Bhubaneswar, Mar 18: Going with the trend, people often post their children's playful activities on social media. But this has raised serious concern after some videos of kids playing with dangerous animals or sharp objects went viral. Such a disturbing video, showing a child playing with a snake, has left netizens in surprise.

The viral video uploaded on Instagram shows a young child, casually playing with the poisonous snake, totally unaware of the danger. In some parts of the video, the child seems to be friendly with the snake and plays with it as if it is a toy.

In the entire video the child is seen to be calm and attempts to tackle the snake. In the beginning, he bangs the snake on a chair. In one part when the snake is seen darting its tongue, the child gets scared and tries to throw the snake out of the sofa.

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At the end of the video, a nearby person interferes and safely rescues the child before any harm happens to the child.

The video, which was shared by an Instagram user named @vivek_choudhary_snake_saver, has left the social media users surprised.

Although some users were stunned with child's bravery, others blamed the person behind the video for risking the child.

Here are some of the reactions:

One comment reads "Don't go to such extremes that children are put in danger. Take care of the child, brother. Something terrible could happen just for the sake of likes!".

The other said "Are you crazy? You're letting a child play with a snake!".

A third one wrote "The child doesn't know what he's dealing with. If a real snake had bitten him, the consequences could have been fatal,"

One user said "Don't make such dangerous videos. You're playing with children's lives for likes and views,".

One more comment reads "Stop doing things that put children in danger for the sake of views. This could have ended badly."

The clip has earned 12 million-plus views.