He said a traditional snake charmer does not rely on music to entrance the snake. “Their focus will stay on a face much better than it will on a hand or other object which doesn’t have the distinct features of a face.” “Often, I use my head to distract or get the attention of a snake because they have evolved to recognize a face with eyes as a threat,” David said. He distracts the snake, often by bobbing his head back and forth in a rhythmic motion, to capture its attention, which enables him to pick it up carefully. Over the years, David has determined how close he can get to a snake without provoking it. He said snakes much prefer to escape rather than attack something they fear may harm them. “You have to always be on your toes,” David said. He said extreme patience is needed to touch such snakes.įree handling snakes also requires a person to not become too complacent, staying alert to their mood. “I actually discourage people from doing it,” David said. However, he stressed other people should not follow his example. From the beginning of moviemaking to Indiana Jones proclaiming “I hate snakes!” in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” to the Samuel Jackson film “Snakes on a Plane,” the snake is frequently cast as a threat to the hero.Īccording to David, 22, he is showing it is possible to handle venomous snakes because they are not hostile. The snake’s reputation has not been helped by fiction. “I just want to show snakes are not evil creatures out to get people,” he said. An average day for David Frolich is traipsing through the jungle picking up poisonous snakes with his bare hands.Īlong with a passion for the misunderstood reptile, David has a message for people by demonstrating his uncanny ability to free handle the venomous creatures on his YouTube channel Davidsfeed.
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