So sorry, I could not find the Hindi words for "Hol ma beer an watch this"....
Darwin Award, special snake handling category. On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 7:28 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Darwin Award-Honorable Mention > > Plot twist: Indian forest ranger posed for photos with python draped > around his neck. > > The rock python had just killed and eaten a goat, but perhaps more > troubling, the reptile had crushed and consumed its meal within shouting > distance of a school. Something had to be done. > > So worried residents in Jalpaiguri, a city in northeast India, called > Sanjay Dutta, the local forest ranger, on Sunday. > > As onlookers stared, Dutta corralled the snake with an animal-control > pole, then used thick gloves to grab the snake’s head and pick it up. > > Crisis averted. All Dutta had to do was put it into a sack for quick trip > back to the wild, perhaps to the banks of the nearby Teesta River, where it > wouldn’t pose a threat to humans. > > Instead, Dutta draped the snake around his neck. > > It was time for a celebratory photo. > > Some residents hoisted smartphones, motioning for others to cram in closer > to the forest ranger and the beast he’d captured. > > Reports variously put its length at six metres or even an improbable nine > metres long – it looks closer to four metres long in photos and video of > the incident. Whatever the case, it was long enough to do what came > naturally. > > Suddenly perched on the very vulnerable neck area of a mammal, the snake > made a few efforts to wrap itself around the man. > > Dutta batted the snake’s body away, at one point holding the powerful > reptile at bay while he smiled for the camera. > > [Indian forest ranger Sanjay Dutta poses with a rock python in Jalpaiguri > on Sunday. Photo: YouTube] > > But moments later, he was clearly in distress. > > The snake had managed to wrap one coil completely around Dutta’s neck. > Meanwhile, the reptile had twisted its tail free of a man assisting the > forest ranger, further entangling Dutta. > > Scared residents who, moments earlier, had crammed in for a photo, > screamed and sprinted away. > > “It’s OK,” Dutta screamed. “It’s all OK.” > > Clearly it was not. > > As he walked away from the crowd, the python tightened its grip. > > Dutta resisted the urge to panic or struggle, movements that would just > make the snake more aggressive. > > “I was not scared for even a moment,” Dutta told Agence France-Presse. > “Because had I panicked, it could have been fatal.” > > With a little help, Dutta managed to free himself. The end of the video > shows him walking away, shaken but breathing. He and an assistant kept a > firm grip on the powerful snake before releasing it into the forest. > > http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2151553/ > plot-twist-indian-forest-ranger-posed-photos-python-draped > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
