Man Puts Cobra in Mouth for Bizarre Social Media Stunt, Then Dies [Video]

An Instagram Reel isn’t worth your life. We wish someone had told this to a 20-year-old man from Telangana, India named Shivaraj. In September, Shivaraj recorded a video in which he put a live cobra snake’s head into his mouth and held it there for over 40 seconds. Unsurprisingly, the venomous cobra bit the man inside his mouth. He later died. Indian news outlets report the purpose of the video was for social media.

In the video, you see Shivaraj standing on a path, stuffing a cobra’s head into his mouth. After he places the snake where he wants it, he stands calmly with his hands folded in prayer position. The snake wiggles in an attempt to get free. The man recording the video speaks a couple of times, and eventually Shivaraj gives him a thumbs up, and then the video cuts off.

Several media outlets in India shared the footage, further reporting that the young …