Viper Bite in Slow Mo! | BBC Earth

Slow Mo! Watch this amazing footage of a Russell's Viper repeatedly striking - you'll never walk barefoot again!

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India has 275 species of snakes, more than any other country on the planet. Every year over one million Indians are bitten.

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[WestleyNash]

I love the way how after the bite, all the lights come on, as if it’s prank Show for animals or something. Some presenter appears and starts saying to the shocked and embarrassed Viper: “There’s a camera over there, and over there; you have been pranked!” 😂😂

[jamiehalajian]

That artificial foot is so insanely realistic that I doubt that anyone thought for even a nanosecond the foot was a prosthetic!

[Stl]

The viper after biting the rubber leg : "oh my God, what was that? I think i bit one of the Kardashians"...

[vronika]

So glad the foot was fake. I was like, "they did not just pay some poor soul to get bit on purpose." Lol.

[vsqic]

"Were not hurting the snake, were threatning him with this foot" your hurting his feelings

[hossel]

I was living in Egypt at the time and two friends and I decided to go hiking in the desert mountains. On the way down at dusk we were crossing the edge of a farm to the main road and as I was walking I stepped on a weird mound, when I looked down I saw a saw-scaled viper unravelling from underneath the sand. I quickly dived backwards and we ran for 2 miles to my dads car. Very lucky escape.

[FireFace]

Who else thought that the foot was real...?

[Therezax]

"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"

[FS-zqkc]

The snake walked away at the end because you guys kept on stepping on it and it bit it so much he was just like “This is not damn worth my god damn time”

[narendraxaviermodi]

Crew to snake : heyy you got pranked there is a camera sayy hii😂

[SpuroftheMountain]

*Jimmy Fallon’s next skit*

Real people, fake feet.

[lanbuk]

Who would've thought that the foot wasn't real? Snake bite is indeed perilous.

[tenshiato]

The leg looked so freakin real it had me anxiety levels shoot up

[karthikaluka]

Let’s all appreciate the videography before they turned on the lights.

[suchandrasamantaofficial]

I lost my mother just 1 month ago for this dangerous snake and it has changed our lives..

[RxDrUAMS]

I was about to say. What camera man would just let a human step on a snake? I feel relieved! Awesome slow motion footage.

[ejjsj]

That artificial foot scared the living hell out of me in the beginning, I thought they literally made someone step onto a viper.

[jeisongarrido]

it’s fake, the snake was a paid actor

[LifesWildAdventures]

Well, since you guys tested it so many times, the snake will stop biting because it’s not working, and will just run. I like the test, but it’s much more effective to test this naturally with multiple different snakes. Still I enjoyed it :D

[nayana]

At this point I can't even rest my dang foot on the floor