U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew attention online after posting a video in which he appears capturing two snakes with his bare hands on the porch of Mehmet Oz’s home in Florida.
In the video, posted on Kennedy’s X account, he is seen trying to control two snakes. At one point, one of them even bites him, but he appears unconcerned. “They’re black snakes, they’re biting me.”
Meanwhile, Kennedy’s wife, Cheryl Hines, could be heard begging him to release the reptiles. “Honey, honey, let them go. Oh my God. Bobby, please!”, Hines said to her husband.
According to experts cited by the American press, the snakes were “black racers,” a nonvenomous species considered harmless to humans, although they may bite when threatened.
The episode quickly spread across social media and reignited Kennedy’s reputation for unusual stories involving animals. In recent years, he has already gone viral online for accounts involving falconry, collecting dead animals, and other eccentric wildlife-related episodes.
Cheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr Oz’s patio. pic.twitter.com/A0iiRzOeIF
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 26, 2026
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