“Both Are Dangerous”: Afrikaner Man Enjoys Alcoholic Beverage With a Cobra

• An Afrikaner farmer in Limpopo shared a video of himself chilling with a cobra and enjoying brandy
• The local man stated that both the drink and the snake were dangerous and that both could bite
• Social media users react with shock and humour to Louis's close encounter with the snake

Louis Daniel Pienaar, an animal lover and self-proclaimed 'reptile nut,' shared how he sat down and enjoyed an alcoholic beverage in the company of a venomous cobra. Social media users got the heebie-jeebies and feared for his safety.

On 10 January 2026, Louis, a farmer in Modimolle, Limpopo, uploaded a video telling people that before him was the snake and a bottle of Buffelsfontein brandy.

"Both are dangerous, and both can bite. Choose the right one."

He then reached for a large beer mug filled with ice and presumably the brandy. The snake watched the Afrikaner man move, fortunately not striking him.

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Watch the Instagram reel posted on Louis' account below:

Cobra scares South African social media users

Local members of the online community took to the comment section to express their thoughts about Louis being in proximity to the reptile.

A stunned @_h.van.zyl_ asked:

"Why does he look so calm?"

@teags_keenan wrote with a laugh:

"No amount of Buffels will make me this brave."

After watching the video, @ojs.1225 jokingly told Louis:

"Ja nee, brother, I think between the three of you, you are the dangerous one."

@yogidogsdad added in the comment section:

"It looked like that little 'ou boet' wanted to take a sip of your dop!"

@honore22 humorously shared with the online community:

"He is not special. We all sat with snakes and drank at our workplaces."

3 Other stories about cobras

• In another article, Briefly News reported that a snake handler in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, removed a Cape cobra from a kids' play area.
• An afternoon nap turned into a fatal encounter when the venomous snake bit a man resting under a tree.
• A local snake rescuer offered a thirsty snake bottled water after it was in a woman's attic for over a week.

Source: Briefly News