Robert F Kennedy Jr's video has triggered a mixture of disbelief and concern from people online as he went against the Wildlife Conservation Commission's strict advice12:50, 27 May 2026US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handles two snakes on patioAmerica's health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr was bitten by two snakes after grabbing the writhing reptiles with his bare hands as he was slammed by wildlife experts.‌The politician and conspiracy theorist plucked the creatures from the patio of fellow Trump official Mehmet Oz, before waving them in front of the camera as his wife Cheryl Hines can be heard yelling at the Republican to be careful. The non-venomous Black Racers appear to repeatedly bite the 72-year-old, criticised for going against warnings telling people to stay away from snakes and not to handle them, smiled to the camera after snatching the animals in Florida.‌He is seen approaching the slithering snakes before crouching down and grabbing them as he holds the reptiles up in his fist as they attack him before he eventually he lets them go.‌READ MORE: Inside every one of Donald Trump's health concerns as fears reach 'all time high'READ MORE: RFK Jr 'cut off raccoon genitals' on side of road for study while children waited in carRFK Jr, wearing a shirt, trousers, socks but no shoes, posted the clip to his X account last night. He captioned it: “Cheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr Oz’s patio." His wife wasn't the only one left unimpressed by his bizarre actions.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission warned the animals become more active in the spring and said: "Give snakes a wide berth and admire them from a distance Resist the urge to pick it up as even our nonvenomous snakes can give a solid bite."‌It’s his latest odd interaction with nature after claims he previously dumped a bear carcass in New York City’s Central Park. Then last month, he was grilled on Capitol Hill about reports that he cut off a road-killed raccoon's penis.Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, asked health secretary: "I was reading an article this morning that talked about your affinity to perform your own medical research. You apparently once cut the penis off a road-killed raccoon to study them later." He didn't respond.‌In 2024, Kennedy Jr faced calls from environmentalists for an investigation over a historic claim that he once cut the head off a dead beached whale with a chainsaw to take it home on the roof of his vehicle.He has never commented on the incident, which was detailed by his daughter in an interview almost 15 years ago. Kathleen Kennedy told Town & Country magazine back in 2012 that her father heard that the dead animal had washed up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, where the family was staying.Article continues belowHe reportedly returned to the beach to cut off the head before the family then drove back to their home in New York."Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet," she told the magazine."We all had plastic bags over our heads with mouth holes cut out, and people on the highway were giving us the finger, but that was just normal day-to-day stuff for us."