Watch: Four Cobra snakes ‘protect’ sleeping baby in shocking video

The words, 'four venomous snakes and a sleeping baby' are likely to strike fear into any sane parent. However, a YouTube video that shows that same, very shocking scenario, has gone viral this week.

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by Closer Staff |
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The video shows a baby asleep on a bed with a snake placed in each corner. With their heads and part of their long bodies raised high up in the air, the snakes appear to be defending the infant. The child's parents are nowhere to be seen in the footage.

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The clip becomes especially scary when the sleeping baby reaches out to hug one of the famously venomous snakes, treating it as if it's the kind of teddy that most children are used to.

With over 91,500 views, massive debate has kicked off in the the comments. Viewers appear to be torn between concern for the baby's safety and the snakes'.

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Outraged, one viewer wrote, "what kind of parents are they to endanger their baby like that!!! They should have their children taken away from them."

Meanwhile, others are upset that the cobras appear to have been treated cruelly. "It's not charming to abuse the snakes by tearing out their fangs and sewing their mouths shut for performance or money", one angry commenter wrote.

Yikes. We won't be sleeping with snakes anytime soon. If we think we hear a burglar, we'll make our boyfriends protect us. What do you make of the video? Let us know your views.

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