India, May 26 -- A video circulating widely on social media appears to show US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handling snakes, prompting widespread reaction from the public. The footage, which shows the US cabinet secretary interacting with the reptile while voices in the background express distress, has become the main point for the online discourse regarding the conduct of the administration's health leadership.

In the footage now widely shared, Kennedy casually held the two black racer snakes in his hand, while his wife, Cheryl Hines, is heard to be "terrified" and yelling, "Bobby, please. Bobby, please. Bobby, Bobby, please."

The snakes, at one point, appear to bite RFK, but he proudly shows them off to...