What do you do after you catch or rescue a snake? The answer is you just release it somewhere safe but never try to kiss it! Although these reptiles are a part of almost every ecosystem on Earth, from deserts to rainforests to grasslands. But it’s never safe to play with one, especially if it’s a deadly one like a king cobra.

A video of a man from Karnataka’s Shivamogga is going viral recently for obvious reasons. He was bit by a snake when he tried to kiss it, after rescuing it. In the horrific video he was seen kissing the deadly snake king cobra that he had just saved and it bit him on the lips. The reptile rescuer was identified as a resident of Bommanakatte in Bhadravathi of the Shivamogga district. The video that surfaced on the Internet shows the man holding the rescued cobra in his hand and kissing the deadly snake on its head. However, the snake turned and bit him right on the lip. Meanwhile, other people that were watching tried to catch the cobra as it slithers away from the hands of the man.

AH Siddique, a Twitter user, shared the video on Twitter. The tweet read, “A reptile expert who went to kiss a cobra and got bitten on the lip. He tried to kiss the snake after rescuing it.”

Fortunately, the reptile rescuer is said to have survived the cobra bite.

The Internet expressed their disapproval while expressing concern for the victim, with one saying, “Did he make it? Folks do anything to go viral.”

One user said, “Don’t ever try lip without others’ permission. Hope u recover soon God with u.”

Another user wrote, ” he learned a lesson…” don’t show off.”

“Now he will not make such a mistake again, pray to God, he will get well soon,” wrote another.