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THE NEWS (Lahore, Pakistan) 12 January 10 A man who sleeps, eats with snakes (Khalid Iqbal)
Snakes are dangerous. But Muhammad Rasool Jahangir has been sleeping and eating with snakes for last thirty years. He has more than 100 snakes in his house.
Muhammad Rasool Jahangir of Takht Bhai, Mardan, organises shows of dangerous snakes at the Ayub National Park every day for visitors.
He told ‘The News’ here on Monday that there are more than 120 kinds of snakes in the world.
According to him, several kinds of snakes are also present in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. He said that snakes bite him on hands, arms, legs and even on the face and some snakes suck their poison after biting him. There are around 100 kinds of snakes in his house, which he caught from different parts of the country. He had performed snake shows in India, the US and the UK and received applause from crowds.
Jahangir, aged 54, is fond of snakes. “My children play with snakes at home,” he said. He said that no doubt snakes are not pets but his snakes are living like pets. Small snakes take milk, eggs and bread but large snakes hunt for rats, lizards, chickens and insects. Female snakes give hundreds of eggs but they eat up 90% of them, he said.
He said that he has snakes of different colours, including black, brown, green, yellow and red. Snakes could sleep and hear and see but all snakes are not poisonous, he added. He said that he has snakes from 13 inches to 3 metres. He earns a reasonable amount of money every day by performing snake shows. Sometimes he earns Rs1,200 and sometimes Rs2,000.
The taste of snake poison is not bitter but sweet, contrary to what most people think, he said. He said that he calls all his snakes with their nicknames like ‘Shero’, ‘Kajla’ and ‘Billa’.
A man who sleeps, eats with snakes
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