Viral video shows man attacked by python while taking a selfie
When anyone's performing a death-defying stunt, it's only natural to want to memorialize it in pictures. Or selfies, as it turns out.
Even when you think you're being safe, something can go wrong. You turn away for a second to snap a pic, lose your footing and take a fatal fall. Or, like this story, look away while a giant snake takes a chunk out of you.
This was the case for a man in northwestern India, who had rescued the reptile from a local hotel.
Scroll through to see dangerous snakes in random places:
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