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What a little charmer: Indian girl, 8, eats sleeps and plays with King Cobras This little charmer calls these King Cobras her best friends - even though she has survived three venom-filled bites from them. Villagers in Ghatampur, Uttar Pradesh, India, run in fear when they see eight-year-old Kajol Khan wandering the dusty streets with her deadly friends wrapped around her neck. She said: 'I have a lot of fun with the cobras. It hurts when they bite me but sometimes it's my own fault because I tease them. It's quite funny.' Look into me eyesssss: Little Kajol comes from a long line of snake catchers, and hopes one day to join the family business Kajol's father, Taj Mohammad, 55, has worked as Ghatampur's snake catcher for the past 45 years. He has already passed on his skills to his son Gulab, 28. But now it seems Kajol, the youngest nine, is keen to join the family business. 'I don't like school,' she said. ...

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