have been following this since ages..... every country/culture kills animals.... put them on shelves of Tesco to satisfy our appetite... at least they are not killing them just making them harmless..... i think you must go and smoke some weed and talk about world peace.... rather than having super dumb opinion