Snake 'Boxing Matches' Draw Tourists in Thailand

Residents of a village in northern Thailand make their living from what they call boxing matches with snakes. Trained snake fighters go eye-to-eye with venomous king cobra snakes. (Sept. 29)

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• tourists

[springlot]

ummm these snakes have no teeeth! or fangs. lol.

[Dkouts57]

yeah too bad they defang them and thats why they box them. fuckin people should be cut from one end of their throats to the end

[maxgunn555]

to all the idiots. they feed those snakes. they dont just cut off their fangs then leave them to die. 

[OreoMyCookie]

Let's take your fists away, old man, and then see how well you do. Exactly.

[69rpriceyboi]

@Stragoh you right dude!! they don't remove the teeth and over there they show a massive amount of respect for the cobra!! you should all watch hiss of death it's all about this village!

[dajazman2k]

Humans are horrible. I hope all these guys get bit in the dick.

[djm2A]

I agree Where theres ppl theres development which would mean if U saw a poisonus snake by a school u rocattck it but since the ppl r knowledgable they all keep em which means more snakes ;)

[Stragoh]

these guys actually do NOT remove the fangs on the snakes

[SailorSaturn69]

The world should really take an interest in traditional Oriental medicine such as this herbal remedy mentioned here.

[selectrick]

Man who walk sideways thru airport turnstile going to Bangkok!..(Confucious)

[jmzwebba93]

I agree..But this is how they make money so they can live...

[luc2211]

Great animals.

Sad humans.