Brazilian man puts poisonous snake and tarantula in his mouth...
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GSv5No0EPc[/media]
I haven't even watched the video because NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE/
Venomous*
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The tarantula is a pinktoe tarantula ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinktoe_tarantula"][I]Avicularia avicularia[/I][/URL]).
Their venom and urticating hairs (think nettles) are mild and will only create discomfort and irritation to humans unless they are allergic to either one.
The hairs from the pinktoe tarantula requires direct contact with the abdomen (can't be kicked off into the air) and pose little risk of inflicting damage to sensitive areas such as eyes or nasal membranes.
I don't recognize the snake but it is likely from the Colubridae family (not a natural family; more like a miscellanea family for snakes which really don't fit in any other major family, possibly out of insignificance) and it is very likely to have mild venom if any venom at all.
[sp]Interesting fact while doing research: there are poisonous snakes. Tiger keelbacks (Rhabdophis tigrinus) can become poisonous by eating toxic toads and storing the bufadienolide toxin in two special glands in the back of its neck.
When threatened, it presents these glands to the predator so they would be eaten first.
The toxins are also known to be passed down through offspring.[/sp]
[editline]19th November 2014[/editline]
So no, neither snake nor tarantula is dangerous.
