Quote Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion View Post
What Del said. Remember what I told you about a snake's attitude when it's looking for food? The beginning of that video clearly shows it, when he lifts the lid--the snake moves forward, its neck in an S-shape, and it's rigid. It's tongue-flicking a lot. Snakes smell by flicking their tongues out to collect scent particles, then transferring them to the Jacobson's organ inside their mouth (they don't smell using their noses).

So, right at the opening of the video, we see that the snake is hungry. Then he picks it up. The snake explores a bit, tongue flicking, then grabs his hand. I truly think he must have had his hands on some rodents--the snake was very precise about grabbing his hand after it had thoroughly smelled it.
Yeah, I went back and watched the video again and you could definitely see the snake showing all of the warning signs as soon as he opened that lid!

It is a very non-aggressive grab, actually. Could this be a snake used to eating frozen/thawed? It did not have the attitude of expecting the food to fight back. That was more the move of a snake about to swallow a food item that is already dead.
He actually said in the video that it gets fed live! He said, "This is what happens when you have a snake that has only ever eaten live food. He sees something moving and thinks it's his dinner."

I also noticed that this fellow had previous wounds on his hand, which leads me to wonder if this whole thing was deliberately staged. Keep in mind, people will do crazy things to make a cool video. Handling dead rodents and then picking up the snake, KNOWING what it will do, is an easy way to film a snake bite.
I would agree considering the warning signs the snake was showing and the handler seemed to totally ignore that.