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Does anyone know?

 

Now I would like to draw your attention to the article below. My

question: is this kind of feat acceptable to wildlife groups? Personally

I am against it because this is more of a publicity stunt. Besides staying

with snakes, will their presence affect these cold blooded

creatures? These snakes are said to be posionous so in your opinion do you

thing the fangs of these venomous fangs have been removed to prevent

accidental bites? Could they have milked the venom first before putting the

reptiles into the enclosure with the couple? How long does it take for the

venom to fill up the sac again?

 

This is another of those silly act similar to those shown in Fear Factor.

I detest such act using wildlife just to get into the book of record. Your

comments on this issue is much apprecated.

 

Regards and have a nice day!

 

Yitze

*Couple to spend week with 100 King Cobras - New Straits Times*

 

*17 Jun 2006*

Audrey Dermawan

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*GEORGE TOWN: Why would two young people want to spend a week in a glass

container with 100 King Cobras?**

*

To get into Ripley's Believe it or Not collection of bizarre and strange

events, of course.

 

Saiful Abdul Aziz, 22, and Puteri Nur Ariyani Saiful Yazan, who plan to tie

the knot this year, want to perform the feat before they get married.

 

" We want to prove the Malaysia Boleh spirit to the world, " he told the New

Straits Times in an interview at his home in Tanjung Tokong on Thursday.

 

His fiancee chimed in to say she was not afraid of snakes and that the seven

days would not be a problem.

 

" Our wedding dais will also be filled with snakes after the feat,' she

added.

 

The event, organised by Ripley's, will be held at Genting Highlands.

 

The couple are no strangers to snakes, especially King Cobras (Ophiophagus

hannah), after numerous encounters with the reptiles whose bite can prove

fatal in as little as 30 minutes. Saiful was once hospitalised for a week.

 

Such is their prowess in snake-handling that they were conferred the title

" Raja dan Puteri Ular Malaysia " by Zoo Negara last year.

 

" We are mindful that this once-in-a-lifetime challenge is a dangerous one

but we will not miss it for anything in the world, " said Saiful, who admited

to being a little apprehensive about the whole thing.

 

" We will be very careful and hope nothing untoward will happen to either of

us, " said Saiful, who will receive the Malaysian King of the Wildlife award

from Ripley's at Genting Highlands next month.

 

His passion for snakes began at 14. " It was not an overnight thing. I felt

uneasy at first but as time went by, the uneasy feeling faded away.

 

" I still remember how my parents scolded me when I first brought home a

snake. It was an imported corn snake. "

 

Saiful's three siblings, Jeffri, 32, Sabri, 27 and Shamsul, 20, also handle

snakes.

 

He has over 200 snakes of various species in his collection, some of which

were given to him by wildlife authorities.

 

A majority of the snakes are being kept in aquariums and put on display at

his pet shop.

 

He has performed in hundreds of snake shows locally and abroad including in

Korea, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. He also " plays " with crocodiles and hopes

to perform with an anaconda one day.

 

" My dream is to be the Malaysian version of Steve Irwin, the Australian

Crocodile Hunter, in the near future.

 

Saiful's advice to his fans: " Snakes are not dangerous. They will not harm

you if you know how to handle them. But you need to be brave if you want to

play with snakes. "