An image similar to this one was one of the first images of the day, and it was about a year ago. And this
Ananova story explains, finally, that it's a traditional trick related to the Chinese New Year.
I was thinking it would be useful as a homeopathic sinus treatment.
Excuse me... do you have a tissue? I seem to have a reptile coursing through my skull.
It's actually a relatively easy trick. I did one once where I inhaled one end of a piece of string and then coughed it out my mouth - nasal flossing!
Then I got a nosebleed. I didn't do that anymore.
gg Ryan Anderson, for putting that dumb idea in my head.
Once when I was maybe 4 or 5 years old I found a metal part on the floor of the room where I was taking a nap. Being naturally scientific minded even as a kid, I stuffed the chunk of steel up my nose to see what would happen.
Predictably, I lost it. The metal part that is. No amount of digging would bring it out. It was gone, literally to parts unknown.
Then I had to cough, and after a few tries I hacked it out into my hand, from my *mouth*. I was amazed. I layed back on my mattress, about to finally fall asleep, just wondering...how the heck...
The hardest part about this trick isn't the snake; that takes care of itself. It's trying to get the small roaches the snake eat to climb up your nose so the snake follows them.
I'd really like to see a 20-30 ft snake, going .. shall we say, all the way through.
Snakes have to be some of the most patient, laid back animals on Earth.
I mean, if something 200x my size wanted to lovingly pick me up, gently hold me and then stuff my up it's nose, I'd bite.
