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Scared of you than you are of them. but when they feel threatened, they have one lethal strike. in the u.s. alone, venomous snakes white more than 8,000 people each year. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. >> whenever youre going to handle a snake, you want to have somebody around. >> he keeps dozens of snakes, including this cobra from south africa. its one of the most deadly snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to mo...

Scared of you than you are of them, but when they feel threatened they have one lethal strike. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. >> when you handle the snake, you try to have somebody around. >> he keeps dozens of snakes including this cobra. it is considered one of the deadliest snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to move the cobra to a new sanctuary, it strikes. >> i literally pulled the whole snake out of the tub ...

By the time it arrives five hours later hes not sure he wants it anymore. >> its not getting worse, but its not getting better. im going to try to release myself out of the hospital and go home at this moment. >> as a professional snake handler he hes tats knowing the anti-venom becomes less effective each time its administered to the same person, but experts always recommend taking the anti-venom. >> so the anti-venom guy says listen theyre not telling you everything, but youre in preliminary r...

They want you to have kind of an upright life. they want you to pray ahead of time. they dont let visitors handle the snakes. usually in the front of the church are the pastors and some of the older members of the church who handle the snakes. there is a lot of singing and dancing and praying and shouting and music. and then the snakes come out. and it is quite stunning. i mean -- and one case, i was standing in the parking lot and they started handling the snake. and they were about maybe less ...

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Important mission. he had to get from afghanistan to new hampshire home in time for babys birth. the journey took longer than expected. thanks to cancelled flights, it took him five days to get home but he made it just in time. his son was born one day later. little colin was happy to meet his dad. >> quite a surprise on christmas morning. they found a giant snake taking a dip in the pool. the python was trying to get out of the hot florida sun. family had to call in a snake handler to wrangle t...

Important mission. he had to get from afghanistan to new hampshire home in time for babys birth. the journey took longer than expected. thanks to cancelled flights, it took him five days to get home but he made it just in time. his son was born one day later. little colin was happy to meet his dad. >> quite a surprise on christmas morning. they found a giant snake taking a dip in the pool. the python was trying to get out of the hot florida sun. family had to call in a snake handler to wrangle t...