Years before, one video roamed the internet showing a small child enjoying ‘quality’ time with a cobra. The parents of the child were stoic to the happenings, tranquil sharing a puff of smoke. The video was from Indonesia. It was later learned that the venom glands of the cobra were taken out so the kid never had much to worry about, however, the audacity of letting a child play with the cobra seemed appalling.

It was one such incident that got imprinted in my mind, only for the ease and convivial air that existed between the dangerous reptile and the child. Over the years, many such videos reached the internet with kids playing with wild animals. Many were awed while some got brickbats for the sheer nerve shown. One such video has now reached the internet and the incident is from Karnataka.

In a Twitter video shared, a child was seen holding strong the tail of a King cobra of all things wild. Even experts fail to handle this devil but the kid here is obliging, trying to hold the venomous one in control. Any error of the finest margins will invite death and that is a given. Many have reacted to the video criticizing the heedless nature of parents while others said they will pray for the child to return back home alive.

#SixYearOLdVirajPrashanth from #SirsiInUttaraKannada handling #KingCobra-#TheLargestVenomousSnake in the world- story in #TheNewIndianExpress.@XpressBengaluru@santwana99 @Cloudnirad @ramupatil_TNIE @Amitsen_TNIE @ForestDept pic.twitter.com/VsfOpfvtCB

— Subhash Chandra NS (@ns_subhash) June 29, 2023