In the United States more than 40% of snakebite victims intentionally put themselves in harms way by attempting to capture wild snakes or by carelessly handling their dangerous pets-40% of that number had a blood alcohol level of 0.1 percent or more.

There are some reports that, when capturing snakes, the secretarybirds will take flight with their prey and then drop them to their death, although this has not been verified.

They use the different instruments such as the pungi, a woodwind instrument traditionally played to capture snakes, the dufli, been, the khanjari - a percussion instrument, morchang, khuralio and the dholak to create the rhythm on which the dancers perform.

His interest and early education concerning reptiles came from his native area in the mountains of southern Idaho, where he regularly captured snakes, lizards, frogs and toads.

His efforts to capture poisonous snakes from human populated areas and to educate the people about snakes and their behavior is widely acknowledged.

They descend to the ground to capture their prey which may include insects, arachnids, small reptiles (including Calotes versicolor and small snakes and amphibians.

He makes a living capturing snakes and selling them in a nearby village.

Some Round-Ups responded by imposing catch size restrictions or releasing captured snakes back into the wild.

Former U.S. soldier John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) now lives in Thailand in a remote village near the Burmese border where he makes a living capturing and selling snakes as well as taxiing people up and down the Salween River in his boat.