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Justin G. Julander has a unique job at the Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, South Dakota. He feeds the animals. Well, he feeds cobras. He feeds Asiatic monocled cobras, a venomous species that hunts amphibians and small mammals. And the suppertime ritual is no drop-the-meal-down-a-chute-to-a-perfectly-docile-snake type of feeding.
Julander arms himself with a snake hook, some kind of pinching device and mice. The rest is what makes up this fascinating video from the summer of 2015.
Here's what I learned after biting my nails through the captivating clip:
- Cobras are kept in a pretty rudimentary storage system.
- Cobras have poor aim.
- It does not seem to incite panic into Julander's soul when the cobra gets out of its assigned bin.
Julander wrote in the description of the YouTube video that his intention for the video was "to demonstrate what it looks like when an experienced professional works with a dangerous species of snakes."
Mission accomplished.
Yesterday's HYST?
Have You Seen This? 2 'grannies' drive Lamborghini through L.A.
Think of how you would react if you were walking down the street in L.A. and saw two women in their 70s cruising around town in a Lamborghini. Now you don't have to imagine your reaction, because this video exists.
