Snake Charmer Puckers Up to 19 Cobras to Set World Record

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218502,00.html

Snake Charmer Puckers Up to 19 Cobras to Set World Record

Saturday , October 07, 2006

PATTAYA, Thailand — A Thai snake charmer kissed 19 highly poisonous king cobras in an attempt to set a world record.

One by one, the cobras were released Saturday onto a stage set up in this Thai beach resort town, as the snake charmer, Khum Chaibuddee, kissed each one and then moved onto the next.

Security was tight, with four additional snake charmers flanking the stage at each corner and a medical team waiting on the sidelines with serum in case one of the snakes snapped, according to a statement from Thailand's Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in Pattaya, which organized the event.

The museum's manager, Somporn Naksuetrong, said Ripley's planned to submit the attempt to the Guinness Book of World Records to overtake a previous record set in 1999 when an American kissed 11 venomous snakes.

Khum, a part-time snake charmer for more than 12 years, urged children and onlookers not to try the feat.

"I, myself, have been bitten several times by snakes," he said in a statement. "Always bear in mind the old story about the snake charmer who died (from being) bitten by snakes."

A few pictures from the article, it they will upload.

What an idiot. And let's not forget to award the idiot award to Ripley's believe it or Not also. How very un-traumatic and un-stressful for the Kings. Does anyone in that organization have 1/2 of a brain cell?I can excuse the Thi gentleman, partly, but I can't excuse the Ripley's organization for their un-caring attitude towards the snakes and the stress level incurred by them in this stupid demonstration.

Wow, that's just crazy...

I'm probably going to be flamed for this... but I'd love to do that. :/