The art of safely manipulating snakes has been known since time immemorial. So, even in the Old Testament, the contest between Moses and his brother, Aaron, with the priests in Ancient Egypt is described.
Moses and Aaron wanted to prove that Almighty God himself endowed them with miraculous power, and by this to convince Pharaoh to release the people of Israel from Egypt, languishing in slavery after the conquest of Judea: "… And Aaron threw his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants, and he became a serpent But Pharaoh also called upon the wise men and the wise men, and they, the Egyptian scientists, produced the same with their secrets. Each one threw down his staff, and they became snakes …"
This event dates back to about the second half of the 6th century BC. And in 1930 A. A. Vadimov and M. A. Trivus happened to see the performance of an Afghan illusionist in Central Asia:
“Without any harm to himself, he withstood the snake bites brought by helpful spectators. Then he took the snake, ran his hand over it and pressed on some point near the head. The snake stretched out, fell into a cataleptic state. The illusionist held it like a stick on the index fingers of his outstretched hands. One more movement - and the snake, thrown to the ground, "came to life" again. But times are changing: none of the spectators considered the biblical trick of the Afghan magician a miracle”(Vadimov AA, Trivus MAOt: magicians of antiquity to the illusionists of our days. M., 1966).
Information about people who, like the Afghan, endure the bites of poisonous snakes without harm to their health, came later.
In 1989, a 37-year-old Indian, N. Partasarathi, a foundry supervisor, was reported from the Indian city of Coimbatore. He is married, has two children, but he is called not otherwise As a man of mystery. After all, this Hindu calmly endures the bites of poisonous snakes and scorpions, in whose company he spends all his free time with great pleasure. Sinh Abu already possesses the same ability today.
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This is very helpful to him, because he is an employee of the terrarium. It all started when Singh noticed: he suffered a cobra bite without even a slight burning sensation. After repeating the dangerous experiment with gyurza, Singh became convinced that the snake venom was nothing to him. And soon he began to earn a lot of money, wandering almost naked among the reptiles teeming in a glass cage.
He was bitten several times in a row by the most poisonous, most lightning-fast and cunning reptiles, and Singh simply did not pay attention to it. Doctors became interested in this phenomenon. Taking Sinha Abu's blood for analysis, they saw that the cobra's venom disintegrates in it and turns into a nutritive component …
Further study of the blood itself confused scientists, since it did not belong to any of the existing groups, its composition and properties had no analogues on Earth. Even doubts arose about the earthly origin of the owner of such an unusual blood …
But perhaps the most phenomenal person among the resilient venomous snakes is Australian Bob Weesey. This mysterious, fearless Australian never relies on luck in his work and does not expect mercy from fate. Yes, in principle, he does not need it,
42-year-old Bob Weezy has dedicated his life to training poisonous snakes and is absolutely not afraid at any time to be bitten by these deadly reptiles. The deadly, poisonous teeth of reptiles do not frighten him at all, not because he is completely confident in the "honesty" of his charges. Moreover, their terrifying fangs have more than once dug into various parts of Bob's body.
But the trainer is still alive and in full health. World scientists call it nothing more than a medical phenomenon. Any normal person would have died a long time ago from a hundredth part of the poison that has entered Bob's body over the years …
Australia is home to all ten species of poisonous snakes existing on earth, the poison of which kills instantly. In addition, this exotic continent is home to 18 of the 20 most dangerous snakes in the world living on our planet. And each of these terrible reptiles "had the honor" to sink their deadly teeth into Bob Weesey's skin.
“I can tolerate snake bites, I can drink poison, and nothing will happen to me,” says Bob himself. -
Poisonous teeth have sunk into me about 100 times, and so much poison is already flowing through my veins that, probably, I have already developed immunity to them. After the next "portion" I can only feel dizzy, for a short period of time I can feel nauseous, and that's it!"
Bob's pet, the Australian taipan, is the world's most venomous snake. Its bite is hundreds of times more dangerous than the bite of the well-known cobra. “Cobra is just a harmless little worm compared to my taipan,” says Bob, grinning. "If she shows me her tongue, I just stick it back to her!"
Weezy has been keeping a snake in his room since he was four years old. And, despite such a great danger of his passion, this does not interfere with him in his personal life. The world's most famous snake trainer has been happily married to his wife for 20 years and has never heard a single reproach from her against their dangerous roommates.
Meanwhile, Bob Weasey's colleagues in the training workshop consider him not the best, but the most mediocre reptile trainer in the world and even partly feel some contempt for him. After all, in their opinion, a professional in his field should never allow his pets to "use fangs" during the entire period of his career.
However, Bob himself absolutely disagrees with them and even takes offense at such caustic, in his opinion, reviews about himself. “I'm not a bad trainer at all,” he says. - I only get bites when I get distracted from time to time. But this is a professional risk, and there is nothing to be ashamed of. These misses can be compared to those of a car driver. After all, when you sit behind the wheel and, distracted for a moment, do not notice the stop sign or drive through a red light, this does not mean that you are a mediocre driver. Of course, if you take a snake in your hands for one hour a day, then, naturally, you will not be distracted, I am hung with them around the clock. There is nothing more exciting than a poisonous snake sliding over your body."
Bob has his own fans. First of all, this is his 17-year-old assistant Jamie Jones, who hopes that one day she, too, will develop immunity to poison and can become as popular as her boss. And also nine-year-old Hannah French, who loves all kinds of snakes and lizards. But, she admits, she still enjoys watching spiders more.
Whether these fans of Bob Weesey's talent will surpass their idol and teacher, the future will show.
