Thai snake charmer has kissed 19 highly poisonous king cobras in an attempt to set a world record.
In India, one can easily find a snake charmer performing in the market or on the street. The exotic sight of a mystic man with a basket across his shoulder has been a century's old image of India.
Since the nomads are unable to feed them, the snakes are starved and suffer from severe infections even before being sold to snake charmers, activists say.
