Snake Whisperer Has One Of The Most Dangerous Jobs In The World

A snake handler shares his small home with 60 of the world's most deadly reptiles. Albert Killian began removing snakes from his neighbour's yard when he was just ten and has loved the animals ever since. Amazingly the 60-year-old has been bitten more than 100 times but has built up a tolerance to their venom. He keeps and handles 28 Egyptian Cobras, three Indian Cobras, forest cobras, spotting cobras, rattle snakes and vipers. He extracts venom from his snakes which is then processed into pharmaceutical products. Source: Barcroft TV

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Caught On Camera: Python Devours Goat Whole

A MASSIVE python devours a full size goat after sneaking into the village of Garkhuta in West Bengal, India. The astonishing feat of digestion was caught on camera near Sonakhali Reserve Forest by photographer Roni Choudhury. The giant snake, estimated to be up to 10ft long, can be seen steadily stretching its mouth around the goat's lifeless body. Source: Barcroft TV

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How few brave men rescued an injured Anaconda

Stories of men being rescued from Anaconda’s crutches are not unheard of, but men rescuing injured Anaconda are something not heard of. French wildlife photographers Denis and Marie Grenouillet were visiting Los Llanos in Columbia when they came across this incident. They heard a commotion outside their hotel lodge and came out to witness the spectacle of few brave men trying to rescue an injured Anaconda from the bushes. The giant serpent was tangled in a bush after being injured from wounds of fishermen trying to protect ship yard from the monster. The Anaconda is a native animal of South America and it feeds on cattle, jaguars, etc. They grow over 20 feet and weighs nearly 500 pounds. This monster was nearly 16 feet in height. It had bullet marks in its body. The men lifted the serpent from the swamps where it was hiding injured, and put it inside a sack and carried it off to a lagoon four miles off. All the way the men sprinkled water on the Anaconda’s body to keep it cool. After reaching the lagoon they guided it to swamp where it swam off to safety. The French photographers shot this incredible incident and made it available for the world to view.

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