UPDATE: Black snakes with bare hands, brain worms… The animal escapades of Robert Kennedy Jr
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Robert Kennedy Jr, the American Minister of Health, is not only noted for his conspiratorial opinions linking vaccines and autism. Did you know he’s also a fan of strange animals? A viral video showing him catching two black snakes with his bare hands has brought his often bizarre experiences with wildlife back into the spotlight. On Tuesday, in a video that he himself posted on social networks, and which had nearly 8 million views the next day, we see this politician (and nephew of former US President JFK) picking up two black snakes with his bare hands in the corner of a terrace. Wearing a shirt tie, he grabs them by the tail then proudly shows them to the camera, while the two reptiles struggle at the end of his right hand. At one point, it seems that one of the two snakes bites him on the hand and we hear a voice cry out “Bobby, Bobby, please”. By clicking on “I accept”, you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners. More information on the pageCookie management policyI acceptA commission for the protection of nature, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, reminded that it is necessary to leave “space” to wild animals, adding that “snakes generally seek to avoid encounters.” On Wednesday, “in response to the numerous comments on venomous snakes”, the minister published a new video on RFK Jr said he found the carcass of the animal on the road after it was hit by a car, and put it in the trunk of his vehicle to carve it up, before abandoning his plan. The case had intrigued the authorities for years. According to another story, reported by his daughter, the minister used a chainsaw to decapitate a dead whale washed up on a beach. He then allegedly tied her to the roof of the family vehicle to take her home and study her skull. In a book published in 2026, which is based on the minister’s diary, we also learn that the latter had cut out the penis of a dead raccoon found on the road in order to study it later. And, during the last presidential campaign, the New York Times also revealed that a worm had eaten away part of the septuagenarian’s brain, causing serious health problems. In short, a strange animal.
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Source: This article was originally published by 20Minutes – Actu Monde and adapted for our international English-speaking audience.
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