La TRIBU con las serpientes más PELIGROSAS de ÁFRICA | Los Wonunguli

Here they're making me do things I never thought I would do in my life. They're telling me to please grab the black mamba because they've seen that I'm too afraid of it. So it's like I have to let go of that fear. So let's give it a try. I don't know if I've ever had a more tense moment in my life than having an African cobra moving around my right shoulder, a python in my hand. I don't know when they convinced me to do this, honestly. And at the same time, seeing that they just bit someone. Bec

ause the guy is telling me that's the snake that lives in the house. That he's going to release it in the house. Watch the release inside the house so it can go and be around there. Oh God, I find this in my room. Imagine, look over there where it went, where people sleep, oh God. Good morning, afternoon, or evening. I hope you're doing great, friends. Today we have probably the most interesting and shocking video that has been recorded on this channel to date. To give you some context, it turns

out that while researching about Tanzania, reading about this interesting country, I discovered that there are over 120 different ethnic groups. And among those 120, there still exists only one small tribe. That believes snakes have magical powers with which they can heal or even curse people by performing certain rituals and dances. So I told my guide that somehow, we had to come to this place. At the moment, we are near the coast of Tanzania. Honestly, getting here was quite an odyssey, my fr

iends. So if you enjoy this content, support it by leaving your like, sharing it, commenting, subscribing. Follow me on Instagram, everything is completely free and you support me a lot. That being said, let's get to know the Wonunguli snake tribe in Tanzania. We arrived at the Guononguli tribe. And before we start with all this, I have to tell you something. And that is, this is not really a touristy place, it's not a place where people normally pay to come and they keep the animals just for to

urists to pay and come. In fact, I don't really know yet what we're going to find. But in order for us to see this dance, we had to offer them an offering through Nick, who had a friend, who had an acquaintance in the tribe. So we made them an offering so they could show us their traditions and tell us about all this interesting stuff. This dance that is welcoming us is a dance they perform only once a year. Today they're doing it to show us their culture. But they do it only once a year, when t

he snakes are shedding their skin, as they explained to me. Friends, oh God, what you're seeing with your own eyes, the most dangerous snake in Africa. There it is, just standing there, they simply left it there. And they believe that this sound that is playing, redundancy aside, calms down the snakes, look at this creature. It can't be, I can't be this close, I have to distance myself. What they have here is a black mamba. And they are just playing with the snake. First, they left it abandoned.

And now they come, no, and they are bringing more. It seems like, oh yes, the leader has arrived, they're ready. That's why they're bringing the snakes. Apparently, this is going to get out of control. No, for God's sake. No, a cobra. What they have here is an African cobra, folks, and it wants to approach me. See how they play with the snakes, see how they do it. No, no, and it gets angry, no. Look at this animal. Things that I never imagined in my life, having an African cobra at this distanc

e. And this is just the beginning. Here we have the black mamba, here we have an African cobra. And now they brought a 3-4 meter python, approximately. Here they are making me do things that I never thought I would do in my life. I never thought I would do. They're telling me to please grab the black mamba because they've seen that I'm too afraid of it. So, I have to let go of that fear. So let's give it a try. No, it can't be, it can't be, folks. We have a black mamba in our hands. When will th

is happen again in life? Africa's most dangerous snake. This is unreal, this is unreal. I'm feeling everything in my body right now. No, no, I have no words. I have no words, really. Let's take advantage of this unique moment in our lives. We probably won't have another one like this, I hope. To see this animal up close, my friends. This is the black mamba. It's called a black mamba because it has black inside its mouth. Not because it's black, in fact, this is the color. It looks like a non-ven

omous snake. It's even curious because they're telling me that venomous snakes, like this cobra we have here, which is an African cobra. Look at the color, it's completely black. This snake has a well-defined triangular head. The triangular shape is clearly noticeable. Unlike this one, not so much. This one, because I'm holding it here, looks wider. But from the front, it looks like a grass snake, the one we know in Costa Rica. Not like an extremely venomous snake with neurotoxic venom. Friends,

just when we were handling these snakes... One of the tribe members was bitten by a snake. It was the python. Luckily, it wasn't a venomous snake, but it just bit one of our comrades here. Me talking to you with this snake moving on my shoulder. But I want you to see the python's teeth, the snake that just bit my friend here. Look, it actually sunk in a tooth. This is the one our friend is showing us. That made him bleed. Look. I don't know if I've ever had a more tense moment in my life than h

aving an African cobra moving on my right shoulder, a python in my hand. I don't know when they convinced me to do this, to be honest. And at the same time, seeing someone just get bitten. And the python is coiling around me. Whenever it can, it tries to wrap its body around me to break me. But the people here are helping me, and I need to get rid of this now. Now, the most important thing. You might be wondering, why is this tribe dancing with snakes? Why do they do this? Well, first, I'm going

to check because there's a cobra, there's a black mamba behind. And the black mamba is very aggressive. In fact, it's always standing up. I want you to see, it stands up about a meter off the ground when it's very angry. And it's quite common to find some here in the area. So, one might even come out of the forest. Now, why are they performing this dance and why are they doing it with snakes? Well, at the moment I'm recording this, as I mentioned, they are simply doing it to show us their cultu

re. They brought me a snake because they say, how can I be filming without a snake in the frame? So, they brought me this one that they say has a little venom. What a great comfort! Well, here's the situation. It turns out that there are approximately 5 million snakebites per year worldwide. Approximately 130,000 people die from complications. And of those thousands of people, at least 30,000 or 50,000 die in Africa due to the lack of antivenom because pharmacies have realized that it's not a go

od business. For some reason, maybe they don't have the money to buy the antivenom, I don't know. But despite the fact that the highest number of snakebites occur in Africa, it's where they don't have antivenom. Oh, my God! So, what does this tribe do? Turns out, this dance is not just for playing with snakes. It's also because when they perform this dance, their beliefs say that at the same time, they create antidotes for snake bites. Antidotes made from leaves and completely natural things. So

, what do they do? Well, it turns out that these people, when someone around them or someone in Tanzania in general, gets bitten by a snake and has no way to heal... I think I'll let it go because it seems restless, and I don't want it to get agitated in my hand. Someone here will catch it. Look, it's practically invisible. It's going through here and it's already disappearing into that grassland. Someone will catch it soon. Let's take a brief pause from what I was telling you because my friend

is telling me that's the snake that lives in the house and he's going to release it inside the house. Look, in fact, it has two, and the snake lives in the house because these are snakes that seek warmth. I think all snakes seek warmth, but these, in particular, suddenly appear in people's beds. So, they release it inside the house to roam around there. Goodness, if I find this in my room. Imagine, look over there where it went, right into where people sleep, goodness. As I was saying, when some

one in Tanzania or nearby is bitten by a snake and has no cure or antidote, or has no way to heal, they seek out these people to help them heal. Moreover, they believe they have the necessary powers so that when someone is bitten by a snake, they can make the snake return to the place where the bite happened, so they can identify which snake it was and treat it. Even in our country, when we go to the hospital for a snakebite, the first thing they ask us is which snake it was, so they can adminis

ter the antidote for that specific snake. So, these people believe that with their power, they can make the snake that bit someone return to the location of the bite, so they can identify it and heal the person. I don't quite understand how it works because, from what I understand, when a snake bites you, you have very little time to react, but that's what we're learning from them. Of course, when dealing with these snakes, Many people from the Wononguli tribe have been bitten by venomous snakes

. Probably because they allow them to be handled like that. They no longer have fangs with venom. Because I don't think anyone in their right mind has a black mamba and an African cobra there with venom. So, by asking, I realized that Sakusa has been bitten by a black mamba. And we have to remember that the black mamba is one of the most dangerous snakes in the world. I believe it is the most dangerous in Africa because it has a neurotoxic venom. In less than an hour, their brains, their lungs,

practically everything is paralyzed. They tell me that they catch these snakes and later release them. In reality, they only need them once a year for the ceremony they perform every year. And what they do when they have the snakes is go to neighboring tribes and different villages to give talks, you could say, to explain to people how to deal with snakes. Look back here how they are playing with the 4-meter python. So they go around telling people that snakes are not really as dangerous as we t

hink, and teaching them how to deal with them, you could say. Even if a snake enters a house or a school or somewhere it shouldn't be, they call them to come and catch it and relocate it. I don't know if you have ever seen a huge python angry and attacking, but that's what it looks like. I want you to see this animal. See when it attacks, how far it reaches out. And by the way, he's dancing while holding a cobra. There's a black mamba behind him, so I'm not very calm, but I want to show you. Loo

k at the position the snake has, it's like a spring. Look at this other guy here, just playing with a black mamba. I just can't get tired of seeing this snake. I had never seen it in my life, only in documentaries, and I never thought I would have it so close. And I don't want to have it this close ever again in my life, but it's impressive how it rises to intimidate whatever is in front of it. And of course, there are also different beliefs surrounding snakes. For example, this tribe here is te

lling me that they are like good Huononguli people who use snakes for healing, teaching people how to deal with them, and other things. But they are telling me that people from other tribes, with healers and sorcerers, perform rituals with snakes to send a snake to bite someone. For example, if I don't like Pedro, I would go to a sorcerer to perform a ritual for a black mamba or a cobra or a venomous snake to bite Pedro. That belief also exists. It can't be, this is a trick on the part of the sn

akes. You guys knew this. They have some kind of claw. Look, our buddy here is showing us. They have these type of claws here in the back like a dog's. Look at them here, look at the claws they use to stand or to grip onto certain branches. That's a trick, I wasn't expecting that. Moreover, they're showing us that this python is a female. This here is its intimate part, this is its genital. This is where it reproduces. I'd never seen this in a snake, honestly. After the dance, everyone is dead.

Seriously, they took it seriously here. They went at it and at it and at it. And now they are cooking. They prepared corn for us. This is a bombardment of things, friends. I am trying this corn which is exceedingly good, with a taste of black mamba from having held it in my hands. And suddenly they brought me the antidote they use to cure snake bites. It's this one you see here. They are like 20 different tree species, he's telling me, and they're for snake bites. They say this antidote they hav

e here works for all snakes and that when you're bitten by a snake, you have to put some of this in your mouth and they also make a wound on your head. A cut and they put this in the wound. I imagine the idea is for it to flow in the blood like the venom does. But it's this, more than 20 species ground into this powder. If you're ever in Tanzania and need this in an emergency, it's called unhiema. Unhiema. Unhiema. That's what it's called so you can ask for it. They mainly work in agriculture he

re. Probably because of this they had to develop antidotes and learn how to deal with snakes because there are many venomous snakes in this coastal area of Tanzania and imagine, they have to get in there to plant and the like. Could be, could be, that's my theory. And they also raise animals. So we find ourselves here in this little corral of this family a lot of goats, they also have chickens over there. This here is the kitchen where they just made us corn. They cook with firewood, they don't

use electricity or gas. They are welcoming us. Nasante. Nasante means thank you. And here inside is a warehouse where they store everything they use to work, to till the earth, the pickaxes for the earth, axes, machetes. Normally they also store the wood they use for cooking next to the kitchen. And this here is the house. Here in this remote area, we find houses that are completely made of mud. As we found earlier in very remote villages here in Tanzania. And inside, they have certain types of

plants, in fact, some of these leaves and trees are used to create antidotes for snakes. Look at this, this is probably a snake's backbone, I've never seen a snake's body in skeleton, let alone used as decoration. This is a necklace. Remember, and let this serve as a reminder of the value of water as a vital resource, they have to go far to get it. So they have containers with water and utensils for washing dishes, washing their hands, bathing, and everything else, they get it from this water re

serve they have. Over here is the main room. It's so dark in here, I'm scared they might have a snake like the ones we released earlier in a house. This is the bed, they don't have a mattress, it's just a rope that holds these sheets, and this is where they sleep. And this other room over here is for the women, the mom and dad sleep over there and in this separate room live the women, all the divisions are in wood and in this mud that they prepare and it becomes as hard as cement. Here they have

clothes, mosquito netting and they're telling me that right in this room, in this pot you see here, they have cool water, it seems this pot keeps the water cold. It's like the cooler of this place we could say, which wow, I don't know how long we have, finding a glass of water here is worth gold. And this bag they have here is a bag with the prepared medicine, inside there's the powder they showed us earlier, ready for action. Out here we find the bathroom, this is where they bring the water fo

r bathing, as you can see this is the private area, this is where they take a dip, this is where they rinse off. And this tribe is quite small, a few houses here and a few more out in a small village. And they tell me that all these things as their grandparents and parents passed on to them, they pass on to their children. The children also interact with the snakes, they touch them and learn about them and perform all these dances and the rest. Well my friends, so finally this is where today's v

ideo ends, tell me what you thought of all this. For my part, I have to tell you that these animals definitely, as I always say, are not in the best conditions, but who am I to judge something that has been done for hundreds of years, so with this, I'm not approving that this is good, far from it. I simply want to show you what happens on this side of the world, tell me what you thought, what do you think about all this. I hope you enjoyed this video as much as I did, don't forget to subscribe,

share this video if you liked it and see you in the next video. Pura vida and kisses from someone who today had a black mamba in his hands. Oh my god.