There are a lot of things that I don't like about this video!!! I'm not going to discuss them all...I'm just going to say that promoting such attitude and handling of snakes is a very, very bad idea!Especially giving your boots to a Nose-horned viper to bite...this could have bad consequences fo both man and snake! 

I agree with Ilian, Im sure you love those snakes, but Im afraid this will not be good for them when people without knowledge want to copy you.

But I liked the lady in the show.... 

+ 1, but I prefer blondes ;-). 

Yes, blondes, I only look for inner beauty. 

Well,maybe there is something wrong but i was explaining to the people that that kind of snake (vipera ammodytes) is venomous,because here people don't have enough information which snake is venomous and who is not.And i don't understand what is wrong with handling the snake.Did i torture them or something...?!! I am not pretending to be an expert but the last thing i would do is to harm animals. 

Ah...by the way...i prefer blondes or raven haired girls and that girl said that she have phobia and fear from snakes and reptiles...ahahhahah 

I think the point is the way you present snakes and snake enthusiasts to people. Don't get me wrong, I like Black Metal myself, but I would never ever wear a Gorgoroth shirt and studded wristband when I am asked to tell something about vipers. I simply wouldn't want to paint the picture that snakes are something for freaks. We all know that it doesn't matter how you look or whatever, I am just telling what I think is the picture drawn for the common TV viewer. Another thing is that I don't think you need to fix a venomous snake in order to teach people anything. I think the kind of role model that you provide is dangerous for inexperienced people and I think that my granny would be scared by the way the large teeth of the ammo are visible while you fix it.
I really do think that your intention behind that thing is great and creditable! I personally just think that the realization could be improved.

Best regards,
Micha \nn/, 

Yes,I totaly agree with Michael! That was my point,too! We know your intentions are good but you have to find the right way to show these things to people(common viewrs!) 

Well spoken Michael.
And when she is afraid, you are the one to change her mind Edmond... 

Well,i wear Metal t- shirts every day,i can't wear anything else and i didn't wanted to tell people : Hey...see how cool and dangerous guy i am...?!! My primary goal is to teach those people who don't know about snakes that we all should protect them from extermination and to tell them that snakes are not that dangerous if not provoked.I am not doing that to become a vip or for show,i have been into snakes since i was 7-8 years old and never thought i would be in a tv program or something.As i said i know that i make mistakes but anyway i am doing for good purposes. 

In my opinion, demonstrating how easy it is to handle particular species of snakes is not a good idea! We see this all the time on crap tv shows, try photography without molestation and disturbance!!!!! But hey what do i know! 

For a lot of people, the alternative to being shown how easy snakes are to handle is to beat them to death. I do not understand what was being said on the film but it seemed to me that the Fourlined snake was shown to be harmless and its identifying features highlighted.Sometimes it is not enough for people to be told that certain snakes are harmless,Matt Wilson witnessed an old lady battering to death a Leopard snake, a species unlikely to be confused with any other, it was a snake and that was all she needed to know to kill it. 

That is a good point Kevin has brought up, without trying to generalise, most people in Albania would probably needless kill snakes they encounter. Last night I had the opportunity to watch an Austin Stevens documentary, and despite everyones apparent hatred for the man in Herpetology circles I found the programme to be very insightful and of course entertaining. When it comes to what people do on television often it is due to the stupidity of the viewers who cannot realise that they should not be catching venomous snakes like they see people do on TV. Of course young children are the ones likely to suffer from this, but so many adults see someone handling a venomous snake on TV and then go and do it themselves and get bitten. So it mostly comes down to peoples lack of responsability, not that the person on TV is doing anything particularly wrong, unless of course he is handling the animal in a way that may cause damage to it. 

And as far as wearing Metal T-shirts, who gives a s***? I have Metallica tattoos on both of my arms, but I am quite 'normal' (although some would debate this!) and I don't sacifice virgins or anything of this nature ;-)