Painful mistake! Boy taunts a snake by sticking out his tongue – and instantly regrets it
- The young boy sticks his tongue out at the snake held by an older boy
- The reptile clings on to the boy’s tongue in Makassar, Indonesia
- The young boy wails in pain but the crowd of onlookers laugh at his misfortune
This is the moment a young boy from Makassar, Indonesia, gets more than he bargained for after taunting a snake by sticking his tongue out at it while his friend holds the creature close to his face.
The footage shows an older bare chested boy holding onto the snake and blowing on it.
The young boy wearing a blue and red t-shirt and a baseball cap sticks his tongue out at the snake.
The older boy mirrors him by sticking his tongue out and angles the snake towards the young boy’s mouth.
The snake lurches forward and latches onto the child’s tongue.
He closes his eyes in horror and in pain as onlookers laugh loudly.
The young boy brings both hands up to his mouth in an attempt to remove the reptile which clings on.
He starts to cry and wail with the crowd around him still laughing.
The snake eventually appears to let go and the older boy removes him.
The young boy closes his eyes in horror as the snake holds on to his tongue in Makassar, Indonesia. Onlookers, including the older boy holding onto the snake then laugh loudly
He starts to cry and wail in pain with the crowd around him still laughing
The snake eventually appears to let go and the older boy removes him. It’s not known whether the snake injured the child
The young boy looks horrified and bends forward trying to recover from the experience.
He crouches down with his hand over his mouth and spits out as the crowd continues to laugh.
It’s not known whether the snake injured the child.