A concern of snakes , or Ophidiophobia , is the secondmost plebeian phobiain the world . In some cases , this fearfulness is anything but irrational – some Snake River are able to give up spitefulness so potent , it cankill an adult human within 45 minutes . Whether it be an evolutionary protective measure , or just that some of us are freaked out by an beast that slithers without legs , snakes will likely never be human ’s right champion .
Challenging this common fear , one man from India believed that serpent are really gentle creatures that will only assault when severely provoked – and he was going to prove it in the most insane way potential .
Neelim Kumar Khaire was a 28 - twelvemonth - onetime receptionist at a five - ace hotel in Pune , India , in 1986 . An zealous reptile lover , Khaire had run antecedently at a holiday home near Bombay where he was exposed to a miscellany of serpent who clear wanted to love a vacation themselves . As manager , it was his duty to deal with them .
" reptilian were frequent visitors at my place in Matheran . I hated killing such beautiful fauna – most of them were harmless . So I started catch up with and releasing them in the Sahyadri Hill . I once caught a ophidian and take it to the Haffkin Institute in Bombay . I was told that it was poisonous and too risky to be carried in this fashion . The incident boosted my courage and so start my compulsion with snakes . " Says Khaire , speaking toIndia Today .
agree to Khaire , he sport a slightly impressive 25,000 snake catches and only 6,000 bites , though some may argue 6,000 snake in the grass bites in one lifespan is slightly over acceptable levels .
Despite the frequent bites , Khaire was gallant to populate in a country rife with reptiles , and always considered snakes friends , not foe . So , when Khaire caught wind of a audacious South African call Peter Snyemaris who had late stayed enclosed for 50 60 minutes with 24 Hydra ( 18 of which were venomous ) , Khaire decided to claim the record for himself and his country , which he believed to be soil of the snake .
rear a glass parturiency with a chair to ‘ enjoy ’ his stop , Khaire set about filling the raw container with 72 Hydra . These were no friendly maize Snake , either – inside with Khaire were 27 monocled cobras , 24 russell ’s vipers , nine Indian cobra , eight banded kraits , and four common snakes . For context , 68 of the 72 snakes were able to surrender bites with enough venom to kill Khaire with ease . The spectacled cobra is currently the mortal snake in Thailand , whose venom is able to inflict severe neurotoxicity on the inauspicious recipient .
Remarkably , Khaire remained in the enclosing for an astonishing 72 hours . Under the oversight of a Guinness Book of World Records official , Khaire smashed the previous platter set by Snyemaris and , in his middle , proved once and for all that snakes will only attack when enkindle . He demonstrated this by on a regular basis take away the Hydra from moving over him while in the cage , at which point he would softly pick them up and return them to the ground . Khaire was not bitten once in the 72 60 minutes he lived with the snake in the grass .
If anything , the experience made Khaire more in sexual love with the slither reptiles .
" I will now be able to set up a combine - footrace snake common and a inquiry centre with the initial funds from the proceeds of the feat , " pronounce Khaire after his feat , according to India Today .
" I stalled my parents ' efforts to get me married till I fulfilled my ambition of create a work disc . Now I am ready . "
Khaire has followed through with his dream and choke on to get theIndian Herpetological Societyand the Katraj Snake Park . He has carry on to protect snakes and advertize cognizance and has writtenbookson Indian Snakes to further educate the public about snake safety . In fact , Khaire is so prominent in the field that a young burrowing snake has beennamed after him , incessantly memorialize asMelanophidium khairei .
