They can slither anywhere
and strike faster
than the blink of an eye.
Every year, snakes bite
nearly 5.5 million people worldwide.
And some of those bites
are caught on camera.
Today
we've collected the most terrifying,
surprising and tragic snake attacks
ever recorded on video.
Nek Tadong was an Indonesian shaman
famous in his small village
for handling deadly animals
without any fear.
Sadly, his last act was caught on video
in 2020.
He had captured a king cobra
and prepared a show for his neighbors.
As usual,
he started handling
and spinning the cobra,
smiling at the audience,
but things soon got out of hand.
After the snake's first spin,
he had to catch it
when it tried to bite his face.
Unfortunately, the snake
managed to twist and bite his wrist.
Some of his enthusiastic
audience screamed in fear.
Tadong pretended to scold the cobra
as villagers came to help him
clean the wound,
but he insisted on continuing.
Seconds later,
the increasingly furious snake
struck him directly in the face.
He finished his performance,
but two hours later
he began to feel very ill.
At the hospital,
doctors administered an antivenom,
but unfortunately, it was too late.
The venom flooded his bloodstream,
and Nek Tadong was pronounced dead.
Even people accustomed to handling
wild animals can get killed by them,
so never attempt to do it
without proper training and equipment.
In Central India, it's not uncommon
for snakes to sneak into homes,
but Rajesh Barve
and his wife finally had enough here.
They are lucky to have a cat
that has always spotted
scaly intruders in time.
On this occasion,
the cat started
hissing at the shoe rack.
As some of the shoes were moved.
this happened.
A deadly cobra was ready to kill,
stressed by all the commotion.
Rajesh called in a snake handler.
The frightened reptile attacked again
and again,
getting more and more agitated.
The handler managed to get hold
of the unwanted visitor
for a short period of time
but had to release it
until a jar could be found
to keep it in.
As the man started the rescue
all over again,
the cobra unfolded its hood
and tried to strike.
Experience
and ingenuity allowed the expert
to finish the job
and bring his latest success story
to a shelter.
If you live in an area
where snakes are common,
don't forget to close windows
and doors
to prevent any unwanted slithering guests.
This 35-year-old man
is a professional performer
with many years of experience
handling venomous snakes.
On this particular day,
he was performing with a king cobra.
The venom
it releases in a single bite
can kill 20 humans,
even an adult elephant.
Unfortunately for the handler,
it was not his day.
After a few turns,
the snake lunged toward his arm
and bit him.
Only a few minutes after the bite,
he fell unconscious
and stopped breathing.
He was rushed to the hospital
and spent three days on life support.
He was lucky to be alive,
but more than a week
after his close encounter
he still had burn-like
wounds all over his body.
The only thing that saved
this man was immediate
medical attention,
so never approach a deadly cobra
in the wild
without antivenom in your pocket.
This terrifying video
will give you plenty of material
for your own future nightmares.
It's 2019
and this 75-year-old grandmother
is sleeping in her Bangkok home
when an intruder sneaks into her room.
At first,
the lethal python remains still,
perhaps just looking for a cool place
to spend the night,
but soon the woman begins
moving in her sleep,
her foot wiggling
just inches from the deadly trespasser.
The snake remains alert,
perhaps feeling
threatened by the movement.
The lady's foot moves again,
and the beast lunges forward.
It takes a second for the woman
to react after the fangs
dig into her skin.
At first,
she thinks it's just a bad dream.
She wakes up and finds
something worse than a nightmare.
A python coiled in front of her
bed, ready to strike again.
Fortunately,
she managed to get out of the room
and call for help.
Experts think that the snake
entered the woman's room
through the bathroom pipes.
Yet another reason to be careful
when you’re reaching for toilet paper
in the bathroom.
Arteval Duarte
is a famous Brazilian activist
known as The Ninja of Serpents.
He regularly performs
dangerous stunts with deadly animals
to raise awareness about deforestation
in the Amazon,
but, you know, every once in a while,
a stunt can go wrong.
This time,
he wanted to put the head of
a huge python
in his mouth
while he
already had a
tarantula resting on his tongue.
The tarantula behaved as expected,
but when he tried to add the snake
into the mix,
disaster struck.
The reptile bit him
straight on the face.
After a few terrifying
and painful seconds,
the python let go.
Pythons have no venom,
so Artelval’s life was not threatened.
Still,
please never try this at home.
Watching charmers
at a snake park in Thailand
from a distance is one thing,
but trying to imitate them?
Well.
This Chinese tourist
was invited to kiss a snake
as part of the show.
As she approached,
the snake turned its head
and bit her directly on the nose.
The rest of the tourists
screamed in terror.
The handlers were as shocked
as the poor woman.
She struggled in pain
as the snake gripped her face.
Finally,
the staff managed to
free the 29-year-old woman.
She was taken to the hospital
where she received
eight stitches to her nose.
The company
that organized the show
paid her about $3,000 in damages
and stated
that tourists would no longer
be allowed
to get up close
and personal with the snakes.
Slender, stealthy beasts
sneaking into your home
sneaking into your home are scary,
but huge monsters
like this one
breaking in
and eating you whole
are like a scene from a horror movie.
That's why
we've compiled the scariest
true stories
of people who survived
being attacked by Komodo dragons.
Want to see them?
Keep watching here, on How to Survive.